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| Biography: Elliott Sharp began playing the piano at six. According to Sharp, he was performing concerts by age eight. Sharp claims that his parents wanted him to be both a concert pianist and a scientist. He gave up piano, first in favor of the clarinet and then the guitar. His interest in science led him to build ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1986 Label: Dossier Critics' Rating:  Fractal contains some of Elliott Sharp's music at its best, which is to say, brutal. "Singularity," which opens the album, virtually sums up the Sharp aesthetic: a fusillade of dense, almost barbaric percussion ...Read full review Released: 1989 Label: SST Critics' Rating:  An excellent rendering by the Soldier String Quartet of some of Sharp's best music: visceral patterns with searing harmonic content and new string techniques. The unique title piece, present in two takes ...Read full review
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