Matt Van  Brink, composer, pianist, accordionist

Butchershop Rite of Spring

This is old news as far as news goes, but to every musician I play this CD for, it's very contemporary: The Butchershop Guitar Quartet performing The Rite of Spring in a fantastic and meticulous arrangement for two electric guitars, electric bass and drums. Their seemingly never-updated website includes a few sound clips, spring rounds and the naming and honoring of the chosen one. If these pique your interest, the entire album seems to be available at amazon, though it also seems to include a gratuitous remix CD as well. Oh well. It doesn't diminish the guitar quartet arrangement. Oh, and make sure you listen all the way to the end. The last few notes are killer.