String Quartet No.2 (Canon in Beta)
If I remember to go to Cafe Oto tomorrow night I get to hear Phill Niblock’s Five More String Quartets performed live by Apartment House. This is the piece that started the whole six-year-and-counting journey of my own String Quartet No. 2 (Canon in Beta).
Incidentally, the latest iteration of SQ2(CB) is still on display at Monash University Museum of Art until 1 October.

Boring Like A Drill. A Blog. » This Is The New Music: Lights Out, 20 September 2011:
[…] on a sequel to String Quartet No. 2 (Canon In Beta) – this is made from offcuts of the source material I’m […]
Boring Like A Drill. A Blog. » Quickly now, 2011, 30 December 2011:
[…] sets at Sotto Voce for showing me that there’s still potential for laptop gigs, and hearing Apartment House play my old bĂȘte noir, Phill Niblock’s Five More String Quartets in person. This last piece was […]
Boring Like A Drill. A Blog. » This Is The New Music (and video): Spectral Shadow of String Quartet No. 2 (Canon in Beta), 15 February 2012:
[…] to do a write-up of the Redrawing: Collective Collaborations show at Monash last year. Apart from a sneak preview of my contribution, nothing else of the latest, book-format iteration of String Quartet No. 2 (Canon in Beta) has been […]