This is the second, and perhaps more meditative, installment in the Bang on Can All-Stars’ acclaimed commissioned composer series. Like its predecessor, More Field Recordings once again explores strange new terrain where found sound, samples and archival audio collide with contemporary classical music, written by a wide range of artists and performed by the All-Stars.

In keeping with the “ground rules” of the Field Recordings project, each composer was asked to go into the field of recorded sound itself — to find something old or record something new, and to respond with their own music, in dialogue with what they found. Featuring new works by Richard Reed Parry (Arcade Fire), Caroline Shaw, Anna Thorvaldsdottir, Dan Deacon, Ben Frost and more, this two-disc set embraces the classical and electronic influences of the first Field Recordings collection (released on Cantaloupe in 2015) and extends its reach into futuristic worlds of ambient and ethereal sound.

Artists

Caroline Shaw (electronics), Gabriella Smith (electronics), Paula Matthusen (electronics), Glenn Kotche (electronics), Shouwang Zhang (electronics), Nico Muhly (electronics), Ben Frost (electronics), Richard Reed Parry (electronics), Anna Þorvaldsdóttir (electronics), Juan Felipe Waller (electronics), René Lussier (electronics)

Bang on a Can All-Stars