Explores the Rabelais/ Crowley axiom of "do what thou wilt" through an eclectic language of tone clusters and colors both inside the piano and at the keyboard.  

Written for violinist Jennifer Koh after getting permission from Maestro Ligeti himself, this is a very intense cadenza to one of the 20th century's great concertos. 

Ives, Tatum, Chopin, Messiaen, Monk, Beethoven, Scriabin, Floyd Kramer, Boulez, Nancarrow, cocktail piano...... Jumping moods and styles from bar to bar, this is a favorite of many young modern music virtuosos. Next to Cobra, my most oft-performed composition. 

A sonic ritual for four bass drums. Sombre and hypnotic. 

Extracted from the game piece Sebastopol, this brief piano miniature makes for a wonderful encore showpiece. 

The connection of the violin to Satanism has been well documented, and Paganini's supposed pact with the devil inspires in part this set of eight variations/ incantations for contacting demonic spirits. 

A very challenging and very difficult polyrhythmic piece for 13 tuned drums. Virtuoso voodoo. 

A wild satanic composition for solo organ using hypnotic ostinatos, sand bags and wooden boards to invoke the left hand path of the infamous Huysmans novel.  

An early exploration of genre busting in a cartoon format. 

35 etudes for solo guitar in idiosyncratic notation that can be played as written, or used as jumping off points for improvisation. 

Nostalgia, romance and a touch of surrealism filter through a set of very private obsessions. Dedicated to artist Joseph Cornell.