Possibility of a New Work for Aquaserge

The Possibility of a New Work for Aquaserge is the French avant-prog band's contribution to Crammed's long-running composer series Made to Measure, which has typically focused on music that could be used for other forms of media, including film, television, advertising, and performances. Earlier entries in the series included John Lurie's soundtracks for Jim Jarmusch's breakthrough films, as well as Yasuaki Shimizu's Music for Commercials and albums by Hector Zazou, Fred Frith, Harold Budd, and many others. On this album, Aquaserge pay tribute to Giacinto Scelsi, György Ligeti, Edgard Varèse, and Morton Feldman, through a mixture of original homages and interpretations of the 20th century composers' pieces. The results are distinctly Aquasergian, with some of the pieces radically altered to match the band's sensibilities, while others are more reverential to the original compositions. Varèse's "Un grand sommeil noir" is transformed from a solemn, operatic piece into more of a fractured