Pléïades

by Iannis Xenakis & Les Percussions de Strasbourg

Pléïades cover art

Commanding a specially constructed metallic instrument known as the sixxen alongside traditional drums and mallets, this realization of Xenakis's masterpiece is a triumph of rhythmic complexity. The Strasbourg percussionists execute the intense, mathematically derived polyrhythms to generate a profound, almost tribal avant-garde density.

Genres

  • Stochastic Music

Tracklist

  1. Pléiades: I. Mélanges
  2. Pléiades: II. Métaux
  3. Pléiades: III. Claviers
  4. Pléiades: IV. Peaux