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22 October 2013

Drew Baker: “National Anthem” (Stress Position, New Focus Recordings 2012)

“Pianists spend lifetimes alone in small rooms with antique instruments. This intimate scenario is defined by an atmosphere of confinement as well as an overt physicality. The piano receives the weight of the body and disperses sound.

"These simple and rather obvious facts regarding intimacy, physicality and space are essential to my piano works. Whether addressing extra-musical and political topics or simply existing as "absolute music,” every piece on this recording attempts to lay bare the visceral intensity that directly results from the act of playing.“

— Drew Baker, from the liner notes of Stress Position

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