“While each piece is executed with precision, the music's visceral punch calls to mind the excitement of a sweaty rock concert more than the refined formality of a chamber classical set.”
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“Throughout the impeccably engineered album, the two artists make magic with their honestly straight forward approach to the music.”
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“She’s a brilliant avant-garde composer…”
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“Released on the intrepid Bright Shiny Things label, Ex Machina is an eclectic mix of music for saxophone quartet, tightly performed and flawlessly recorded in generous, in-your-face sound…”
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“New York-based chamber quintet SybariteS's latest genre-bending album is irresistible”
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“These talented, technically astute, rhythmic and musical saxophonists shine throughout.”
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“There’s not a dull moment on an album brimming with the quintet’s trademark energy and drive.”
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"Virtuosic to the core, the DSQ executes all seven pieces with infectious energy and conviction, which makes the performances seem all the more definitive."
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“an extraordinary mash-up of what feels like Block’s addled memory of Bach, and a live phonographic collage. The effect is that of a bizarre aural kaleidoscope, where fragments of Bach’s suites are tessellated into bluegrass, eerie electronics, a jazz-funk drum machine, or gospel singing, as the ‘phonographer’, DJ-like, syncs speech and recordings into Block’s improvisations. “
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“The wonderfully monikered fivesome has emerged over the last 15 years as one of America’s hippest new music ensembles thanks to a series of smart commissions and eclectic recordings such as 2017’s uber-groovy Outliers. Their latest album showcases a host of new music for string quintet – in their case, a string quartet plus double bass – and proves that they’re just as good live.”
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“As one might expect, the resulting collage of sounds, words, and noises is by turns eerie, funny, disconcerting, and deeply beautiful. “
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“there’s a refreshing freedom and a sense of exploration in his beautiful playing here, a feeling of “let’s see where this goes” with delightful results.”
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“I've rarely heard the Suite No 6 Prelude's earthy lilt unfold to Block's supple degree”
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