Marimba quartet (2 marimbas) commissioned by Architek. 

Recorded by Denis Martin, live at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal, November 30, 2013.

Bit Canon - Eliot Britton

Mallet quartet (2 marimbas, 2 vibes) written for Architek. 

Recorded by Denis Martin, live at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal, November 30, 2013.

Four Lines - Ben Duinker

Transcription of a 19th century choral work for 2 marimbas, 4 players.

Recorded by Denis Martin, live at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal, November 30, 2013.

Nine Sili Nebesniye - Aleksandr Sheremetev

Arrangement of Christos Hatzis's Odd World (piano trio), from his album Constantinople. 

Recorded by Denis Martin, live at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal, November 30, 2013.

Odd World (from Constantinople) - Christos Hatzis (arr. Ben Duinker)

Transcription for mallet instruments of Muhly's ambient electronic track, released on Bedroom Community's 2009 compilation "For your listening pleasure and occasional terror" Architek Percussion

Recorded by Denis Martin, live at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Montreal, November 30, 2013.

Fast Twitchy Organs - Nico Muhly

"Pop" chamber work for guitar, drums, marimba, vibraphone, and rhodes keyboard. Featuring Steve Raegele on guitar. 

Recorded live at La Sala Rossa, Montreal, November 25, 2013.

Girl - Nicole Lizée

Quartet for amplified tables and percussion. 

Recorded live at live@CIRMMT, McGill University, Montreal, February 13, 2014.

Shift - Ofer Pelz

This five-movement chamber work for six percussionists explores popular music's evolution, reproducing and imitating styles from the 1930's to present day. This is the first movement which focuses on music styles of the 1930's. Featuring Zachary Hale and Christian Smith on percussion.

Recorded by Chris Johns at the MMR of the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal, February 14, 2014.

Metatron 1 - Gatsbytron (1930)

This five-movement chamber work for six percussionists explores popular music's evolution, reproducing and imitating styles from the 1930's to present day. This is the fifth movement which focuses on music styles of the 2010's. Featuring Zachary Hale and Christian Smith on percussion.

Recorded by Chris Johns at the MMR of the Schulich School of Music, McGill University, Montreal, February 14, 2014.

Metatron 5 - Valkaratron (2010)

Incantation Excerpt

John Cage's classic Third Construction (1941)

Recorded by Scott Levine in the MMR at McGill University

Third Construction - John Cage

Architek Percussion is a Montreal-based quartet dedicated to the development and performance of avant-garde, experimental, minimalist, and electroacoustic music. Founded in early 2012, they have emerged as dynamic exponents of chamber music, equally comfortable in performing classic repertoire and exploring new terrain through premieres.

In addition to their self-produced concerts in Montreal, Architek has recently appeared as guests of Ottawa New Music Creators, Live@CIRMMT (Montreal), Innovations en Concert (Montreal), Matralab (Concordia University), Pointe-a-Calliere Museum (Montreal), the Schulich Year of Contemporary Music (McGill University), and the Cluster Festival (Winnipeg). In October 2013 they toured the Maritimes, performing and conducting workshops at several Universities in the region.

The members of Architek are ardent devotees of premiering new Canadian music, having recently done so with works by Adam Basanta, Eliot Britton, Beavan Flanagan, Nicole Lizée, Christos Hatzis, Nicolas Hyatt, and James O’Callaghan. Their current repertoire includes works for both pitched and non-pitched percussion instruments, and reflects the cultural and stylistic diversity of North American contemporary music.

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Architek Percussion est un quatuor de percussion émergent concentré sur le développement et l'interprétation de la musique avant-garde, expérimentale, minimaliste et électro-acoustique, particulièrement dévoué à la création d'œuvres des compositeurs émergents. Avec une répertoire actuelle comprise d'une mélange d'œuvres écrites également pour les instruments à claviers et pour les instruments à peaux, Architek est capable de montrer la diversité culturelle et stylistique de la music contemporaine de l'Amérique du Nord. Le quatuor a été former à l'Université de McGIll en 2011, où les membres se sont rencontrer pendant leurs études de maîtrises sous la supervision d'Ayiun Huang et Fabrice Marandola.

Basé à Montréal, Architek présente une série de concerts annuelle, tout en restant fidèle aux communautés différentes de la ville avec ses présentations spéciales. En 2012/13 les membres ont présenté des concerts gratuits à McGill (Schulich Year of Contemporary Music), au Vieux Port (en collaboration avec La Musée Pointe-à-Calliere), Christchurch Cathedral (en collaboration avec Concerts Cathédrale Contemporaine), et à l'Université Concordia (Montréal/Nouvelles Musiques). A part des concerts présentés à Montréal, Architek a réalisé des concerts chez Gallery 345 à Toronto, et comme invités spécial à Ottawa avec le Ottawa Choral Society et Ottawa New Music Creators. La saison 2013/14 figurera la participation du quatuor chez le Cluster Festival à Winnipeg, LIve@CIRMMT à Montréal et une tournée des provinces maritimes du Canada.

Architek est fortement dévoué à la musique nouvelle et à la commissionnement de nouvelles pièces de plusieurs compositeurs canadiens où basé au Canada ; incluants Eliot Britton, Kota Nakamura, Beavan Flanagan, et Nicolas Hyatt, tandis que l'interprétation des œuvres des compositeurs canadiens Christos Hatzis, Claude Vivier et Sandeep Bhagwati. Ces pratiques à fait établir Architek comme une pièce importante dans la scène musicale montréalaise, ainsi que celle du Canada.

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