This one really slipped through the cracks - This is a disc, excellent in so many ways, that should really be better known. The performances are really top-notch. One can say that although many of the cliches of Post-Minimalist music find their way into this work, they are handled with a sensitivity FAR beyond that of MANY more famous composers. So what s the problem? The almost constant diatonicism and motoric - ness should have made this a trendy hit - if not on New Sounds, at least on Sequenza 21! But I also appreciate that Chen is one of the only composers of this genre whose music, with its chattering gestures and its pitch exchanges, seems to reflect an awareness that a composer like Stefan Wolpe ever existed. Maybe THAT S the problem...In any case, at the very least, Wogen-Brandung-Wonne for three guitars is some kind of a classic, an acoustical rendering of some of the principles of sampling - at least that s how it sounds to me. Fuse Box, the last piece, is the weakest. Expertly composed, it tootles along without really getting anywhere in particular. But even there, Chen demonstrates a very special ear and sensibility. A Sleeper!