Rhys Chatham - A Crimson Grail (for 400 Electric Guitars)

RHYS CHATHAM, the man who rocks the minimalist canon like a hurricane, gathersup the City of Light in the evanescent beauty of his latest piece – written for 400 guitars and performed live in the basilica of landmark Sacre Coeur - with 10,000 people watching and 100,000 more on national TV. As the music shimmers, it offers a snapshot of eternity, an echo of a moment a thousand years gone - and a thousand years yet to come. Part of a comprehensive series of Chatham releases from Table of the Elements. Recent high-profile appearance at SxSW. Headlined 9/06 Table of the Elements 5-day festival in Atlanta. Toured the US in 9/2006 for the first time in 20 years!  Recent premiere of “A Crimson Grail” orchestra for 400 guitars at Paris landmark Sacre Coeur seen by audience of over 10,000, plus broadcast on national television. Touring the US again in January and February 2007. “For years Rhys Chatham’s music has been more heard about than heard. While his work languished out of print, disciples such as Sonic Youth have gone to the bank with his sound. Chatham’s sonic vocabulary is an inspired marriage of minimalist structures, rock cadences and glittering overtones obtained from massed electric guitars played in unusual tunings at crushing volume. [His] knack for garbling indelible melodies in gorgeous sonorities makes them as attractive as ever today.” —CHICAGO TRIBUNE. “Blue Oyster Cult and Kiss might’ve made noises about guitar armies, but it took composer Rhys Chatham to actually deploy one. And there’s no other way to say this: It rocks.” —MAGNET. “A huge reckoning with one of the downtown greats looming larger than the Federal Reserve building. Chatham is huge... a crowning achievement.” —PITCHFORK. “Surging phosphorescence....Uplifting.” —ROLLING STONE. “Black-and-Decker classical.” —GUITAR PLAYER.

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