Dynamic Maximum Tension 2CD + MP3 Bundle

Dynamic Maximum Tension 2CD + MP3 BundleComposer and bandleader Darcy James Argue and his Secret Society ensemble make their Nonesuch Records debut with Dynamic Maximum Tension. The album pays homage to some of Argues key influences with original songs dedicated to R. Buckminster Fuller, Alan Turing, and Mae West. Ccile McLorin Salvant joins the ensemble for Mae West: Advice. Dynamic Maximum Tensions eleven tracks, on two CDs, also include a response to Duke Ellingtons Diminuendo and

Tarfia Faizullah

"theres a little bit of jazz

Tasha Viets-VanLear

At the time of release

the record brings listeners to places far beyond

features a broad range of songs from genres as diverse as gospel

and activist groups like ACT UP and Gran Fury

"Sylvan grasps a style that the French themselves have been hard pressed to pass on to their own young singers

" Rob Moose of yMusic adds: "It was as much a thrill to hear songs emerge organically over sections of intricate chamber music as it was satisfying to strip songs of the instrument that created them in order to craft new connective tissue

temperamentally and intellectually as suited to the challenges of these sonatas

The deluxe version includes a 95-page novella by Cooder in which

pianist Gwilym Simcock