Steven Mackey  Composer(s): Steven Mackey Album Title: Heavy
Light  Cat. No.: 80615 Genre: Classical Description: Heavy Light
MOSAIC: Zizi Mueller, flute; Michael Finckel, cello; Emma
Tahmiziàn, piano; Daniel Druckman, percussion; Michael
Lowenstern, clarinet; Shem Guibbory, violin; Steven Mackey,
electric guitar (soloist in Heavy Light)  Steven Mackey (b.
1956) characterizes his music as "…weird but with a sense of
humor, bright, colorful but slightly twisted … The material in
my music-the tunes, chords, and textures-tend to explore fringe
modes of consciousness rather than brand-name emotion or logical
thought. Generally speaking, these fringe modes are alert and
lucid as opposed to trance-like. Often it is the unlikely
combination of otherwise simple elements that transcends and
confounds familiar patterns…. It is an omnivorous music that
represents free speech, liberal democracy with an adventurous
spirit that unflinchingly embraces all of life's experiences.
And it doesn't sound like anything else."  He