11th Annual Outsound New Music Summit Sampler [coll] – [Edgetone Records]

surferrosa   7/10/2012   A Library, CD

A sampler featuring artists participating in this years (2012) Outsound New Music Summit concentrating on innovative, independent performers from California and beyond. Here you will find the sounds of bowed strings, brass and woodwinds, electronic tones and ethereal drones. Many of these pieces are improvised, all of them experimental. They vary from spoken word and other human sounds to spacious soundscapes, sparse musings or musical noise. There is something here for all ears, as the sounds on this cd are quite varied. Many of these performances are live. Try one of the first three tracks if you are a fan of words. Tracks toward the end are a bit more ‘musical’. Track 14 does not exist. Awesome all around. – Surfer Rosa