junctQín keyboard collective — reTHINK
(out October 23rd, 2020 on Redshift Records)

Genre(s): Modern Composition
RIYL: Xenia Pestova, Eve Egoyan, Stephen Scott, Sô Percussion,

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About: Toronto’s junctQín keyboard collective—comprised of Stephanie Chua, Elaine Lau and Joseph Ferretti—commemorates a decade of intrepid exploration with their long-awaited debut album. Offering a spirited and diverse collection of multi-limbed pieces spanning Maurice Ravel’s 1918 curio Frontispice to works by contemporary music’s leading up-and-comers, reTHINK captures everything from phantom textures summoned from the piano’s inner sanctum to Casio-caressing postmodernism. It’s a buoyant and decidedly celebratory album that sits at the sweet spot between virtuosity and focussed listening, and whose whimsy always remains anchored in profound musical insight.

Press:
Article — Jane Coombs, The Whole Note : “This fall, two Toronto keyboard collectives are pushing forward – and embracing the new”
Review — Raul Da Gama, The Whole Note
Review — Remy Franck, Pizzicato.lu (in deutscher Sprache)
Review — Vanessa Ague, Musicworks
Review — Grego Applegate Edwards, Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review
Review — Eskaton, ChainDLK
Mini-review — Endaural
News — Composers Edition : “Michael Finnissy and Emily Doolittle on New Redshift Albums“
Feature —Jane Coombs, The Whole Note: “This fall, two Toronto keyboard collectives are pushing forward – and embracing the new”