
What's New:
Leading
new-music composer Phil Kline debuts a major work, Around
the World in a Daze, on a new surround sound DVD released
by Starkland. The 65-minute studio composition was commissioned
by Starkland specifically for high-resolution surround sound
and to premiere on DVD.
One of Starkland’s most ambitious
projects, this DVD offers wondrous boombox choirs, an ethereal
Ethel string quartet, a weird madrigal, hundreds of thousands
of hyper-dense bells, richly
mournful multi-tracked vocals, soaring violinistics from Todd Reynolds,
and an immersive environment of 15,000 African gray parrots.
The custom‑designed double
digipak includes an Extras disc with a composer-produced music
video, a 34-minute interview with Kline and John Schaefer, as
well as a 24-page booklet. |

Starkland releases engaging, compelling recordings
of experimental, avant-garde, electroacoustic, organized sound,
musique concrete, alternative classical, new music.
Starkland's
Catalog features music from
Charles Amirkhanian, Phillip Bimstein, Jay Cloidt, Tod Dockstader,
Paul Dolden, Paul Dresher, William Duckworth, Robert Een, Fred
Frith, Ellen Fullman, Lars Hollmer, Aaron Jay Kernis, Jerome Kitzke,
Roger Kleier, Phil Kline, Guy Klucevsek, Lukas Ligeti, Ingram Marshall,
Merzbow, Meredith Monk, Bruce Odland, Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne,
Somei Satoh, Carl Stone, Lois V Vierk, Pamela Z, and John Zorn.
The Kronos Quartet, Turtle Island String
Quartet, Paul Dresher Ensemble, Modern Mandolin Quartet, and Basso
Bongo are some of the musicians on Starkland's releases. |