Chamber, Sextets, Percussion Sextets

With percussionists on specially-designed metal instruments moving in and out of sync, this is an abrasive listen at times. The movement with drums is much more meditative. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 starsMore…

what struck me is how fresh and strong all these pieces come up...it’s very clean and clear...I found it exciting hearing this again, which I wasn’t expecting to...fine performances and recording. — CD Review, 31st January 2015More…

Lewis Nielson, garage rock guitarist turned composition professor at Oberlin College, writes music that loiters on the fringes: almost tangible, nearly lyrical, subversive to a point...The take-home... — The Guardian, 16th July 2015, 3 out of 5 starsMore…

Although Kuniko calibrates balances, dynamics, nuances and sonorities with her expected precision, she also creates a genuine sense of repartee between the parts, as if the six original percussionists... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2015More…

All credit to Red Fish Blue Fish and their director Steven Schick for their dedication in realising some of the most visceral and exhilarating music yet written for percussion. The eight works... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010More…