Roomful of Teeth // Rough Magic collaboration
The Isle: III. Caliban // Caroline Shaw, 2023, digital video, color, sound, 2:48 min
Collaboration with Roomful of Teeth and Carolina Shaw
Roomful of Teeth, Rough Magic album art
Released by New Amsterdam Records, 2023, purchase info here
“Rough Magic features premiere recordings of four works created for and (significantly) with the group, is an explosive departure from their previous recordings, leading listeners through the beauty and struggle of language while showcasing, once again, the band’s unwavering commitment to pushing the boundaries of vocal music. From high-gloss, 80s-style synth-charged passages to early Steve Reich tape-piece-type sounds, Rough Magic articulates a grand experience of language, its limits, and its rapturous — if darkly mysterious — magic.”
