Alarm Will Sound performs Aphex Twin

Copy pasted from their website (http://www.alarmwillsound.com):

Alarm Will Sound is a 20-member band committed to innovative performances and recordings of today's music. Former Musical Artists-in-Residence at Dickinson College, they have established a reputation for performing demanding music with energetic virtuosity. Their performances have been described as "equal parts exuberance, nonchalance, and virtuosity" by the London Financial Times and as "a triumph of ensemble playing" by the San Francisco Chronicle. The New York Times says Alarm Will Sound is "the future of classical music."

In their interpretations of Aphex Twin (aka Richard D. James), they manage to organically reproduce (with traditional band and orchestra instruments) and perform every single drum hit and synth that were originally recorded by James himself, never to miss a beat. They even stay true to form when its time to shout: "Come on you cunt, let's have some Aphex acid!!!" If you're at all familiar with Aphex Twin's work (and go ahead and wikipedia him if you aren't), you'll know how insane an undertaking this must have been.

Their version of Avril 14th is somewhat unnecessary, since it was a solo piano in the first place, but everything else sounds very fresh and different, while remaining very faithful to the original recordings. I marvel at how much creativity they had in reproducing such a bizarre array of synthetic sounds.

Their merchandise page is hilarious...it's a Cafe Press page, and so it all looks horribly generic, especially the "Alarm Will Sound" thong underwear. I wonder if anyone has ever paid $8.99 for those.

You can stream the whole album at http://www.bleep.com