So Percussion - 25x25 (2025) [Hi-Res]

In celebration of their 25th year together as one of the most adventurous and influential percussion ensembles in contemporary music, Sō Percussion announces the release of 25x25. In keeping with the group's forward-looking mission, this 8-disc box set is not a retrospective; more characteristically, it's a stand-alone listening experience, featuring more than 8 hours of entirely new and previously unreleased recordings, with each piece written for, in collaboration with, and premiered by Sō Percussion.

Over the last 25 years, the members of Sō — Jason Treuting, Adam Sliwinski, Josh Quillen, and Eric Cha-Beach — have been hailed for their gripping performances and wildly creative collaborations. Cantaloupe Music (the label launched by the Bang on a Can collective, which released Sō’s first-ever album in 2004), is pleased to offer this collection to longtime fans and newcomers alike. It's both a comprehensive portrait, and a forecasting of where contemporary chamber music is heading.

Featured composers:

Eric Cha-Beach
Dan Deacon
Donnacha Dennehy
Cenk Ergün
Suzanne Farrin
Vijay Iyer
Robyn Jacob
Nathalie Joachim
Leilehua Lanzilotti
Michael J. Love
Steve Mackey
Andrea Mazzariello
Angélica Negrón
Tristan Perich
claire rousay
Juri Seo
Caroline Shaw
Sō Percussion
Shodekeh Talifero
Olivier Tarpaga
Jason Treuting
Dan Trueman
Vân-Ánh Võ
Kendall K. Williams
Bora Yoon

