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BUILD
Indie / Classical / Minimalist



Brooklyn, New York
United States

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Member Since6/28/2007
Band Websitewww.newamsterdamrecords.com/album/build
Band Members

Matt McBane: violin/compositions, Andrea Lee: cello, Mike Cassedy: piano/keyboard, Ben Campbell: bass, Adam Gold: drums
Influences .. ..
Sounds Like“…malleable music which doesn't distinguish between classical and rock.” .. “…[McBane] is a natural composer, a fresh voice…” .. -Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times

"Build has been attracting serious attention with its genre-traversing mix of chamber-music decorum, rootsy twang and pop-fueled drive, as heard on its recent eponymous EP on the New Amsterdam label.” .. -Steve Smith, Time Out New York

“You heard it here first: the Next Big Thing in indie rock is chamber music! …Until then, we have brave souls like Build, who can wrap peppy math-rock arrangements like "Magnet" together with ambient minimalism like "Imagining Winter." At least NPR will play them.” .. -The Deli Magazine

“interesting and exciting…it could change the way you think about contemporary composition” .. -Blogcritics (Canada)

“…a stone’s throw from chamber music…” .. -Allan Kozinn, New York Times

“skittery, unpredictable and utterly charming musical inventions.” .. -Alan Rich, Bloomberg News

"Drivin’ is the big piece on the disc…At first the music sounds like Steve Reich with a drumset. A hypnotic pulse groove in the piano drives away while flat drones in the strings emerge and start to groove in a very Reich-ian sort of way. As the piece evolves, though, McBane makes it clear that while he has clearly heard a lot of Reich, he is no wannabe. The piano transforms into a melodic entity that sounds more like a jazz solo than minimalistic process. Angular melodies sprout up everywhere. Spiky rhythms permeate the whole piece, binding it together, as every performer gets their own feature. If you listen, you hear that the rhythmic profile of the piece is treacherous. The performers make it sound easy, effortless, and improvisational.” .. -Jay Batzner, Sequenza 21

“Build’s self-titled first album is a risky, albeit exciting, little record. Not only does composer Matt McBane pull together jazz, bluegrass and instrumental rock, but each track throws you Lewis Carrol-style through the looking glass into a strange new landscape.” “…the surreal wonderland Build leads you through is endlessly fascinating and often gorgeous.” .. -Seattle Sound Magazine

“Drivin’ has exactly the sort of forward-looking energy the title would suggest. Its one of those hands to the pump kind of pieces where everyone is playing full throttle.” .. -John Schaeffer, New Sounds, WNYC
Record LabelNew Amsterdam Records
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 30 2009 8:00P
Cafe du Nord: Presented by Classical Rev San Francisco, California
Dec 1 2009 11:00P
Hotel Cafe Los Angeles, California
Dec 2 2009 8:00P
The Loft @ UCSD: ArtPower La Jolla, California
Dec 4 2009 9:00P
Pehr Space Los Angeles (echo park), California
Mar 19 2010 8:00P
Galapagos: New Amsterdam presents Archipelago Brooklyn (dumbo)

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   About BUILD
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Our debut album was released in 2008 on New Amsterdam Records to some really nice reviews (see left) and great fan response (thanks, it means a lot). In October 2009 it was re-release with distribution from Naxos, so now it's available a lot more places. Buying it from the New Amsterdam site is still the best deal for us, our label and (most importantly) you. Plus there's a bunch more content there. Enjoy!

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Here's our a bit about us:

Build is a Brooklyn-based indie-classical band led by composer/violinist Matt McBane. Described by Steve Smith in Time Out New York as "a new quintet that straddles the increasingly permeable line between chamber music and instrumental rock", Build has developed a body of work and a performance style that freely and intuitively draws on chamber music, art rock, minimalism, electronic music, modal jazz, American fiddle music, and experimentalism (to name a few).

Build released its debut album on New Amsterdam Records in the summer of 2008. It has received critical acclaim from both esteemed classical music critics and indie bloggers alike including the Canadian Blogcritics which called it “interesting and exciting…it could change the way you think about contemporary composition”, Bloomberg News’ Alan Rich who praised its “skittery, unpredictable and utterly charming musical inventions”, Seattle Sound Magazine which stated “…the surreal wonderland Build leads you through is endlessly fascinating and often gorgeous”, and Sequenza21which praised the performances on the disc: “If you listen, you hear that the rhythmic profile of the piece is treacherous. The performers make it sound easy, effortless, and improvisational.” Tracks from the album are played on radio stations across the country and have been used many times as musical interludes on NPR’s All Things Considered.

