Summary: <p>Hear the eerie, arresting, co-composed electro-orchestral pop from Minneapolis electro band POLIÇA and Berlin new-music outfit stargaze, led by conductor André de Ridder. The two groups have worked together since the 2015-2016 season, in a “virtual residence,” commissioned by Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra’s Liquid Music series. They have arranged and adapted Steve Reich’s <em>Music for Pieces of Wood</em> as well as co-creating their latest, a long-form work inspired by ideas and themes in James Kunstler's book <em>The Long Emergency</em>. On their new record called, <em>Music For the Long Emergency, s</em>weeps of strings, French horn, flute and oboe, along with synth bass, industrial electro-percussion, and jarring electronic textures are arrayed in support of often electronically-altered vocal lines. Hear some of this music, in-studio, which Poliça frontwoman Channy Leaneagh describes in National Sawdust Log as “not a pill to swallow that calms us down.”</p> <p>Read more about the long-distance collaborative romance via this interview in the <a href="https://nationalsawdust.org/thelog/2018/02/14/polica-and-s-t-a-r-g-a-z-e-true-collaboration-is-a-lot-like-being-in-love/">National Sawdust Log</a>.</p> <p>Watch the session live:</p>
