March 31, 2007
Excerpt of LA Times review of Dan's compostion/performance with The Nimbus Ensemble.
...In Hosken's piece, the composer manned digital gear and manipulated material atop the Xenakis, which was repeated by the live ensemble. Hosken treated and mistreated the work, live and on the fly, supplying echoes, samples out of context and other sound alterations and also smearing on his own sonic debris. He wielded his "Wizard of Oz"-like power impressively, with offstage controls and an expansive toolbox....
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