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In his evocative album Dream Streets, Cornelius Dufallo draws inspiration from the beauty and symbolism of the New York nightscape. Both urban and organic, the acoustic and electronic interweave to create tides of a dramatic, unconscious narrative. Dufallo’s luscious violin sound emerges slowly and mysteriously, striking a steady groove - one that echoes with the rhythm and variety of a city street and the flow of an underwater current.

Heralded by the New York Times as one of the “new faces of new music,” and praised for his “taut virtuosity,” Dufallo is well known for his work with the amplified string quartet ETHEL, and the creative music ensemble Ne(x)tworks. With Dream Streets, Dufallo takes his first serious steps outward as a solo artist. In development since 2004, Dream Streets reflects upon a wide range of experiences, from the deeply personal (in the groove oriented pieces Lighthouse and Waiting for You) to the philosophical (Transcendence was written as a medita...