Detroit based Akropolis Reed Quintet releases "Ghost Light", a collection of works written for them that are in dialogue with various "ghosts" - histories that are manifest in personal, collective, and even organic contexts. Featuring music by Stacy Garrop, Michael Gilbertson, Niloufar Nourbakhsh, Jeff Scott, and Theo Chandler, Akropolis' precise and dynamic performances are matched by their curatorial creativity and commitment. Celebrating over a decade of music making, the Akropolis Reed Quintet, with their "infallible musicality and huge vitality" (Fanfare), has sparked a revolution in wind chamber music. An untamed band of 5 reed players and entrepreneurs, the members of Akropolis are united by a shared passion: to make new music that connects and reflects real people.

Tracklist:

Rites For The Afterlife: I. Inscriptions From The Book Of The Dead
Rites For The Afterlife: II. Passage Through The Netherworld
Rites For The Afterlife: III. The Hall Of Judgement
Rites For The Afterlife: IV. The Field Of Reeds
Kinds Of Light: I. Flicker
Kinds Of Light: II. Twilight
Kinds Of Light: III. Fluorescence
Kinds Of Light: IV. Ultraviolet
Firing Squad (Version For Reed Quintet & Fixed Media)
Seed To Snag: I. Sprout
Seed To Snag: II. Stretch
Seed To Snag: III. Sow
The Valley, The Bottom, And Hastings Street, Pt. 1 "Long Ago But Not Forgotten"
Homage To Paradise Valley: I. Ghosts Of Black Bottom
The Valley, The Bottom, And Hastings Street, Pt. 2 "They Looked Towards Old Hastings Street"
Homage To Paradise Valley: II. Hastings Street Blues
Homage To Paradise Valley: III. Roho, Pumzika Kwa Amani
The Valley, The Bottom, And Hastings Street, Pt. 3 "They Had A Contest For The Name"
Homage To Paradise Valley: IV. Paradise Theater Jump!

UPC: 690277900358
Label: New Focus
Release Date: 4.9.21
Format: CD

Ghost Light / Various - Ghost Light (CD)