Mark Swed’s large piece on John Luther Adams in the LA Times has a portion devoted to the Redlands Symphony’s April concert. The whole article is centered on Adams’s recent work, and pays special attention to our performance of his there is no one, not even the wind. You can read it here: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/classical/la-ca-cm-john-luther-adams-notebook-20180503-story.html
The first two reviews/write ups are in for Orbit, my new album paired and sharing a title with a photo book by Renato D’Agostin. Currently available for pre-order and out on March 19th. https://iikki.bandcamp.com/album/orbit
– A review in French mostly discussing the photography, by Anaïs Viand, but also how the book and LP are paired (at Fisheye Magazine): https://www.fisheyemagazine.fr/images/livre/en-orbit/
– And a preview/review in English mostly about the music, by Steve Smith, but also discussing the photography (at The National Sawdust Log): https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/2018/03/16/on-the-record-march-16-2018/
Pre-orders are available for my album Orbit—a collaboration between photographer Renato D’Agostin and me initiated by IIKKI.
You can listen and pre-order on bandcamp: https://iikki.bandcamp.com/album/orbit
The music is available on a limited edition, hand-numbered vinyl (300 copies) as well as digitally (copies of the vinyl come with a download code). The photo book is available as a hardcover book on Munken Print (96 pages, 59 photos), hand-numbered and hand-stamped.
More information available here: http://www.iikki-books.com/iikki-005-orbit. You can also pre-order directly on IIKKI’s website: https://www.iikki-books.com/shop
There will be a release party in Los Angeles, TBA.
Ron Athey and Sean Griffin’s Gifts of the Spirit: Prophecy, Automatism and Discernment was reviewed in ArtForum.
https://www.artforum.com/slant/id=73982
I’m glad to have been a small, bass-playing part of it.
My next album, Orbit, will be released in March 2018 by the label IIKKI. Each of IIKKI’s releases pairs musical artists with visual artists and my work will be paired with the photographer Renato D’Agostin.
Here’s a preview of the opening track, featuring Rachel Beetz‘s incredible flute playing.
The music is available as an LP and the art as a fine art book, intended to be enjoyed both together and separately. For the turntableless people out there, the music will also be available as a download (or if you just prefer bits over grooves).
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