Personnel: Dan Kaufman (electric guitar); Peter Hess (bass clarinet); Danny Tunick (marimba); Peter Letre, Dan Coates (electric bass); John Bollinger (drums); Pamela Kurstin (Theremin).
Additional personnel: Fiona Templeton (vocals); Catherine McRae, Sarah Bernstein (violin); Julia Kent (cello).
Dan Kaufman, the man behind the eclectic Brooklyn-based ensemble Barbez, enlists the help of a few of his band members plus some avant-garde classical musicians for FORCE OF LIGHT. Inspired by the verse of Jewish poet Paul Celan, this album conjures beautifully melancholy moments via strings, theremin, marimba, bass, and drums.