For booking and other inquiries: buildbuildbuild (at) gmail.com

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BUILD's Friends Comments
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Greg Goad

Greg Goad



Nov 15 2009 5:18 AM

Hey! thanks for finding me! 
VCR5

VCR5



Nov 14 2009 8:55 PM

dymanic stuf
Sunwrae Ensemble

Sunwrae Ensemble



Nov 14 2009 2:04 PM

Thanks Build!
Great sounds...

Sunwrae :)
Leo Loebenberg

Leo Loebenberg



Nov 14 2009 1:14 PM

HEY BUILD!!!!

COOL SOUND!!!!

THNX 4 THDE CONTACT!!!!

BEST
amabilées

amabilées



Nov 13 2009 6:23 PM

Hey Matt, Andrea, Mike, Ben and Adam,
herzliche Grüße aus Berlin!
Susanne
giuseppe

giuseppe



Nov 12 2009 5:39 PM

thangs! amicalement giuseppe
stefano scippa

stefano  scippa
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Nov 12 2009 3:56 PM

Welcome new friend!

Cheers from Bologna - Italy!

Saluti da Bologna!
Rosa Alaimo

Rosa Alaimo



Nov 11 2009 11:54 PM

Salut...thanks for the request, very glad to enjoy your music !! All the best..
John

John



Nov 11 2009 4:24 AM

thank you BUILD!

john mckenna
Christian Natta

Christian Natta



Nov 10 2009 2:54 AM

Great art, amazing at least for me. hanks for the contact. Send you my best
Christian
Matthew Ratcliffe

Matthew Ratcliffe



Nov 9 2009 10:28 PM

Hi there, thanks so much for finding me! Great music! Let's keep in contact.

Matthew.
PEARL

PEARL



Nov 9 2009 6:02 PM

Thank you for the friend request.

It is really nice to be friends

Nice music!

All the best with your future projects...

Cheers from Germany

Pearl
Sonic Veil

Sonic Veil



Nov 9 2009 4:17 PM


 
Great Music!!!!

BAND OF MEN

BAND OF MEN



Nov 9 2009 8:45 AM


 

Thanks for the req.
Really fine music here, folks!
Great playing.
Enjoyed it a lot
Pier
Beth Chandler

Beth Chandler



Nov 8 2009 11:31 PM

Thanks for the request.  I love your music and sound, and have been enjoying listening to it! 



Massimiliano Lazzaretti

Massimiliano Lazzaretti



Nov 8 2009 10:54 PM

Thank you Guys! FUCKING GOOD SOUND!
Isaac Turienzo

Isaac Turienzo
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Nov 8 2009 10:09 PM

Thanks For The Request. All The Best From Spain. Isaac
Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble

Jack Curtis Dubowsky Ensemble



Aug 28 2009 2:22 AM

thanks for the add!  can we do a show with you?  :)
Brian Parkhurst

Brian Parkhurst



Aug 21 2009 7:18 AM

You guys are awesome
atiliorocca

atiliorocca



Jul 24 2009 1:53 PM

BUILD: Thank you so much for the add. Very nice music!.
Atilio.
Cham Cham

Cham Cham



Jul 15 2009 4:09 AM

Hi, Thanks for add & comment. I'll try to be at Barbes for your show ;)
Fernando Baggio

Fernando Baggio



Jul 8 2009 3:24 PM

Hello Build, I had think and we can change ours cds. So, give me yours adress and I send you my cd. And than you sand me yours. What do you think about?
Danielle Cavallon

Danielle Cavallon



Jul 3 2009 4:11 PM

AMAZING your song! Congrats from Brasil. Hope to watch your show someday ;)
PEk

Stéphane Martin



Jun 24 2009 8:50 AM

Very nice !
Greetings from Belgium
PEk
mikhail

mikhail



Jun 23 2009 1:02 PM

this sounds really good. keep at it please.

wishes from London,

mikhail
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