Nor'easter

There is no musical group today that compares to the Brooklyn-based Slow Six. Since the beginning, their compositional detail, instrumental prowess, and live computer-music instruments separated them from other electro-acoustic troupes. This latest release Nor'easter presents their most ambitious musical vision to date. Their amplified violins, viola, cello, electric guitars, Fender Rhodes, piano, and software instruments now combine in a new language of experimental instrumental storytelling, remaining physically immersive and emotionally-charged. Each work presents its own evocative landscape, guiding listeners through inescapably personal and spellbinding electrified sonic adventures. The intimacy of strings and piano combine with rock and roll's electric guitars and Fender Rhodes within a storm of interactive computer textures to defy cultural pigeonholing. This is a new sound free of 'cross-over' conceit -- simply the sound of a new native musical space, a new generation of distinctly American music.