Dennehy, Donnacha - Mild, Medium-Lasting, Artificial Happiness

Dennehy, Donnacha - Mild, Medium-Lasting, Artificial Happiness

Fascinating Irish composer Donnacha Dennehey wrote Mild, Medium-Lasting, Artificial Happiness for the Prism quartet in 2004. It is a dense, frenetic and terse work that disorientates and offends in a satisfying manner. The mechanised ensemble rhythms deliver disturbing harmonies and provide in two minutes much suggestive material.