The Elysian Fields

This is Zoe on cello and Paul on violin, playing a little one-off piece...

Returning to one of the themes started with Kronos Quartet and continued with Apocalyptica, here's a bowed string instrument playing something a little less than traditional...

Although I didn't use tape loops, I used to like to play around with a long digital delay and do all sorts of things from bizarre sound effects to backing rhythm tracks for soloing over. Technology has come a long way since those first digital delays, and now there are a number of artists using and abusing loops. This is an example of how one performer can use loops to good effect.

From Zoe Keating's album One Cello X 16: Natoma (Amazon.com), here is, well, one cello x 16, playing the song Tetrishead:




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In other news, to follow up on discussions in the recent threads of Metallica covers, the new tune (YouTube) sounds good, recapturing some of the spirit of the old stuff. Discuss.