John Luther Adams: Llimaq

EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Grammy-winning composer John Luther Adams always speaks with reverence about capturing the tone within the noise, and if any of his recent work can be said to take this mission directly to heart, it's Ilimaq. A true electro-acoustic recording that channels the energy, passion and precision of Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, Ilimaq (which loosely translates from the native Alaskan Inupiaq language as spirit journeys) maps a vivid, phantasmagorical progression through cascades and firestorms of percussion, otherworldly ambient soundscapes, harmonic dissonance, melodic convergence and plenty more in the musical and sonic spaces between.

REVIEW
"Ilimaq," which means "spirit journey" in Inuit, is a five-movement, 45-minute work requiring the drummer to switch between three percussion stations. It begins with a long, hypnotic bass drum roll and builds to some raucous shredding on the drumkit. Indeed, its sheer virtuosity is not only its most notable feature but, Kotche says, essential to the piece itself."
--David Weininger, BostonGlobe.com, January 28, 2016

"The composer, a longtime resident of Alaska who now lives in New York, doesn't need massive forces to exert his spellbinding touch. In Illimaq ('spirit journeys' in Inuit) Adams employs a single percussionist - a very busy one, at that - and electroacoustic soundscapes to conjure a spectrum of natural panoramas.

Glenn Kotche, drummer in the band Wilco (and a composer himself), illuminates the wondrous and multifaceted percussion colours and effects." --Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone Sounds of America, January 2016

Disc 1
1: Descent
2: Under the Ice
3: The Sunken Gamelan
4: Untune the Sky
5: Ascension

Disc 2
1: Descent
2: Under the Ice
3: The Sunken Gamelan
4: Untune the Sky
5: Ascension

Composer: John Luther Adams

Number of Discs: 2

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