{"id":4502,"date":"2016-03-22T14:20:53","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T18:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/?p=4502"},"modified":"2016-03-29T13:06:57","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T17:06:57","slug":"glenn-kotche-and-so-percussion-drumkit-quartets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/glenn-kotche-and-so-percussion-drumkit-quartets\/","title":{"rendered":"Glenn Kotche and So Percussion <br>Drumkit Quartets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/glenn_kotche-drumkit_quartets.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-4503\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4503\" src=\"http:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/glenn_kotche-drumkit_quartets.jpg\" alt=\"Glenn Kotche and So Percussion, Drumkit Quartets\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/glenn_kotche-drumkit_quartets.jpg 250w, https:\/\/agitreader.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/glenn_kotche-drumkit_quartets-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a>Composer John Cage famously mused, \u201cI have nothing to say and I am saying it.\u201d If you\u2019re frustrated by that sentiment, stop reading right here. If you\u2019re into it, Glenn Kotche and So Percussion have something just for you. At its best <i>Drumkit Quartets<\/i> (Cantaloupe Music) is beguiling and offers a meditative listening experience. But this music will be difficult to deal with if you\u2019re worried about where it\u2019s going or what it\u2019s trying to do.<\/p>\n<p>In a single piece (\u201cDrumkit Quartet #51\u201d), the first track ranges from a simple marimba figure to some barely rhythmic musique concrete to a very hip happening featuring Cibo Matto\u2019s Yuka Honda reciting a haiku on off-set and overlapping left and right channels. It\u2019s disjointed, and the pieces don\u2019t fit neatly together. Kotche and his partners seem to be asking, \u201cWhat do you make of this?\u201d Most of the pieces are not so long, though, and usually fixate on a single idea or experiment. \u201cDrumkit Quartet #3, Mvt. 1\u201d sounds like a four-year-old playing around with a high-hat. On the second movement, the group shows off their collection of triangles, some of which are digitally altered to play in reverse. The third movement is almost entirely melodic percussion: chimes, steel drum, and glockenspiel. These are playful distractions, but don\u2019t expect them to add up to more than the sum of their parts.<\/p>\n<p>The sound that kicks off \u201cDrumkit Quartet #50\u201d could be a vacuum cleaner, a race car, a kazoo, or an air raid siren. Eventually, it has several companions operating in close harmonic range and it all adds up to a real nuisance. Most of the rest of the piece sounds like So Percussion are cleaning out their attic, sometimes with soap and water, sometimes just scraping off the old paint. It\u2019s mysterious, but rather than trying to solve the conundrum, you\u2019d be better off simply asking (again and again), \u201cWhat is this?\u201d Whether you relish that process will have a lot to do with whether you enjoy the radical experience that this album offers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Composer John Cage famously mused, \u201cI have nothing to say and I am saying it.\u201d If you\u2019re frustrated by that sentiment, stop reading right here. 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