Myth of Tomorrow
Erika Dohi’s studio album with producer William Brittelle, releasing October 24 on Switch Hit & Figure 8 Recording.
Wye Oak: Shriek Variations
March 22, 2024 on Merge Records
Seminal indie rock duo Wye Oak, Paul Wiancko (strings), and Metropolis Ensemble are releasing a reimagined version of the band's 2014 record, Shriek, to celebrate its 10-year anniversary.
Tyondai Braxton: Telekinesis
November 11, 2022 on New Amsterdam and Nonesuch Records
Tyondai Braxton’s Opus Klassik-nominated album, Telekinesis — the first studio recording of an eighty-seven-piece work for electric guitars, orchestra, choir and electronics.
Samora Pinderhughes: Grief
April 15, 2022 on Stretch Music and Ropeadope
Composer, pianist, vocalist, and multidisciplinary artist Samora Pinderhughes released his new album, GRIEF with Metropolis Ensemble / Argus Quartet.
Claire Dickson's Starland
February 6th, 2022
Claire Dickson's album release celebration, with Grey Mcmurray and Lesley Mok
Starland is Claire Dickson's debut album as a solo artist and producer, created on a tall ship in the Arctic Circle and in her Brooklyn apartment. With guitarist Grey Mcmurray and drummer Lesley Mok, this music comes alive with added spontaneity and imagination.
NewAm’s Triple Al3um Holiday Release Show
December 12th, 2021
Gather at LPR to celebrate the release of 3 albums from New Amsterdam, including NOW Ensemble and Sean Friar’s Before and After, Phong Tran’s The Computer Room, and Charlotte Greve’s Sediments we move.
Video Premiere: de_dust2 from The Computer Room by Phong Tran
For anyone old enough to remember the birth of the internet, the room in the house where that endearing, bulky desktop computer lived had a certain allure.
Samora Pinderhughes' Grief
Grief is a new project of revolutionary songs by pianist-vocalist-composer Samora Pinderhughes. It speaks truth to power, calling out the sufferings caused by racial capitalism, policing and prison systems, and oppressive ideologies. These are freedom songs, abolitionist songs, and songs that unpack what so many have experienced this past year, while also suggesting pathways for collective response and resistance.
Video Premiere: (Un)Wandering Souls
A timbrally-rich fusion of struck metal, wood, porcelain, and glass defines Vivian Fung’s(Un)Wandering Souls.
Neon Jazz: The Unheard Mixtape 1: Interview with Jazz Saxophonist, Composer & Educator Matthew Evan Taylor
“Welcome to a new edition of the Neon Jazz interview series with Jazz Saxophonist, Composer & Educator Matthew Evan Taylor.”
Vivian Fung Inspirations on Spotify
Composer Vivian Fung created this Spotify playlist, including Violin Concerto from our studio album, Dreamscapes, performed by violinist Kristin Lee.
I Care If You Listen: The Unheard Mixtape 1: Follow to the End Celebrates Experimentation and Black Expressive Culture
Matthew Evan Taylor’s The Unheard Mixtapes has reconciled his artistic identity as a classical composer focused on social justice, Black expressive culture, and experimentalism.
Metropolis in Residency for Telekinesis
Metropolis will be in residency at Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (EMPAC) state-of-the-art facilities in Troy, New York in 2021.
WRTI: Vivian Fung Interview
Schooled in the classics, Vivian Fung writes music that speaks to the experiences of 21st-century audiences. "I feel like this is my role, she says, whether composing for orchestra, or other ensembles. "It has to be of our time. "
Stereogum: We’ve Got A File On You: Jenn Wasner
“William Brittelle. I can’t say enough good things about that guy. He’s such a special person. He has such a strange mind and wild ear for aesthetic choices.”
The Story Behind "We Are Not Machines"
It’s such a sweet and timely gift to the world. It feels like a hug and a reality check all in one - something the world really needs right now.
Pieta Brown: We Are Not Machines
July 24, 2020 on 37d03d
The “We Are Not Machines: Meta Version” is a truly mind-bending other-side-of-the-sonic-coin version, masterminded and arranged by visionary composer William Brittelle.
An Earful: Spiritual America Review
This is the kind of big, bold, sometimes even crazy symphonic work of which we could use a lot more, with orchestral brass and strings competing with fat synthesizers, rock drums, choral singing, and more.
Textura: Spiritual America Best of 2019
On paper, the project could appear bombastic, what with the army of resources utilized, yet he somehow makes full use of said resources without the result becoming overblown.
WNMU: Spiritual America Best of 2019
With this collaboration between Nonesuch Records and New Amsterdam, walls of genre are broken down as sounds morph and blend throughout Spiritual America.