Loco Loco Michael Kamen New

"Now," Kamen said, his voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. "The concept is 'New.' Not just new music, but a new way of listening. I want the woodwinds to play backwards. I want the percussionists to use their shoes. And the brass section..."

Not into noise, but into a kind of meticulous chaos. A solo violin began sawing a frantic, off-kilter waltz. A cello answered with a percussive col legno —striking the wood of the bow against the strings—in a rhythm that sounded disturbingly like a human heartbeat during a panic attack. Then the children’s choir came in, singing in a made-up language that sounded like Italian, French, and the babbling of a fever dream: “Loco, loco, come il vento / Kamen, Kamen, sonnolento…” loco loco michael kamen new

So, why the sudden surge of interest in "Loco Loco" nearly a quarter-century after its release? "Now," Kamen said, his voice dropping to a