Afiara Quartet - Spin Cycle (2015)

Spin Cycle is a three-stage, groundbreaking process curating a 360-degree conversation with four young Canadian composers, the Afiara Quartet and the renowned scratch DJ, Skratch Bastid. With classical music as a common denominator, the group explores the different types of music that influenced individual upbringings, be it pop, reggae, hip hop, world, or other musics. The works are repurposed and re-envisioned by DJ Skratch Bastid. Each composer, hearing what Skratch Bastid has done, “respond” by writing parts for the Afiara to play with (or against) the DJ’s remix.

Tracklist:

01. 2 Pop Songs on Antique Poems : 2 Pop Songs on Antique Poems: No. 1. A Letter from the Afterlife (5:53)
02. 2 Pop Songs on Antique Poems : No. 2,1 Will Not Let You Go (8:02)
03. Soul Searching. Pts. 1 & 2 (Skratch Bastid Remix): Soul Searching. Pts. 1 & 2 (Skratch Bastid Remix) (5:10)
04. Through the Invisible : Through the Invisible (5:19)
05. Transcendence : Transcendence: No. 1, Hold On (6:38)
06. Transcendence : No. 2. Let Go (5:09)
07. Dirty Laundry (Skratch Bastid Remix): Dirty Laundry (Skratch Bastid Remix) (4:50)
08. Dirty Laundry - Heavy Load : Dirty Laundry - Heavy Load (5:00)
09. Infinite Streams II: Infinite Streams II: I. Breakthrough (4:09)
10. Infinite Streams II: Infinite Streams II: II. In the Garden of My Beloved (5:48)
11. Infinite Streams II: Infinite Streams II: III. The Pursuit (4:29)
12. Stream of Consciousness (Skratch Bastid Remix): Stream of Consciousness (Skratch Bastid Remix) (3:11)
13. Ow! : Ow! (4:07)
14. String Quartet No. 3 : String Quartet No. 3:1. Gliding (5:28)
15. String Quartet No. 3 : String Quartet No. 3: II. Winds of Change (7:49)
16. Skratch My Bach (Skratch Bastid Remix): Skratch My Bach (Skratch Bastid Remix) (4:10)
17. Second Wind : Second Wind (5:32)