Collide-o-Scope

Of all the groups I’ve seen explore the boundaries of “classical music” in Toronto, none goes further than Slow Rise Music and this was especially true of their concert Collide-o-Scope which played at the Tranzac on Saturday and Sunday.

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Doing different things with a cello

India Gailey — Problematica (cover)Problematica is an upcoming solo CD with some interesting twists from Canadian cellist+ India Gailey.  I can’t call it a solo cello CD because Gailey contributes vocals as well as some truly virtuosic cello playing and there’s lots of electronics and electronic processing involved.  There are also some unusual presentation options.  There are seven works by younger Canadian composers on the disk and recording engineer John DS Adams of Stonehouse Sound makes a major contribution.

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