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Roomful of Teeth is a New York-based a cappella octet, but if you think you have any idea what they sound like now that you're armed with that information, think again. It's been said that Roomful of Teeth straddles the boundary between classical music and pop, but more accurate would be to say that the group goes so far beyond existing conceptions of a cappella vocal music in both the classical and pop spheres as to make the terminology meaningless. This is one wild ride. The 13 compositions on the album are by a variety of contemporary composers, but rarely have composers been so subordinate to the capabilities of an individual group. Those capabilities begin with classical training and a mastery of virtuoso close-harmony singing, but they expand outward from there in a way that may seem limitless to those hearing Roomful of Teeth for the first time. The extra ingredient in most of the pieces is not classical extended technique but vocal devices borrowed from world music traditions, including Tuvan throat singing, Korean traditional music, pop belting, and more. The texts are mostly simple and incantatory, something resembling vocal exercises. They are there as a vehicle for Roomful of Teeth above all. Even those who might find this album on the extreme side will concede its absolute originality. In short, it's like nothing else you've ever heard. The engineering is nearly as original as the music, making creative use of distortion but not interfering with the basic immediacy of the singers' natural voices.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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Partita for 8 Singers (Caroline Shaw)
Brad Wells, Conductor - Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Caroline Shaw, Composer - Sol LeWitt, Lyricist
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Brad Wells, Conductor - William Brittelle, Lyricist
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Brad Wells, Conductor - Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Judd Greenstein, Composer
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Brad Wells, Conductor - Caleb Burhans, Composer
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Brad Wells, Conductor - Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Sol LeWitt, Lyricist - Caroline Shaw, Composer
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Brad Wells, Conductor - Judd Greenstein, Composer
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Unremembered (Sarah Kirkland Snider)
Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Brad Wells, Conductor - Sarah Kirkland Snider, Composer - Nathaniel Bellows, Lyricist
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Brad Wells, Conductor - Rinde Eckert, Composer
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Partita for 8 Singers (Caroline Shaw)
Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Brad Wells, Conductor - Caroline Shaw, Composer - Sol LeWitt, Lyricist
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Brad Wells, Conductor - Merrill Garbus, Composer
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Brad Wells, Conductor - Caroline Shaw, Composer - Sol LeWitt, Lyricist
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Brad Wells, Conductor - Judd Greenstein, Composer
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Roomful of Teeth, Ensemble - Brad Wells, Conductor - Merrill Garbus, Composer
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
Albumbeschreibung
Roomful of Teeth is a New York-based a cappella octet, but if you think you have any idea what they sound like now that you're armed with that information, think again. It's been said that Roomful of Teeth straddles the boundary between classical music and pop, but more accurate would be to say that the group goes so far beyond existing conceptions of a cappella vocal music in both the classical and pop spheres as to make the terminology meaningless. This is one wild ride. The 13 compositions on the album are by a variety of contemporary composers, but rarely have composers been so subordinate to the capabilities of an individual group. Those capabilities begin with classical training and a mastery of virtuoso close-harmony singing, but they expand outward from there in a way that may seem limitless to those hearing Roomful of Teeth for the first time. The extra ingredient in most of the pieces is not classical extended technique but vocal devices borrowed from world music traditions, including Tuvan throat singing, Korean traditional music, pop belting, and more. The texts are mostly simple and incantatory, something resembling vocal exercises. They are there as a vehicle for Roomful of Teeth above all. Even those who might find this album on the extreme side will concede its absolute originality. In short, it's like nothing else you've ever heard. The engineering is nearly as original as the music, making creative use of distortion but not interfering with the basic immediacy of the singers' natural voices.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 01:14:05
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Roomful of Teeth
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: New Amsterdam
- Genre: Klassiek
2012 New Amsterdam 2012 (P) New Amsterdam
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