... to listen with curiosity
February 6, 2013 | Posted in Review | Tagged trio
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February 6, 2013 | Posted in Review | Tagged trio
... to listen with curiosity
September 11, 2012 | Posted in Review | Tagged cities and eyes
Made of rugged digital fragmentation, melancholy acoustic bursts, and an intense voice, wavering between blues and jazz drives / avant.
September 11, 2012 | Posted in Review | Tagged dither
Canadian trio devoted to contemporary art with passion, Toca Loca in the "Shed" face four works selected from the repertoire of fairly old lions of the vanguard (Heinz Hollinger, Frederic Rzewski) and new rising stars of the classical experiments (Dai …
September 11, 2012 | Posted in Review | Tagged dither
Rocking out and breaking boundaries: A genre-bending amalgam.
September 11, 2012 | Posted in Review | Tagged SHED
There is in these recordings a sort of respect of order, that the grades very enthusiasts of Gregory Oh, equally boss of orchestra of the body, do nothing to break.
September 11, 2012 | Posted in Review | Tagged SHED
Adventurous Canadian trio Toca Loca’s cryptically titled new album Shed is a strangely captivating, grippingly energetic, strikingly rhythmic collection of new and older avant garde music.
March 7, 2011 | Posted in Review | Tagged binibon
This is a truly impressive work on CD, involving, fascinating, emotionally powerful, one of the most accomplished new, non-standard operas I’ve heard in a long time.
January 3, 2011 | Posted in Review | Tagged dither
Brilliantly realized but not for melody seekers or the musically faint of heart.
December 16, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged incidental
... this is music that makes you take notice and listen - to the skill of both players and composer. An exciting release.
October 12, 2010 | Posted in Review | Tagged dither
A stunning album - literally and figuratively. It completely avoided my expectations and offers a stunning insight into what can be done in a 'classical' quartet format with modern instruments. Another adjective - thrilling.