Alarm Will Sound's Nonesuch Debut, "a/rhythmia," Featured on BBC's "The Strand"

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Alarm Will Sound celebrated the recent release of its Nonesuch debut, a/rhythmia, with an album release and listening party at New York's (Le) Poisson Rouge last night. Alan Pierson, the group's artistic director, and Gavin Chuck, its managing director, spoke with BBC's The Strand about the new album, which, says the BBC, "even includes a few tracks that it was thought impossible for human beings to play."

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Alarm Will Sound celebrated the recent release of its Nonesuch debut, a/rhythmia, with an album release and listening party at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York's Greenwich Village last night. The album was featured on The Strand, the arts and culture program of the BBC World Service, on Friday. Alan Pierson, the group's artistic director, and composer Gavin Chuck, its managing director, spoke with the show's host, Harriett Gilbert, about the new album Gilbert says "even includes a few tracks that it was thought impossible for human beings to play."

"The 20 musicians who formed the group like taking chances and challenging convention," says Gilbert. On a/rhythmia, they "confront the special challenge of playing complicated, sometimes infernally complicated, polyrhythmic pieces." Pierson and Chuck explain why they took on such a challenge for the album and how the band dynamic affects the repertoire they choose to perform.

You can listen to the interview and hear clips from the album at bbc.co.uk. The Alarm Will Sound interview begins at 14:21 in.

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  • Monday, October 19, 2009
    Alarm Will Sound's Nonesuch Debut, "a/rhythmia," Featured on BBC's "The Strand"

    Alarm Will Sound celebrated the recent release of its Nonesuch debut, a/rhythmia, with an album release and listening party at (Le) Poisson Rouge in New York's Greenwich Village last night. The album was featured on The Strand, the arts and culture program of the BBC World Service, on Friday. Alan Pierson, the group's artistic director, and composer Gavin Chuck, its managing director, spoke with the show's host, Harriett Gilbert, about the new album Gilbert says "even includes a few tracks that it was thought impossible for human beings to play."

    "The 20 musicians who formed the group like taking chances and challenging convention," says Gilbert. On a/rhythmia, they "confront the special challenge of playing complicated, sometimes infernally complicated, polyrhythmic pieces." Pierson and Chuck explain why they took on such a challenge for the album and how the band dynamic affects the repertoire they choose to perform.

    You can listen to the interview and hear clips from the album at bbc.co.uk. The Alarm Will Sound interview begins at 14:21 in.

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