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Michael Galasso: High Lines

Read "High Lines" reviewed by Jerry D'Souza


Making records is a secondary occupation for Michael Galasso. There is a gap of twenty years between his two albums for ECM, but that's not to say that he was languishing in vacuity. Far from it. Galasso was making his imprint in movies through composing, including the score for the acclaimed In The Mood For Love, and lending his voice to animated characters. Oh yes, he also worked with Pierre Boulez and Yo-Yo Ma. He finally took some time out ...

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Michael Galasso: High Lines

Read "High Lines" reviewed by John Kelman


Violinist Michael Galasso has to be one of the most enigmatic figures on the ECM roster. After releasing but a single album for the label, '83's solo Scenes, he then seemed to fall off the face of the earth--at least the more conventional music scene. That doesn't imply, however, that he's been inactive. In fact, while High Lines is only the second album to be released under his own name, he's been an busy contributor--actor, dancer, performer, and composer--in film ...

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Michael Galasso: High Lines

Read "High Lines" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni


Violin virtuoso player and composer Michael Galasso has released only one album (Scenes, ECM) and that was 22 years ago, but he is still one of the busiest behind-the-scenes musicians around the globe. He composes music to the plays of dramatist Robert Wilson (The Cabinet of Doktor Caligary, the CIVIL warS, Peer Gynt) to films (Korean director Wong Kar-wai's In The Mood For Love and Iranian director Babak Payami's Secret Ballot) and dance projects (with choreographers Lucinda Childs, Carolyn Carlson, ...

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High Lines

ECM Records
2005

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Scenes

Creative Sources
1983

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