NAKEDEYE ENSEMBLE - A SERIES OF INDECIPHERABLE GLYPHS

• nakedeye ensemble: a series of indecipherable glyphs
      (2022, cd, usa, new focus)

Earlier this week, I received the brand-new CD by the NakedEye Ensemble.
This is one very impressive album.

"A Series Of Indecipherable Glyphs" kicks off with 'Amalia's Secret', a piece that was written for the ensemble by Dr.Nerve mastermind Nick Didkovsky.
(Do contemporary classical albums 'kick off' or do they just commence or start ?) 
'Amalia's Secret' counts ten movements. Short and varied. Intriguing. Narrating, but sometimes also powerful. Very nice.
Apparently generated by a piece of software that was written by Nick.

The record label's website and the streaming services lists the names of the each of the movements. Fascinating.

The second piece on the album is Frank Zappa's 'Sinister Footwear II', in an arrangement of Mike Bitts, the ensemble's electric bass player.
This is one of my favourite Frank Zappa compositions, especially after listening to the NakedEye Ensemble's version.
Flute, piano, cello, saxophone,... and a guitar solo...
Such beautiful colours.
Love it.

Rusty Banks' 'Dum Spectas Fugio', Molly Joyce's 'Less Is More', Aaron Jay Myers' 'Strabismus' and Richard Belcastro's 'Nepetalactone' follow.
I wasn't familiar with any of these composers, but these pieces are a fine introduction and they fit the album perfectly.
To be honest, I have only listened to these once, as I keep going back to the first two pieces, but I'll get there eventually.

Recommended listening !

Available through Bandcamp for digital streaming and download, but also out on CD for those who (like me) fancy these sweet polycarbonate round things.

Here's the slightly different album artwork of the CD, and, yes, you'll have to look twice.

Digital download / streaming:

The CD is available from the ensemble's website,
https://www.nakedeyeensemble.com/