Starkland

Starkland Founded by Tom Steenland, Starkland is likely the only label to have commissioned over 2 hours of high-res surround-sound to premiere on DVD.

Starkland is an “always worth exploring label” (New Music Box) that releases alternative classical, experimental, "high quality cutting-edge music" (Audiophile Audition). Starkland’s releases have been praised for their adventurous music, high quality sound, excellent performances, and informative liner notes. Starkland’s two most ambitious projects have focused on surround sound. For the label's

Immersion DVD, Starkland commissioned 13 leading-edge composers to create pieces for high-resolution surround sound. Sources such as Pro Sound News and Billboard have recognized Immersion as the first such recording in history. The commissioned composers, all of whom created their first high-resolution surround-sound pieces, are: Paul Dolden, Paul Dresher, Ellen Fullman, Phil Kline, Lukas Ligeti, Ingram Marshall, Merzbow, Meredith Monk, Bruce Odland, Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne, Carl Stone, and Pamela Z. Immersion has been praised in such publications as Stereophile and Sound & Vision. Starkland's other surround sound project involved commissioning a major, 65-minute surround sound composition from Phil Kline. Around the World in a Daze is a ten-movement work, presented in four audio formats along with 80 slides from the composer, found on the first disc of the double-DVD release. The second disc offers an extended 34-minute interview with Kline about this music (conducted by John Schaefer) and a music-video MEDITATION (run as fast as you can) with music and video by Kline. Daze is likely the largest composition ever commissioned for a high-res surround recording. Starkland composers include Charles Amirkhanian, Phillip Bimstein, Mary Ellen Childs, Jay Cloidt, Tod Dockstader, Paul Dresher, William Duckworth, Robert Een, Fred Frith, Ellen Fullman, Peter Garland, Lars Hollmer, Aaron Jay Kernis, John King, Roger Kleier, Phil Kline, Guy Klucevsek, Lukas Ligeti, Keeril Makan, Ingram Marshall, Merzbow, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, Maggi Payne, Vincent Persichetti, Bobby Previte, Somei Satoh, Elliott Sharp, Carl Stone, Lois V Vierk, Pamela Z, John Zorn and more. Musicians appearing on Starkland include The Kronos Quartet, Ethel Quartet, Todd Reynolds, California EAR Unit, Either/Or, Paul Dresher Ensemble, Sierra Winds, and the Turtle Island String Quartet. Starkland’s recordings have been praised in The New York Times, Gramophone, Stereophile, The New Yorker, Los Angeles Times, Billboard, Fanfare, Washington Post, American Record Guide Chamber Musician Today, Sequenza21, Boston Globe, Sound & Vision, New York Magazine, UK’s The Wire, Canada’s Musicworks, and France’s R***e & Corrigée. Starkland’s releases have also been featured on such national radio programs as NPR’s All Things Considered and Weekend Edition.

HB to the sui generis Tod Dockstader, wherever you may be.
20/03/2024

HB to the sui generis Tod Dockstader, wherever you may be.

The always-with-it Sarah Cahill interviews the great Guy Klucevsek about his new Hope Dies Last album from Starkland. Th...
02/02/2024

The always-with-it Sarah Cahill interviews the great Guy Klucevsek about his new Hope Dies Last album from Starkland. The interview can be streamed for the next few days. Click on the Play arrow at: https://www.kalw.org/show/revolutions-per-minute

Guy Klucevsek has been awarded Silver Medals for "Composer" and "Contemporary Classical" for his album "Hope Dies Last" ...
14/12/2023

Guy Klucevsek has been awarded Silver Medals for "Composer" and "Contemporary Classical" for his album "Hope Dies Last" (Global Music Awards).

Really pleased The Wire love's Guy Klucevsek's new album, noting his "artful variations" on "traditional song and dance ...
06/12/2023

Really pleased The Wire love's Guy Klucevsek's new album, noting his "artful variations" on "traditional song and dance forms" have "remained a source of surprise and delights [and] his irrepressible sense of humour is a bonus."

New video trailer for our forthcoming Guy Klucevsek album, "Hope Dies Last," due out on Dec. 1. With excerpts from 7 of ...
09/11/2023

New video trailer for our forthcoming Guy Klucevsek album, "Hope Dies Last," due out on Dec. 1. With excerpts from 7 of the 19 tracks. Musicians include Jenny Lin, Todd Reynolds, and of course Guy himself. Pre-order at Bandcamp: https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-hope-dies-last
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNGLIrU-TqA

“The world’s most abnormal ‘normal’ music”– Village VoiceGuy Klucevsek’s “Hope Dies Last” album will be released by Starkland on Dec. 1, 2023.More at Starkla...

Wonderful review: Tim Brady's new Starkland release is an "epic masterpiece [and] a defining milestone in Brady’s long a...
24/04/2023

Wonderful review: Tim Brady's new Starkland release is an "epic masterpiece [and] a defining milestone in Brady’s long and productive career.”

Alex Ross has listed Starkland's latest CD from Kotoka Suzuki, as a release "of interest."
11/02/2023

Alex Ross has listed Starkland's latest CD from Kotoka Suzuki, as a release "of interest."

New and recent releases of interest. Mazzoli, Dark with Excessive Bright and other works; James Gaffigan conducting the Bergen Philharmonic and Tim Weiss conducting the Arctic Philharmonic, with Peter Herresthal, violin (BIS, out March 3) Beethoven, Symphony No. 3 (trans....

