Toronto-based artist and musician Michael
Trommer's full-length release is a magnificent collection
of field recording-derived composition. From the expanse
of its starkly minimal opening track through a series
of pieces that gradually build in their structural
complexity and sonic palette, the music throughout
Cataraqui moves along at a steady pace, engaging the
listener with its diversity and exquisite craftsmanship
until culminating in a final track featuring source
material recorded in Mies van der Rohe's Toronto-Dominion
Centre and plaintive vocals (by London band The Remote
Viewers' Louise Petts) which will no doubt shock longtime
Stasisfield listeners with their easily accessible
beauty.
