Banging on a Can

I'm listening to a composition produced by Bang on a Can, a contemporary music project based on San Francisco:

The San Francisco Chronicle has called Bang on a Can "the country's most important vehicle for contemporary music" but is has been a long road getting there. That road began in 1987 with a series of conversations among three friends, Michael Gordon, David Lang and Julia Wolfe, about where music was and where it was going.

I confess I don't listen to much contemporary music. It feels great just now, however, a sort of aural yoga stretching my preconceptions about songwriting and peformance. Refreshing!