Jul-19-2010 — The July 16th edition of WNYC's New Sounds features music of So Percussion, including Jason Treuting's "Oblique music for 4 plus (blank)," recorded live by the Orchestra of the League of Composers at Miller Theater.

Long in the making, Treasure State is a startling collaboration between two rogue American groups: Known for playing the music of Steve Reich, David Lang, and Paul Lansky, Brooklyn-based quartet So Percussion are acknowledged virtuoso performers of classical and avant-garde writing for percussion, and are increasingly recognized as composers in their own right. Musique-concrete oddballs brought into the mainstream by their collaboration with Bjork, Baltimorean electronic duo Matmos are infamous...

"The other truly awesome aspect of these pieces was from having So Percussion serving as the percussion section. Usually when you hear Varèse, no matter how great the group, there's one cymbal-player or gong-beater who's out in left field and not getting it. These guys were entirely on the same page, and worked as a real unit. This was real instrumental section-playing of the kind we usually reserve for talking about the brass or the strings. Really, really superb."