". In a performance that must have required superhuman strength, endurance, and concentration, the composer and the percussionist Yoshimasa Wada keep two large Chinese gongs ringing continuously for over an hour. The piece predates the Japanese percussion ensemble KODO by a decade, and it easily outstrips that group's performances in its sustained intensity. Chatham and Wada, drumming with ferocious energy at a relentlessly fast tempo, create wildly diverse sets of overtones. The work evokes images of sonically overwhelming natural forces swirling out of control -- hurricanes, wild fires, tsunamis, blizzards -- and for the most part is really, really loud. Don't let the quiet opening fool you; you may want to turn down your speakers".
Disc has a few light marks.