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First off, for some scintillating photos for use in your esteemed publications, click here. THAT MEANS HI-RES PRESS PHOTOS HERE! Now on to the lovefest:
"what happens when a bunch of talented musicians become hell-bent on recording something nearly unlistenable...What's in a name [like Anti-Social Music]? This time, a lot." "Anti-Social Music is punk's next breath." "If Yo-Yo Ma and Ian MacKaye scored an Alfred Hitchcock film, Anti-Social Music might sleep through it[...]Imagine an orchestra wearing formal attire and combat boots, then replace the conductor's baton with a bottle of Jack Daniel's." "often daring and always expressive, lingering in a constant state of sharp-edged uneasiness...Plays out like a deranged, punk rock version of Peter and the Wolf." "classy, edgy, fun" "I think contemporary chamber music is the new frontier in socially unacceptable music for the youth of today." " They’re bringing not punk rock but punk orchestra to the people. More precisely: original chamber music by way of DIY." "Ever since Perry Farrell opened his big mouth and proclaimed that not much is shocking, or something, it's been increasingly hard to freak people out with music...Fortunately, there are talented people out there currently working on this very problem. On the cutting edge of making your friends and neighbors feel awkward is the New York City collective Anti-Social Music." "Shunning the gilded concert hall, the Anti-Social Music collective has tackled the new-music concert scene with the DIY fury of punk...After five years on the scene, ASM is entering what you might call adolescence this season. For the energy they infuse into the art form, let's hope they never completely grow up." "'We want to be the music you can [piss] off your parents with,' [Pat] Muchmore says. 'You can’t [piss] off your parents with rock and roll anymore. But put some contemporary chamber music on the CD changer and you can clear the room!'" "This is indie and post-rock’s version of an orchestra. Noisy and cluttered, then awkwardly beautiful...Nothing else like it. Ever. 5 Stars" "The Collective tells me that when it comes to mixing musical genres, fear is the only dirty word. "In these troubled times of moral righteousness and sexual guilt, ASM is proud to announce our support for fornication, miscegenation and all the forbidden fruit which tastes all the sweeter.'" "Enter Anti-Social Music. A collective of performers and composers who meet at the intersection of the DIY punk ethic, the avant-garde, chamber music, and free jazz. Clap between movements, shout “Gyee-hah!,” stick needles in your eyes, do some foofy interpretive dancing, or smash cans of Natty Ice on your forehead. It’s all fair game...Contemporary chamber music is the new punk. " "There is barely a moment to breathe for being on the edge of your seat. If you think you aren't one for classical music, you need to get your head out of the sand." "Since most chamber music is endured by music snobs and elitist pigs it was time for some anti-social clowns to take it back." "I was enthralled...“Fracture II” by Pat Muchmore is one of the few pieces I’ve heard recently that truly shocked me...a brilliant debut disc of adventurous classical music." "has its share of the brilliant and its share of the self-indulgently abrasive and the militantly dissonant...[V]ery good and also very weird in its blitzkrieg from style to style...startles with its creativity." "Get ready to be transported." |
