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"Devil Music Ensemble has established itself
as one of the primary American groups composing and performing scores
for silent films, and can be spoken of in the same breath as groups
like The Alloy Orchestra and the Tin Hat Trio."
Dylan Skolnick Director of Programming Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington
NY
"Plowing a broad furrow behind God Speed You
Black Emperor! On a rotary paved with high-minded inventions, instrumentalist
genre-smelters Devil Music likely will jump off from their recent
take on Terry Riley's 'In C' with contrails of 'Sister Ray', Goran
Bregovic, and Maurice Ravel streaming behind." E. McMurtrie
Village Voice
"DME's score for 'Caligari' musically reimagines
the film's nightmarish plot of mind control and murder at a sideshow.
The eclectic composition includes motifs from Industrial music,
circus instrumentation and electronica." Jay Blotcher Woodstock
Times
"DME's take on the western soundtrack won't be like any you've heard
before. Their compositions employ tweaked-out electric guitars,
lap steel, vintage analog synthesizers, traditional drums and surprising
percussion. The horrific nature of The Cabinet of Dr. Calgari lent
itself to haunting strings, creepy bells and a low-hum bass line.
Even as the music matches and enhances the moving pictures, the
tunes are more abstract, more avant garde than traditional Hollywood
soundtracks. Plus, the live performance brings immediacy to the
connection between movie and music." Paige M. Travies Knoxville
Metro
"A band capable of covering Terry Riley's InC,
the ever-shifting collective known as Devil Music [Ensemble] are
paving the coolest avant-rock off ramp since Sonic Youth got off
the expressway to yr. Skull - with spacious, elusive, found-sound
dronescapes that don't skimp on melody, sprawling Branca-esque power-chord
symphonies matching concussive fury with gong-toned harmonic majesty,
hectic gypsy fiddle speed-metal rave-ups, and evil hardcore rants
transmogrifying into bop and back." Review of "Mastul"
by C. Carioli Boston Phoenix
"I had not seen this new David Shepard restoration
yet, so seeing it was a real treat. The music score was not what
I would consider to be "traditional", for instance, there were strong
sounds of electric guitars, bass and drum, but it worked well, and
the musicians played the score with great enthusiasm, which I think
added to the experience for the members of the audience unaccustomed
to seeing silent films. I am glad that this group took the time
to compose and perform a score for this film. The use of the violin
added incredible atmosphere to the film as well." Review
of live performance of Nosferatu at the Senator Theatre in Baltimore
MD by John Timorey
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