KUNIKO - kuniko plays reich - CKUA Radio Network
10 June 2011
CKUA RadioKevin Wilson, host of Nightcap
Cloud-watching
season is upon us: here's the
lying-on-your-back-in-the-grass-staring-at-the-sky music you'll be
needing. Kuniko Kato revisits three Steve Reich compostions from the
80s, creating her own arrangements for vibraphone, marimba and steel
drum. The methodical Kuniko layers her own performances on top of one
another, and the resulting sum of rhythm and melody beguiles. Compare
Kuniko's version of Electric Counterpoint, written for the guitar of Pat
Metheny: the edges are rounded slightly here, and the evolving patterns
of sound swing every so gently. In fact, this would be great to listen
to while you're on a swing. Sounds like summer to me: music brimming
with vitality and carefree energy, the sound of nature in motion.
Deservedly and unreservedly endorsed by the composer.
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