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Ecstatic Preview! Multimedia! Excitement!

yMusic — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:19:54 +0000

We live in the literal future. While our collaborators for our upcoming Ecstatic Music Festival show are as far-flung as Canada (Richie) and California (Ryan), we’ve been managing to get some work done via the miracle of the Internet (which I’ve just discovered after careful reading of this completely mind-blowingly-awesome NYTimes feature is capitalized [??!])! A few days ago, CJ and Rob sat down with Skype and Steve Taylor and filmed these awesome little pieces. I am really, really excited for this show, guys!! It’s at Merkin Concert Hall on Wednesday the 8th. You can pick up your tickets here.

WNYC Spinning on Air TONIGHT

yMusic — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:48:45 +0000

A little while back, yMusic taped an episode of one of its favorite radio shows, Spinning on Air. The episode, which features in studio performances of nearly all of Beautiful Mechanical, as well as extensive interviews with various members of the group, airs tonight, January 29, at 8pm on WNYC.

Visit the show’s website for previews and more information on how and where to listen. And while you’re here, consider joining us on February 8th for our Ecstatic Music Festival show, featuring collaborations with Son Lux and Richard Reed Parry!

“Too Busy For Their Own Success”

yMusic — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 15:54:06 +0000

In between flights and our show opening for The National with My Brightest Diamond, yMusic had the chance to sit down for a compelling, extended conversation with Jim Fusilli. Packed into a dressing room on the 6th floor of the Beacon Theater, the interview began at 3:30, only to be interrupted by the urgent need to soundcheck before the Union hands declared a dark stage. Jim kindly stayed for soundcheck and we continued our talk thereafter, some of us crouched on the floor, others looming in corners and through door frames.

The interview was published today and we are excited for you to read it! Click here for the full story.

Rob featured in Hartford Courant

yMusic — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:30:24 +0000

photo by Barna Nemethi

A few weeks ago, I had a memorably engaging conversation with Eric Danton. We discussed yMusic and pondered the future of classical music. The result is a lovely piece in the Hartford Courant. As someone who grew up minutes away in Windsor, CT, it is an honor to be featured in my childhood local paper. It is also purely coincidental and fun to share the article with Peter Katis, a wonderful engineer/producer also from Connecticut. In fact, I will be working with him on a recording project in mere days.

Click on over here if you have a moment.

yMusic on NPR’s All Things Considered!

yMusic — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 18:20:31 +0000

We are honored to have been included in yesterday’s edition of NPR’s All Things Considered. In addition to playing our track, “Proven Badlands,” Fred Child had the following lovely things to say about us:

“This is one of the groups that has really helped to shape the future of classical music. There are six musicians in yMusic, kind of a mini-orchestra: violin, viola, cello, flute, clarinet, trumpet and sometimes guitar. This piece, “Proven Badlands,” I find this really beautiful. Its composer, Annie Clark of St. Vincent, uses textures wonderfully and inventively. To me, this almost sounds like the soundtrack to a 21st-century Western movie.”

Stream the track here, buy the album here and come see us perform here!

Happy holidays!

Time Out New York Critics Pick!

yMusic — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 19:25:28 +0000

We are extremely excited to have the opportunity to play our debut album, Beautiful Mechanical, live in its entirety for the first time! Please join us at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 on Sunday, December 4 at 7pm for this event.

If you need further convincing, Time Out New York has our back!

Advance tickets are encouraged, and can be purchased here.

Happy holidays!

Beautiful Mechanical is out now!

yMusic — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:52:56 +0000

Our full-length debut is available for purchase now! Music by Ryan Lott, Annie Clark, Shara Worden, Sarah Snider, Judd Greenstein, and Gabriel Kahane. Get your mitts on one here, here, or here.

Watch Now! My Brightest Diamond’s Be Brave

yMusic — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:00:53 +0000

This Autumn is insanely full of music. It’s crazy. Not only is our record coming out September 27th, but Shara Worden (aka My Brightest Diamond)’s new album, All Thing Will Unwind, featuring –ahem– your favorite chamber musicians, comes out October 18! Weeks away!

The single, Be Brave, featuring remixes by Son Lux and Prefuse 73, is already out (pick it up here), as is this nifty video. Enjoy!

My Brightest Diamond – ALL THINGS WILL UNWIND: Be Brave from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.

Listen Now! Annie Clark (St. Vincent)’s Proven Badlands

yMusic — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 19:48:29 +0000

Oh my, our debut, full-length record comes out in less than a week! Check out newamsterdamrecords.com for more info, or pre-order on Amazon or iTunes.

In the meantime, get your yFix with Pitchfork’s preview of Annie Clark’s Proven Badlands.

Kickstarter!

yMusic — Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:09:37 +0000

yes this is a screenshot

We are excited to announce a Kickstarter campaign for our forthcoming, debut record, entitled Beautiful Mechanical! We are nearly finished mixing, art is in the works, and we are extremely excited to present this labor of love to you very soon. In the meantime, if you can spare a little change to help us make ends meet we would be extremely grateful! Additionally, there are little incentives for donations so your love is sure not to be in vain.

Please visit our page at Kickstarter!

Best wishes for a lovely summer…