Tracklist:
1-1 So Percussion - Four + Nine [8:07]
1-2 So Percussion - Fēfē: I. Bush Taxi [5:21]
1-3 So Percussion;Kelly Watkins - Fēfē - II. Pas à pas [3:27]
1-4 So Percussion - Fēfē: III. Tarpaga's Four in Three [4:49]
1-5 So Percussion - Fēfē: IV. Dusty Road to Dolo [4:40]
1-6 So Percussion - Melodic Concept III [9:17]
1-7 So Percussion - Babybot [5:26]
1-8 So Percussion - sending messages: I. Alchemy Gold (Live) [11:56]
1-9 So Percussion - sending messages: II. the lehua groves (Live) [9:04]
2-10 So Percussion - Broken Unison: I. — [2:39]
2-11 So Percussion - Broken Unison: II. — - III. — [4:30]
2-12 So Percussion - Broken Unison: IV. — - V. — [2:56]
2-13 So Percussion - Broken Unison: VI. — - VII. — [7:24]
2-14 So Percussion - Broken Unison: VIII. — - IX. — [2:48]
2-15 So Percussion - Torque: Pt. 1 [4:38]
2-16 So Percussion - Torque: Pt. 2 [3:47]
2-17 So Percussion - Torque: Pt. 3 [6:40]
2-18 So Percussion - Torque: Interlude [6:02]
2-19 So Percussion - Purse Hurdler: I. — [5:44]
2-20 So Percussion - Purse Hurdler: II. — [1:56]
2-21 So Percussion - Purse Hurdler: III. — [13:14]
2-22 So Percussion - diamond in the square [7:46]
3-23 So Percussion;Nathalie Joachim - Note to Self: Interlude I. I'm Supposed to Be Doing [2:56]
3-24 So Percussion;Nathalie Joachim - Note to Self: I. Much More [4:24]
3-25 So Percussion;Nathalie Joachim - Note to Self: Interlude II. Take a Nap [1:08]
3-26 So Percussion;Nathalie Joachim - Note to Self: II. Maybe [4:17]
3-27 So Percussion;Nathalie Joachim - Note to Self: Interlude III. I'm Feeling [2:21]
3-28 So Percussion;Nathalie Joachim - Note to Self: III. Motivated [5:46]
3-29 So Percussion;Angélica Negrón - Inward Pieces: No. 1, gone [5:17]
3-30 So Percussion;Angélica Negrón - Inward Pieces: No. 2, wires [6:49]
3-31 So Percussion;Angélica Negrón - Inward Pieces: No. 3, release [3:31]
3-32 So Percussion;Angélica Negrón - Inward Pieces: No. 4, go back [5:41]
3-33 So Percussion - Machines for Listening with So: I. Machine No. 3 [5:39]
3-34 So Percussion - Machines for Listening with So: II. Machine No. 9 [4:29]
3-35 So Percussion - Machines for Listening with So: III. Stromatolith for So [4:02]
3-36 So Percussion - Machines for Listening with So: IV. Machine No. 5 [7:10]
3-37 So Percussion;Beth Meyers;Cristina Altamura - in places [8:13]
4-38 So Percussion;Bergamot Quartet - When the Sun Hits Just Right [11:04]
4-39 So Percussion;Bergamot Quartet - Oblique Music for Four Plus "Blank" [9:49]
4-40 So Percussion;Jack Quartet - Sequential [43:39]
5-41 So Percussion;Shodekeh Talifero - Vodalities: I. The Universality of Breath Art [4:08]
5-42 So Percussion;Shodekeh Talifero - Vodalities: II. The Genealogy of Vocal Percussion [6:02]
5-43 So Percussion;Bora Yoon - The Wonder That's Keeping the Stars Apart: I. Cabinet of Curiosities [11:27]
5-44 So Percussion;Bora Yoon - The Wonder That's Keeping the Stars Apart: II. Simultaneous Realities [4:11]
5-45 So Percussion;Bora Yoon - The Wonder That's Keeping the Stars Apart: III. Blood Matter Carbon Bone [7:14]
5-46 So Percussion;Bora Yoon - The Wonder That's Keeping the Stars Apart: IV. I Carry Your Heart with Me "I Carry It In" [5:41]
5-47 So Percussion;Jason Treuting;Michael J. Love - A Better Genome [17:32]
5-48 So Percussion;Jason Treuting;Van-Anh Vo - In True Dialogue [15:06]
6-49 So Percussion;Alicia Olatuja - Narrow Sea: I. I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger (Live) [3:31]
6-50 So Percussion;Alicia Olatuja - Narrow Sea: II. Sweet Fields Beyond the Swelling Flood (Live) [4:06]
6-51 So Percussion;Alicia Olatuja - Narrow Sea: III. Sweet Rivers Lie Just Before (Live) [4:45]
6-52 So Percussion;Alicia Olatuja - Narrow Sea: IV. On Jordan's Stormy Banks I Stand (Live) [4:36]
6-53 So Percussion;Alicia Olatuja - Narrow Sea: V. She Said She'd Meet Me When I Come (Live) [3:11]
6-54 So Percussion;Alicia Olatuja - Afterlife (Live) [18:49]
6-55 So Percussion;Amy Garapic;Elijah Shina;Luca Morante;Mika Godbole;Petra Elak - Collective Ungraspable (Live) [16:42]
6-56 So Percussion - vv (Live) [7:11]
6-57 So Percussion - Waves (Live) [9:59]
7-58 So Percussion - From out a Darker Sea, Chapter 1: Coal and Flower [7:40]
7-59 So Percussion - From out a Darker Sea, Chapter 2: Four Portraits [10:29]
7-60 So Percussion - From out a Darker Sea, Chapter 3: Harold and Sylvia [11:09]
7-61 So Percussion - From out a Darker Sea, Chapter 4: Song for Billy - For the Durham Sea [18:59]
8-62 So Percussion - Amid the Noise: I. June (Live) [5:09]
8-63 So Percussion - Amid the Noise: II. White (Live) [4:10]
8-64 So Percussion - Amid the Noise: III. Go (Live) [6:21]
8-65 So Percussion - Amid the Noise: IV. Fire Escapes (Live) [3:57]
8-66 So Percussion - Amid the Noise: V. September (Live) [5:40]
8-67 So Percussion - Amid the Noise: VI. March (Live) [8:05]
8-68 So Percussion - Extremes [3:55]
8-69 So Percussion - Thank You 4 Listening [3:04]