- Audio CD (18 Aug 2002)
- SPARS Code: DDD
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: CD
- Label: Cantaloupe
- ASIN: B00008IXAA
- Other Editions: MP3 Download
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 224,287 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Workers Union - Band On A Can |
| 2. Hoketus - Band On A Can |
| 3. Hout - Band On A Can |
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
High-energy, ear snack food
18 Jun 2004
Format:Audio CD
Anyone who knows Louis Andriessen's music won't be disappointed in this crisp, hard-driving, spare music. The cascades of notes, the obssessive slithering around tight clusters of notes, and the pointillistic rhythms have the hallmarks of minimalism, but it seems an innacurate label for pieces so jam-packed full of notes. And there's moments of humor, surprisingly, if you know where to listen. Sincere, virtuoso performances. Recommended.
8 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Too Minimal
14 April 2004
Format:Audio CD
Minimalism has had its share of great, truly reductionist works: Glass' "Two Pages", Reich's "Pendulum Music", Bryars' "Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet" - but none of these failed to capture the imagination of the captive audience.
Unlike these significant works, Louis Andriessen's works represented on this disc (although performed quite well by the now-infamous Bang On A Can) go almost nowhere with the very little material present. While the other composers took highly limited material and turned it into something way more worthwhile than the sum of its part (notice I didn't pluralize this word...), Andriessen uses the same amount of material and succeeds only at utterly boring the audience.
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE minimalist music (Glass, Reich, Adams, Riley, Gorecki, Part, Nyman, Tavener, Bryars, Duckworth, Lansky at times, etc...) but I just don't think this disc lives up to the other great works of the genre.
To be fair, track 1, Workers' Union, actually travels pretty well, but it outstays its welcome pretty badly. Hoketus and Hout, although initially intriguing, lose any sense of ingenuity or emotion once you get a few minutes into them.
Should you pick up this disc?
Yes.
Will you enjoy it?
Not as much as you could have had BOAC picked more musical
works.
Overall, I would skip this disc until you absolutely need it for your collection...otherwise check out some of Andriessen's other music...I'm sure you'll be quite satisfied with anything but these pieces!
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