Biography: Although often described as a minimalist jazz band, England's Icebreaker combines such additional styles as contemporary classical, rock, and alternative, and is comprised of 12 members (featuring pan pipes, saxophones, electric violin, cello, guitars, percussion, and keyboards). Originally formed in ...Read full biography
The distressed young lady depicted in Carla Leighton's cover art, recalling the comic book-derived imagery of early-'60s Lichtenstein, might suggest that listeners to this CD would be in for a severe sonic ...Read full review
According to the liner notes of this 1997 release, the new music ensemble Icebreaker was formed in 1989 by several young composers seeking to establish a new direction for British contemporary music. They ...Read full review