Artist description Creator of wildly diverse acoustic and electronic pieces, sound environments, cross-media events, and performance art. Much of this music is too long for mp3.com, so visit the artist's website at http://maltedmedia.com/bathory/ for recordings of hour-long music such as Zonule Glaes II! And, naturally, available for commissions.

Music Style eclectic electronic/concert avant-garde muttmelange

Musical Influences Cage, Stravinsky, Zappa, Stockhausen, and my mirror

Instruments acoustic, electronic, homemade

Albums Detritus of Mating, Zonule Glaes II

Press Reviews Csárdás: Immediately compelling ... The almost demonic qualities and grand proportions of the work evoke memories of ... Franz Liszt. ||| Exequy: A dark and powerful homage ... a strident brass shell driven from within by quieter, more complex and precise sounds. ||| Somnambula: The best works [at the New York Avant-Garde Festival] were the biggest and the smallest... [The composer] sat far out in a field playing a recorder, accompanied by a tinny cassette machine... The effect was like a Chinese Pan. ||| The Lily and the Thorn: The audience warmly applauded the difficult and modern work ... after the concert, people could be heard talking about the new work throughout the hall. ||| A Time Machine: Composer Dennis Kitsz went for broke with [the] ambitious work for nine musicians that alternates sung verse with orchestral improv, ancient sounds and avant-garde ones. ||| Thičle: Clearly the work that stretched its audience the most was Kitsz's powerful Thičle for quarter-tone violin. [It] took some getting used to. People do get used to it: Some even thought that the slow movement was traditionally whole- and half-tone... ||| Emerald Canticles, Below: There is an ethereal quality to the accompaniment resulting in an effect that is indeed surreal. But, rather than atmospheric, the work is made of clearly delineated lines that, with the work's tightly knit rhythms, lead it to a dramatic climax and coda. The new work proved difficult listening..., but ultimately fascinating. ||| Llama Butter: Nothing even comes close to the uniqueness of Llama Butter... It is a fascinating study in multi-media for the tuba... New music fans would love this work and it deserves more performances. ||| Into the Morning Rain: A fascinating and earthy work ... its quiet drive and gentle rhythm seduced the listener into an almost primal state. Báthory-Kitsz continues to be one of the state's most fascinating and sophisticated composers. ||| Detritus of Mating: At the deepest level this music lulls and intrigues, irritates and begs your answers. Ambient for sure ... further than that, always. Growing and moving, wiggling in your ears, this sound creates a basket of safety and insecurity. Knowledge of gods and goddesses way back coming through present life. ||| Sourian Slide: Sublimely beautiful is the only way to describe Sourian Slide for strings ... it builds quietly and achieves a quiet but powerful drama with ne'er a loud note.

Additional Info MaltedMedia Private Editions

Location Northfield, VT - USA

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