For Your GRAMMY® Consideration - Don't Look Down

For Your GRAMMY® Consideration
Best Classical Compendium
Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Best Engineered Album, Classical

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About Don't Look Down
Multi-GRAMMY® nominee-Christopher Cerrone’s new album is a decade-long journey through sound, collaboration, and innovation. From the first sketches of Goldbeater's Skin in 2015 to the final touches on Ode To Joy in 2023, these works reflect his deep connection and friendship with Sandbox Percussion.

Opening with Don't Look Down (2020), a work born during the pandemic, the album blends traditional percussion with found objects and prepared piano and, when premiered by Sandbox Percussion and pianist Conor Hanick, was described as 'exhilarating' by The New York Times. A Natural History of Vacant Lots (2017) explores space and sound, positioning ambient and beautiful colors against a haunting electronic backdrop. The centerpiece, Goldbeater's Skin (2016), pairs percussion with the human voice in a stunning setting of GC Waldrep's poetry.

The album closes with Ode to Joy (2023), a bittersweet celebration of New York City, filled with whistles, harmonicas, and stomping rhythms. Every unique sound on this album was meticulously crafted, shaped by Cerrone’s longtime collaborator and producer Mike Tierney.

Don't Look Down is a bold exploration of the endless possibilities of percussion and a testament to the evolving power of music and collaboration.

Credits
TRACKLIST:

Christopher Cerrone (b. 1984)
Don’t Look Down Don't Look Down
1 I – Hammerspace (4. 46)
2 II - The Great Empty (5. 26)
3 III - Caton Flats (6. 14)

4 A Natural History of Vacant Lots (9. 01)

Goldbeater's Skin
5 I - Apocatastasis (2. 46)
6 II - Interlude 1 – Wood (2. 12)
7 III - In My Dream (1. 51)
8 IV - Interlude 2 - Metal (1. 48)
9 V - My Companion and I (4. 07)
10 VI - Interlude III - Skin - Fatal Exception (1. 58)
11 VII - Against the Madness of Crowds (4. 12)

12 Ode to Joy (9. 42)

Sandbox Percussion
Conor Hanick, piano
Elspeth Davis, mezzo-soprano

Produced by Mike Tierney, Christopher Cerrone, and Sandbox Percussion
Recorded, mixed, and edited by Mike Tierney
Mastered by Alan Silverman