DESCRIPTION:
Flexible Music:
Tim Ruedeman, saxophone; Eric Huebner, piano; Haruka Fujii, percussion; Dan Lippel, guitar
from FM: Flexible Music
http://www.newfocusrecordings.com/catalogue/flexible-music-fm
Closing Time was written for and premiered by Flexible Music, and commissioned by Eric Huebner and Haruka Fujii.

This debut full length recording from NYC based new music quartet Flexible Music features six works that have helped to define the group's sound. Inspired by Andriessen's iconic canon, Hout, Flexible Music has commissioned and premiered over thirty new works for their instrumentation of guitar, piano, sax, and percussion, five of which are featured on this recording (by Nico Muhly, Ryan Streber, Orianna Webb, Vineet Shende, and John Link). The FM sound that has developed through these pieces eludes easy categorization, but it is characterized by tight rhythmic energy and meticulous ensemble coordination.