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What is ~Nois shows the boundary-pushing saxophone quartet working in deep collaboration with composers Darian Donovan Thomas, Aeryn Jade Santillan, Francisco del Pino, and Travis Laplante as well as GRAMMY award-winning producer/engineer, Mike Tierney. Unlike most chamber works, the four pieces on What is ~Nois were developed in the studio alongside the composers, and Tierney’s guidance, with the aim of capturing the most fully realized version of the pieces possible. The record features performances by Thomas, Santillan, del Pino, core members Julian Velasco, Jordan Lulloff, János Csontos, Natalia Warthen, and guests Hunter Bockes, Ross D. Hamilton, Kendra Wheeler, Taimur Sullivan, and Nick Zoulek.
The pieces on What is ~Nois challenge what a saxophone quartet is capable of by introducing the ensemble into ambient dance floors, driving post-punk clubs, nostalgic guitar works, and mind melting acoustic quartet settings.
What is ~Nois shows the boundary-pushing saxophone quartet working in deep collaboration with composers Darian Donovan Thomas, Aeryn Jade Santillan, Francisco del Pino, and Travis Laplante as well as GRAMMY award-winning producer/engineer, Mike Tierney. Unlike most chamber works, the four pieces on What is ~Nois were developed in the studio alongside the composers, and Tierney’s guidance, with the aim of capturing the most fully realized version of the pieces possible. The record features performances by Thomas, Santillan, del Pino, core members Julian Velasco, Jordan Lulloff, János Csontos, Natalia Warthen, and guests Hunter Bockes, Ross D. Hamilton, Kendra Wheeler, Taimur Sullivan, and Nick Zoulek.
The pieces on What is ~Nois challenge what a saxophone quartet is capable of by introducing the ensemble into ambient dance floors, driving post-punk clubs, nostalgic guitar works, and mind melting acoustic quartet settings.