Composer Simon Hanes’ daring and irreverent GARGANTUA is available March 27, 2026 via Pyroclastic Records. On Sunday, March 29 at 4:45 pm they play at Big Ears!
“Albums like this do not appear according to a schedule. They show up unexpectedly like a sudden storm, rearranging not just the patio furniture but the very air itself.” – Mike Borella, Avant Music News
“An epic new work… leaves listeners on the edge of their seat … challenged in an extremely exciting and interesting way. And what an experience it would have been to hear this work in concert!” – Jan Granlie, Salt Peanuts
“… a music that fuses the influences of Hildegarde von Bingen and Tibetan Buddhist choral singing, baroque music and edgy modernism, alpine horns and heavy rock. The combination of vocal polyphony (those harmonized glissandos!), low brass, and rock rhythm becomes a whole that is totally unique and deeply spiritual…. Hanes’ brilliantly realized compositions bring us to the brink of an abyss of wonder and terror.” — Ken Shimamoto, The Stash Dauber
“Complex and richly imaginative, the work unfolds as a conceptual musical journey inspired by film, folklore, and the absurd spirit of Monty Python.” – Thierry de Clémensat, Paris Move
“This is beautiful, scary, simple, and complex music filled with extremes and contradictions…Hanes’ Gargan
