NOW Ensemble /
itsnotyouitsme

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Celebrate the launch o fNew Amsterdam with music from the "indie-classical" label's inaugural releases. NOW Ensemble is a composer/performer ensemble with flute, clarinet, double bass, piano, and electric guitar. Cited by Alex Ross of The New Yorker as "a deft young group gaining attention," NOW Ensemble plays works from its debut CD, NOW. itsnotyouitsme, a violin/guitar duo with members of Alarm Will Sound and The Exit, creates spacious soundscapes with live, looped samples; they will play pieces from their first disc, walled gardens. These two bands embody New Amsterdam's mission: "to provide a haven for the young New York composers and performers whose music slips through the cracks between genresmusic without walls, from a scene without a name."