…the sudden arrival of a Perkins solo album is a delightful surprise.
Tristan Perich’s interlude
Momentary Expanse, for non-vibrato vibraphone, once again demonstrates Perich’s mastery at matching the warm sound of acoustic instruments with ultra-primitive digital bleeps, whereas Beau Sievers’s
Spatial Network for Percussion incorporates computer technology into the act of composition itself: the piece doesn’t exist on paper, but instead as an always-changing “open score” generated in real time for each performance.
The album concludes with a pair of first-rate premieres from the Bang on a Can collective.
But the meat of the disc is
XY by Michael Gordon…Perkins also brings the
piece a profound musicianship, taking what could have been a lesson in arithmetic and instead creating an emotional experience…a satisfying listen on every conceivable level. © CBC Read complete review
