The innovative Brooklyn-based quartet So Percussion have redefined the meaning of the term "percussion ensemble." In addition to drums and traditional percussion instruments, So Percussion have made their own instruments and play everything from tea cups and walnut planks to flower pots and amplified cactus. The group's self-titled debut saw release in 2004, and they were recording their own compositions by third album Amid the Noise (2006). They went on to collaborate with the electronic band Matmos on 2010's Treasure State, and with trumpeter Dave Douglas on 2011's Bad Mango. Among their many other musical partnerships that decade, they worked with composer Steve Reich on 2011's WTC 9/11 and 2017's Drumming Live. The group's eclectic pairing carried into the next decade with works by Caroline Shaw and Buke & Gase. ~ Thom Jurek