At every point in the disc, Fung has a strong sense of thematic control and structural overview that suggests more great things to come.

Here at last is music of dramatic urgency and depth, in which Fung draws on ideas from gamelan while also adding plenty of her own original material - clangorous, dissonant harmonies, off-kilter rhythms and a sense of wild unpredictability.

Chatting with composer Vivian Fung about her upcoming studio release with Metropolis Ensemble and finding her voice in the creative process.

All three of the works presented here are based on gamelan motifs and melodies giving the disc a wonderful continuity.

Discover the origin story that led to an ongoing collaboration between The Roots and Metropolis, and their new studio album, Undun.

The remainder of undun speaks through the instrumentals, where innocent pianos and violins turn into reckless percussions that fade into searing strings suggesting Redford has died.

The album has an instrumental coda… an elegiac string quartet and a last dissonant piano chord, an unpeaceful final rest.

Undun is also a mirror held up to present-day America, where ambitions are more likely to die than prosper. It's a downer, but timely and affecting, with moments of beauty.

A gorgeous neo-classical suite closes the album… If an album can be both chilling and beautiful at once, "Undun" is it.

“All told, the story undun tells is sometimes chilling, often thrilling, and always illuminating.”

“The Roots’ 13th release is a concept album with a bravura twist: It narrates the story of a bootstrapping hustler in reverse, from death to birth.“

“The Roots' 13th album, which includes a brief, four-part orchestral suite that builds off a Sufjan Stevens piece, is definitely their most downbeat.“