[NewMusic] Moe!kestra! CD review

[Michael Zelner]

The Wire just got around to reviewing Moe!'s latest Moe!kestra! CD 
(released last May at the 10th anniversary concert) in its February 
issue. It's generally positive, so I don't need to do much editing 
for the PR quotes this time:


Moe! Staiano's Moe!kestra!
2 Rooms of Uranium in 83 Markers
(Edgetone, 2007)

"... that exclamation mark on his name is intentional"!

"[Like Anthony Braxton] Staiano. . . creates a powerful creative 
context that justifies the bother of splitting his musicians into two 
groups -- his material is diverse enough harmonically and gesturally 
that it forms an audible and meaningful montage. Hectic percussion 
grooves and frenzied electric guitar bump into walls of brass riffs 
that approach from the distance. There's a cathartic moment midway as 
the turbulent harmony coincides around pure triadic sounds, and 
there's a sense as the piece progresses of Staiano's material growing 
organically. 'Depleted Uranium' is light on its feet chamber music in 
comparison, but equally engaging."
	-- Philip Clark, The Wire


MZ


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