Clarice Jensen ~ in holiday clothing out of the great darkness

The album title is a quotation from Rainer Maria Rilke’s Letters to a Young Poet, which includes the phrase “what steps forth, in holiday clothing, out of the great darkness.”  Cellist Clarice Jensen regards the image as a metaphor for the

ACL 2019 ~ Top Ten Drone

Drone music doesn’t need to be scary; there’s nothing inherently frightening about elongated tones.  Yet the drone genre does seem predisposed toward darkness.  Just look at the cover art for Black to Comm; or the compositional corpses found in the BABEL hardback

Clarice Jensen ~ Drone Studies

At first, one may be surprised at the genre of cellist Clarice Jensen‘s latest release.  The artistic director of ACME is known for her work with Jóhann Jóhannsson, among others.  So how did she end up making a drone album? The

Clarice Jensen ~ For this from that will be filled

Our long, slow goodbye to beloved composer Jóhann Jóhannsson continues with the unveiling of Clarice Jensen‘s debut album; opener “bc” was composed together.  As the artistic director of ACME (American Contemporary Music Ensemble), Jensen worked with Jóhannsson over the last decade of his