John Luther Adams

Ilimaq

Grammy-winning composer John Luther Adams always speaks with reverence about capturing 'the tone within the noise, ' and if any of his recent work can be said to take that mission directly to heart, it's Ilimaq. A true electro-acoustic recording that channels the energy, passion and precision of Wilco drummer Glenn Kotche, Ilimaq (which loosely translates from the native Alaskan Inupiaq language as 'spirit journeys') maps a vivid, phantasmagorical progression through liquid cascades of percussion, otherworldly ambient soundscapes, harmonic dissonance, melodic convergence and almost everything that's musically-and sonically-possible in between.