Drones, Scales and Objects

CIKADA PLAYS CRANE Cikada Ensemble’s first release on LAWO Classics, Drones, Scales and Objects, consists of contemporary chamber music by acclaimed British composer Laurence Crane. The Norwegian ensemble started performing Crane’s music in 2011, and the result of their successful collaboration is presented on this CD. I use simple and basic musical objects; common chords and intervals, arpeggios, drones, cadences, fragments of scales and melodies. The materials may seem familiar – perhaps even rather ordinary – but my aim is to find a fresh beauty in these objects by placing them in new structural and formal contexts and by using a surface texture that is highly reduced. – Laurence Crane