Bloom, the newest album by American composer Michael Torke (b. 1961), will be released on August 30. The eleven movement work was written for, and recorded by, Sandbox Percussion.
With an exuberant, infectious rhythmic groove, Bloom develops over three musical “days,” with movements titled “morning, noon, night.” With repeating patterns, it rides the visceral pulse of the contemporary dance floor.
In his program note, the composer writes,
BLOOM uses interlocking rhythms which, when played together, create a groove expressed through each player’s pitched and non-pitched instruments. Just as shoots push through dirt erupting in blooms, so too do the vibes and marimbas burst forth from the drums. In other words, this music has an organic profile, unlike other recent pieces of mine.
Joyful! Gorgeous sound. Beautiful setting. Blissed me out!