String Section

And though you really need to be a disciple of music that proceeds in long whispering drones, this has many exquisite moments: Henriksen breathing through the trumpet over pulsing piano-chords; reverberating motorbike noises against soft brass howls, shimmering then talkative Henriksen lines over glowing electronics; deep string-section effects or distant thunderclaps. ❋ John Fordham (2010)

There are cynics (perhaps even Police drummer Stewart Copeland among them) who might allow Sting and his mammoth ensemble the indulgence of a little string-section swilling every now and then, if only for the bombast of the Prokofiev-inspired "Russians" or to back up Dominic Miller's delicate guitar on "Fragile." ❋ Unknown (2010)

During the rehearsal, the orchestra's string-section leaders will perform a short chamber quartet written by Farah Toslima, a 12-year-old in New York who is a student in a Philharmonic music composition program. ❋ Unknown (2008)

The arrangements expand in concentric tiers of counterpoint, acoustic and electronic, with chiming guitars, plinking percussion, string-section lines and twitchy programmed beats. ❋ By JON PARELES (2011)

"Citizen" filtered the '80s through Burton's raygun; "Sailing to Nowhere" was but a string-section short of a symphony; and "Mongrel Heart" vaguely recalled "Under the Milky Way." ❋ Eric Nowels (2010)

Consequently, tossed into this musical Cuisinart were French horn player Beth Lano, flutist Tina Hadley, voila player Sharon Street-Caldwell, and violinists DeAnn Letourneau, James Harvey, Jennifer Eriksson and Lisa Viscuglia (who is not with the Phil at the moment, but is recording with Moreno and is helping arrange the string-section sessions). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The rave track Darlington references stylewise is Acen's "Trip to the Moon Pt. 1," which might sound to undrugged ears like a disorienting-in-a-bad-way clusterfuck of beats, ambiance, and string-section cheese. ❋ Unknown (2008)