Gramophone Magazine
June 2019
Editor's Choice

Colin Currie (percussion), Steve Reich (percussion)

Colin Currie Group, Synergy Vocals

Reich: Clapping Music
Reich: Proverb
Reich: Mallet Quartet
Reich: Pulse
Reich: Music for Pieces of Wood

The third release from Colin Currie's label celebrates the percussionist's artistic relationship with American cultural icon, Steve Reich. Programed at the composer's request and performed under his supervision, it captures a group of truly world-class performers at the peak of their powers. On this live recording, Currie conducts and performs with the Colin Currie Group and their long-standing collaborators Synergy Vocals. He is joined on stage by Steve Reich for a performance of Clapping Music. This album is essential for any Reich fan.

"A powerful rhythmic incisiveness and assertiveness that marked the group’s excellent recording of Drumming (5/18) is again apparent throughout… Synergy Vocals impart a beautiful, haunting performance, whose quiescence quietly defuses the energy and explosiveness of the rhythmic pieces." - Gramophone Magazine, June 2019.