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Laurie Anderson and Kronos Quartet’s Landfall was inspired by Anderson’s experience of Hurricane Sandy. It juxtaposes electronics and strings with Anderson’s descriptions of loss, from water-logged pianos to disappearing animal species to Dutch karaoke bars. The original multimedia stage production also included projected text that was triggered by the live instruments through Erst, a software developed by Anderson and programmed by Liubo Borissov. Examples of this text are included in the official music videos for the album.
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Laurie Anderson, violin, vocals, keyboards, samples, percussion, filters
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Composed by Laurie Anderson for Kronos Quartet
Music and text by Laurie Anderson
Transcriptions by Jacob Garchik
Arrangements by Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet, and Jacob Garchik
Produced by Scott Fraser, Laurie Anderson, and Kronos Quartet
Executive Producer: David Bither
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