Ensemble Krock aims to make the electric guitar a more obvious and natural part of the contemporary music scene.
Ensemble Krock is a Swedish collective of musicians and composers, formed in 2005, that focuses on new contemporary art music for electric guitars.
The album's central work, "Forty-Five Minutes of Music on the Subject of Football," commemorates Ireland's victory over Italy in the 1994 World Cup.
Seán Clancy's compositional approach involves examining minimal amounts of material over extended periods, sometimes incorporating projected text.
Composer Seán Clancy's work often explores the tension between found and original material, narrative and rupture, and elite and vernacular values.
The album was recorded and mixed by John Murphy and Seán Clancy at Guerrilla Studios in Dublin.
