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The Degenerate Art Ensemble (formerly Young Composers Collective), led by
composer Joshua Kohl, is a Seattle-based ensemble, formed in 1993, that
straddles the line between jazz, classical and rock.
Their instrumentation includes electronics, violin, sax, clarinet, trumpet,
guitar, percussion, bass.
It is also a theatre, dance and performance-art group, conceiving and
performing multi-media operas.
The music on Young Composers Collective (Unlabeled, 1998)
owes quite a bit to Stravinsky and free-jazz.
Rinko (Unit Circle Rekkids, 2001) is the soundtrack to a butoh
dance piece by Shohei Nishimura (Kohl's wife).
The music here is more mature and sophisticated, exploiting the pauses as
well as the counterpoint, calculating the mix of timbres and focusing on
the dramatic tension.
Look Away Popeye (Degenerate, 2003) returns to their chaotic noise-jazz
format.
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