About Starkland
Starkland releases engaging, compelling recordings of experimental, avant-garde, electroacoustic, organized sound, musique concrete, alternative classical, new music.
Starkland's latest recording is Larkin Gifford's Harmonica from Phillip Bimstein. The CD is introduced by noted composer John Adams, who writes:
"Listening to this album of Bimstein's compositions makes me feel like I've taken a slow drive through a western landscape, meeting along the way everyone from Georgia O'Keeffe to Tony Hillerman, Mark Twain, Neal Cassady, Raymond Scott, Kurt Weill, Aphex Twin, and some of those grizzled geezers that populate the novels of Annie Proulx."
This new CD serves as a worthy followup to Bimstein's previous Starkland CD Garland Hirschi's Cows, which generated hundreds of calls to radio stations, cultivated an ardent following, and was eventually anointed "a cult classic" on NPR's All Things Considered.
The Larkin Gifford's Harmonica release has received some impressive reviews:
New York Times:
"An engaging introduction to... his quirky electro-acoustic compositions... The irresistible charm of Mr. Bimstein's music has less to do with technology than with his uncanny knack for finding the music of everday life."
Read the full New York Times review.
Stereophile:
"an American original... [Bimstein] has evolved into a singular musical entity... [the CD is] stunning and heartwarming... quirky, moving, and delightful musical journeys."
All of the music on Starkland's Immersion DVD was commissioned by Starkland exclusively for high-resolution surround sound. It is now recognized as the first such recording in history. "In this disc, a new genre of music is born," writes Village Voice music critic Kyle Gann, noting that Starkland commissioned "thirteen of the hippest composers around." Immersion has been praised in such major publications as Billboard and Sound & Vision, and at times has been the #1 bestselling DVD-Audio at Amazon.com.
Starkland also offers CDs from other labels, including Paul Dresher's Slow Fire and Steve Mackey's Ravenshead.
Our recordings may be ordered at various online sources such as Amazon.com and CD Baby. Our recordings can be found in savvy stores like Amoeba in California and Downtown Music in New York. All recordings can also be ordered directly from Starkland.
Starkland composers include 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 CDs.
Our CDs have been praised
in such publications as The New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles
Times, Stereophile, Wired, Stereo Review, Village Voice, Alternative Press,
Fanfare, England's The Wire, Canada's Musicworks, France's Revue & Corrigée,
Germany's Zillo, Japan's inTune, Italy's Rumore, and Spain's Margen.
