Links | May 27, 2008
Revolution #9 by Alarm Will Sound
Alarm Will Sound – one of New York’s leading new music ensembles – will be playing the Beatles’ Revolution #9 at the Bang on a Can Marathon this Saturday around 2AM at Winter Garden. Because Revolution #9 wasn’t notated (it’s a sound collage), AWS member Matt Marks took it upon himself to transcribe the piece in its entirety for the 20-person ensemble. And it’s a knockout. Hundreds of sounds are replicated with precision and impeccable timing. Tip o’ the cap to The Kitchen for presenting this piece and others by AWS earlier this year. Now’s your chance to see it again.
Illustration by John Gall and Ned Drew
(Photo: Paula Court)