#Listening to Between The Whiles, by Zeena Parkins

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You could talk to electric harpist Zeena Parkins about her collaborations for hours: After all, she's appeared on Björk's Vespertine and on the soundtrack for Matthew Barney's Drawing Restraint. She played on Matmos' The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast and toured with the exploratory electronic duo. She's worked with Christian Marclay, John Zorn, Jim O'Rourke, Fred Frith, Ned Rothenberg and a jaw-dropping fleet of others. She's made two records with electronic composer and former DNA drummer Ikue Mori as Phantom Orchard...

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