On the music of the MMM Quartet:
Experiencing such creative, distinct personal powers, acting with an admirable intense stamina, with a continuous motion of subtle details, is stimulating and sensual in an often weird way. It is a tour-de-force that celebrates their beings to the fullest, here and now, free. A total form of art expressed in highly communicative interplay, delivered in an almost telepathic, collective yet highly eccentric camaraderie ...This is the powerful role of art, the truest and most noble role. If we are bewildered by such an arresting performance that celebrates freedom in a most passionate and profound manner we may find ourselves overpowered by its very essence. We may then think: why can't we adopt such creative expressions? If we can enjoy this magnificent show of sensual freedom, why not desire to express such freedom and energy off-stage, post-listening? Why do we need to distance ourselves in our daily lives from common, collective expressions of unselfish compassion? And why are we not inspired to insist on more democratic forms of regimes not only in the artistic world but the world at large, that empower us all and not just the small, greedy and hedonistic elite? (Eyal Hareuveni, from liner notes to MMM Quartet Oakland/Lisboa, RogueArt 2015)
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