Search - William Brittelle, --, America Contemporary Music Ensemble :: Loving the Chambered Nautilus

Loving the Chambered Nautilus is William Brittelle's iconoclastic follow-up to the art rock epic Television Landscape. Unlike its predecessor, this album focuses on chamber virtuosity and intimacy. It was written specifically for the players of ACME, merging the classical chamber music tradition with electronic retro-futuristic pop gestures. In each of these pieces, complexity and virtuosity coexist alongside visceral impact and surface appeal. The Chambered Nautilus, the sea creature after which the album is named, is comprised of both organic and inorganic material, with the line between being often blurred to the point of becoming indiscriminate. This fluid duality in effect mirrors the relationship between strings and electronics in this project, with both elements coexisting to the point of becoming one.