(Tzadik 8053)
Performed by the Kronos Quartet
2) Threads
Performed by the Paul Dresher Ensemble
Performed by the Kronos Quartet
“Keeril Makan is an arrestingly gifted young American composer, as he proves on his new album, “In Sound” (Tzadik). In two works performed by the Kronos Quartet, Makan moves blocks of jagged sound around with the pitiless determination of a brutalist architect (“The Noise Between Thoughts”) and crafts the most humble chords and scraps of melody into a lulling whole (“Washed by Fire”).”
“The music on this disc is music with purpose. Every time Washed By Fire starts up, I just have to stop what I am doing and listen. In a world full of music that is disposable background nothingness, it is remarkable that Makan can craft music so strong that one must simply stop and pay attention to it. This is an amazing disc.”