Monday, July 25, 2005

"Alarm Will Sound Plays Aphex Twin at Lincoln Center Festival" (excerpt)

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by David Salvage

Many of the arrangements boasted superb instrumental effects: the arrangers, mostly drawn from the ensemble's ranks, put accordions, plastic tubing, battered cymbals, Jew's harps, slapsticks, and other devices to good use. Special mention must be made of Evan Hause's exuberant arrangement of "Omgyjya Switch 7" which closed the first half. The ensemble -- especially the drummers Jason Treuting and Lawson White -- proved their virtuosity and enthusiasm over and over again as the evening wore on and negotiated the often fiendishly complex rhythms with aplomb.