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Missy Mazzoli & Eighth Blackbird – Still Life With Avalanche

I heard a recording of this piece about eight years ago and loved it.  It's been released on a couple of albums (including one by Eighth Blackbird), and every time I come across it, I like it again.  It weaves between disjointed percussive notes and the full melodic totalist sound that Mazzoli does really well.

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Jace Clayton – .d.u.s.t..s.t.a.r.c.h..m.e.a.t.s.

Performed by Saul Williams and Mivos Quartet.

Jace Clayton did an album where he applied his electronic manipulations to music by Julius Eastman - The Julius Eastman Memory Depot.  I couldn't find any live performances from that album, but if you read this, you should give that album a listen.  Every time I do, I realize again how much I like it.

Eastman was a queer black radical in NYC in the '70's, so his piece titles tend to be provocative. Fair warning.

3 votes, average: 6.67 out of 103 votes, average: 6.67 out of 103 votes, average: 6.67 out of 103 votes, average: 6.67 out of 103 votes, average: 6.67 out of 103 votes, average: 6.67 out of 103 votes, average: 6.67 out of 103 votes, average: 6.67 out of 103 votes, average: 6.67 out of 103 votes, average: 6.67 out of 10 (3 votes, average: 6.67 out of 10)
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John Luther Adams – Inuksuit

You have to admit this is cool.  Dozens of percussionists, a big warehouse, and John Luther Adams' "ultimate environmental piece".

This is a 15-minute edit of a 60-minute piece, which is absolutely worth a listen if you are so inclined.

4 votes, average: 8.75 out of 104 votes, average: 8.75 out of 104 votes, average: 8.75 out of 104 votes, average: 8.75 out of 104 votes, average: 8.75 out of 104 votes, average: 8.75 out of 104 votes, average: 8.75 out of 104 votes, average: 8.75 out of 104 votes, average: 8.75 out of 104 votes, average: 8.75 out of 10 (4 votes, average: 8.75 out of 10)
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