In his inventive exploitation and sheer musicality, I rank him with Shirish Korde. The underlying but unsure texts that inform much of this music are often translations from the Japanese. They are, as is the music, strikingly economical. Instantaneous, as are Gibson's realizations. An understanding of Gibson's inspirational impetus is often illuminating but not essential.
All performances are technically impeccable, completely sympathetic, and illuminating.
The recording is clear, timbrally true, and impactful, both in its realization of the acoustical instruments and the computer-generated pieces. If Mahler can be likened to a musical novelist, then Gibson is a poet. In sum, pure Want List material by any measure. There is a temptation, when pure sound becomes so intriguing, to skip the hard work of shaping it into forms that have an inner logic, forms that communicate. But the pieces on this disc, expertly played by a variety of performers, merge the attractions of meaningful structures into those of fascinating texture.