Bill Alves is a composer, writer, and video artist based in Southern California and engaged at the intersections of musical cultures and technology. He has written extensively for conventional acoustic instruments, non-Western instruments (especially Indonesian gamelan) and electronic media, often integrated with abstract animation.
"Stunningly beautiful pieces for violin and gamelan ranging from rhythmic and intense to serene and highly lyrical. Play, play, play!"
"...voices, gamelan, and computer-generated tones joined in a haunting, nocturnal reverie: unearthly, far beyond the reaches of harmonic or tuning systems."
"... intimations of a search for meaning beyond traditional structures of thought."