Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra: Take Off! (Alien Transistor, 5/12/09)
“Asteroids!”
[audio:http://alarm-magazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Andromeda_Asteroids.mp3|titles=Andromeda Mega Express Orchestra: “Asteroids!”]Led by 25-year-old German composer Daniel Glatzel, this 20-piece modern classical ensemble created one of the year’s most beautiful and dazzling albums, romping through playful orchestrations, big-band swing, foreboding soundtrack cues, sad string arrangements, and more.