Starkland has released the debut album of Kotoka Suzuki, whose “personal aesthetic sense imbues her work with both surfa...
16/09/2022

Starkland has released the debut album of Kotoka Suzuki, whose “personal aesthetic sense imbues her work with both surface allure and exquisite detail, resulting in subtle, but intricately-constructed structures” (John Chowning). “Shimmer, Tree” presents 7 works, 6 of which are premiere recordings. The music ranges from purely electronic to purely acoustic.

Order at Bandcamp:
https://kotokasuzuki.bandcamp.com/album/kotoka-suzuki-shimmer-tree
Read/hear more at Starkland:
https://starkland.org/catalog/kotoka-suzuki-shimmer-tree/

The debut album of Kotoka Suzuki will be released by Starkland on Sep. 16, 2022. Suzuki’s “personal aesthetic sense imbu...
31/08/2022

The debut album of Kotoka Suzuki will be released by Starkland on Sep. 16, 2022. Suzuki’s “personal aesthetic sense imbues her work with both surface allure and exquisite detail, resulting in subtle, but intricately-constructed structures" (John Chowning). More about the CD:
https://starkland.org/catalog/kotoka-suzuki-shimmer-tree/
The latest review is quite positive, noting the album “delivers to the full.”
http://www.vitalweekly.net/1350.html
The CD can be pre-ordered at Bandcamp, and the next Bandcamp Friday is Sep. 2 (where Bandcamp waives their fee)
https://kotokasuzuki.bandcamp.com/album/kotoka-suzuki-shimmer-tree

Guy Klucevsek “is an American treasure” (RootsWorld), and his long-missing “Citrus, My Love” album has just been re-issu...
16/10/2021

Guy Klucevsek “is an American treasure” (RootsWorld), and his long-missing “Citrus, My Love” album has just been re-issued. Guy writes, “The album contains some of my most personal, deeply felt, emotional music, which is why I'm incredibly excited and delighted Starkland is re-releasing it.” A special Bonus version gives exclusive access to 13 new videos, during which Klucevsek discusses each track, the release as a whole, and more.

Order Bonus version at Bandcamp:
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-citrus-my-love-with-bonus-videos
Order standard version at Bandcamp:
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-citrus-my-love

Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Citrus-My-Love-Guy-Klucevsek/dp/B09C337RY7/
Apple/iTunes:
https://music.apple.com/us/album/citrus-my-love/1580181304
Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/album/7oMNhYXBMmfwq1b89yj9o2

Read/hear more at Starkland:
https://www.starkland.com/st235/index.htm

Starkland releases recordings of alternative classical, electroacoustic, electronic, and avant-garde music.

The Wire praises Guy Klucevsek's "Citrus, My Love" album, due out Oct. 15: "Generously imbued with melodic charm and gra...
13/10/2021

The Wire praises Guy Klucevsek's "Citrus, My Love" album, due out Oct. 15: "Generously imbued with melodic charm and grace," the pieces "evince an air of reflective melancholy [and are]
conceived with an expansive sense of possibility."

Pre-Order Bonus version at Bandcamp:
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-citrus-my-love-with-bonus-videos
Pre-Order standard version at Bandcamp:
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-citrus-my-love
Read/hear more at Starkland:
https://www.starkland.com/st235/index.htm

Guy Klucevsek is "an American treasure" and "a rare musician who has mastered both understatement and over-abundance.” A...
07/10/2021

Guy Klucevsek is "an American treasure" and "a rare musician who has mastered both understatement and over-abundance.” A new, warm review of Guy's "Citrus, My Love" reissue has appeared.
https://www.rootsworld.com/reviews/citrus-21.shtml

Set for release on Oct. 15, 2021, the album can be pre-ordered at Bandcamp in 2 versions.

Pre-Order Bonus version at Bandcamp:
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/.../guy-klucevsek-citrus...
Pre-Order standard version at Bandcamp:
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/.../guy-klucevsek-citrus...
Read/hear more at Starkland:
https://www.starkland.com/st235/index.htm

A fine new review of Guy Klucevsek’s long-missing “Citrus, My Love” album has appeared.http://www.vitalweekly.net/1302.h...
22/09/2021

A fine new review of Guy Klucevsek’s long-missing “Citrus, My Love” album has appeared.
http://www.vitalweekly.net/1302.html

Set for release on Oct. 15, 2021, the album can be pre-ordered at Bandcamp in 2 versions.
Pre-Order Bonus version at Bandcamp:
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-citrus-my-love-with-bonus-videos
Pre-Order standard version at Bandcamp:
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-citrus-my-love
Read/hear more at Starkland:
https://www.starkland.com/st235/index.htm

The video trailer for Guy Klucevsek’s “Citrus, My Love” album is now available.The recording will be re-issued on Oct. 1...
09/08/2021

The video trailer for Guy Klucevsek’s “Citrus, My Love” album is now available.

The recording will be re-issued on Oct. 15, 2021. Guy writes, “The album contains some of my most personal, deeply felt, emotional music, which is why I'm incredibly excited and delighted Starkland is re-releasing it.”

A special Bonus version gives exclusive access to 13 new videos, during which Klucevsek discusses each track, the release as a whole, and more.

Pre-Order Bonus version at Bandcamp:
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-citrus-my-love-with-bonus-videos

Pre-Order standard version at Bandcamp:
https://starkland.bandcamp.com/album/guy-klucevsek-citrus-my-love

Read/hear more at Starkland:
https://www.starkland.com/st235/index.htm

“The album contains some of my most personal, deeply felt, emotional music, which is why I'm incredibly excited and delighted Starkland is re-releasing it.”–...

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