New album, “Polarity” out on September 15th!
The group’s commitment to bringing its love of dark, dense, and heavy sounds into a contemporary classical framework is everywhere on the album, as is the group’s passion for collaboration. Polarity features new works from composers Ian Chang (Sun Lux), Phong Tran (MEDIAQUEER), Andrew M. Rodriguez (Close Your Eyes), Vicente Hansen Atria, Paul Mortilla, and Clara Warnaar.
Polarity follows up Pathos’ debut release, When Dark Sounds Collide, by further pushing the group’s boundaries through the use of electronic elements. Electronic instruments, live and pre-recorded, and in combination with acoustic sounds are heard throughout the recording.
Pathos member Felix Reyes states: “Working with Ian, Clara, Andrew, Vicente, Paul, and Phong on their commissions for this album has been a real treat for us. We can’t express how much fun it has been to put these pieces together and to collaborate with each and every one of them in bringing their pieces to life.”
From Ian Chang’s buggy, pulsating Mega Cicada to Paul Mortilla’s more oceanic exploration of breathing 21600, the album takes listeners on quite a ride. Clara Warnaar’s piece Home/Gone is inspired by her phone’s auto-correct changing the word “home” to “gone.” She says in her notes: “That unsettling deconstruction of what we began with gets replaced by something more distorted and complex, but potentially beautiful.” And suitably, that’s where this album leaves us.
