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Cage 100: Bootleg Series

by Sō Percussion

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    Given Cage's use of indeterminacy in this program, every concert was different. Fittingly, So Percussion documented these tour performances with a specially-packaged, limited-edition album, Cage 100: The Bootleg Series. Only 300* copies were made. Each one includes a unique, handmade cover; a blank LP (in a nod to Cage's 4:33); a I Ching-inspired 64-minute CD sampler, with tracks chosen by chance operations; and a download card giving access to complete shows.

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Credo in US 05:00
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24x24 06:00
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Use 06:00
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Quartet 03:00
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Use 04:00
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24x24 07:00
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Needles 03:00
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Use 07:00
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Credo in US 02:00
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Bottles 01:00
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No leading ensemble better embodies the fearless, trailblazing spirit of John Cage than So Percussion. In honor of Cage's centenary year, So Percussion toured a program entitled We Are All Going in Different Directions to Cambridge, Toronto, and Austin, culminating in an appearance at Zankel Hall as part of the American Mavericks series. Along with classic Cage scores like Credo in Us, Imaginary Landscape #1 with turntables, and Third Construction, We Are All Going in Different Directions features original compositions by the group, plus contributions by electronic artists Martin Schmidt of Matmos, Cenk Ergun, and Dan Deacon. Schmidt, Ergun, and violist Beth Meyers (janus trio and QQQ) performed with the quartet.

Given Cage's use of indeterminacy in this program, every concert was different. Fittingly, So Percussion documented these tour performances with a specially-packaged, limited-edition album, Cage 100: The Bootleg Series. Only 300* copies were made. Each one includes a unique, handmade cover; a blank LP (in a nod to Cage's 4:33); and a download card giving access to complete shows.

So Percussion consists of Eric Beach, Josh Quillen, Adam Sliwinksi, and Jason Treuting. Speaking for the group, Sliwinsky said, "John Cage's artistic legacy is formidable. His innovations and accomplishments are truly staggering: He wrote some the first electric/acoustic hybrid music, the first significant body of percussion music, the first music for turntables, invented the prepared piano, and had a huge impact in the fields of dance, visual art, theater, and critical theory."

Somehow Cage's prolific output seems not to stifle, but rather to spur creativity in others. He certainly deserves surveys, tributes, and concert portraits during the centenary of his birth. But So Percussion wanted to do him honor by allowing his work and spirit to infuse our own.

"We have chosen some of our favorite Cage pieces to present on this celebration concert. We believe that although they are historical in fact, each is stunningly present and even prophetic. The pieces are woven in with new music: some by our close friends, and some of our own creation."

*The initial 300 copies were sold through and So Percussion is now making packages to order, available exclusively through the Bang on a Can Store.

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released March 27, 2012

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Sō Percussion New York, New York

Through its sensational interpretations of modern classics, innovative multi-genre original productions, and “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam,” (The New Yorker), for almost two decades Sō Percussion has redefined the scope and role of the modern percussion ensemble, placing it at the leading edge of 21st-century music. ... more

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