Kronos Quartet Recommendations?

Thanks everyone! What a great response to my question. I've ordered "Pieces of Africa" and "Piano and String Quartet" for starters. I recall "Requiem for a Dream" as an amazing film with extremely effective music, so that may be on the short list.

They have kind of a best of called Released. Since their albums tend to be themed in sound, it might be a good starting point. (ie, if you like the sound of a song, you'll probably like the album it came on.)

Their new Mexican album is cool.

(I thought Kids was far more disturbing thean RfaD, but what do I knw?)

Also on Nonesuch there's Kronos plays Alphred Schnittke with nice book that you will find very interesting to read especially when listening to CD itself.

Thanks Tvad, I just dusted off my Kronos Pieces of Africa cd and am enjoying it at this moment. A talented group indeed.

I wonder if You folks who like the Kronos Quartet may also enjoy the work of a lesser known group called "The Rachels". Perhaps a bit more Avant Garde and even less predictable than Kronos. I enjoy their albums that were recently introduced to me by a friend, one called "Selenography" and "Systems/Layers". Not sure why they remind me of Kronos, but somehow they do. The Rachels are a much larger ensemble (I think 10 members). Take Kronos and add a bit of Eno, a dash of Gavin Bryars, a splash of Laurie Anderson, perhaps a pinch of the Hillard Ensemble, and a few others I'm not thinking of right now, and there you have yourself "The Rachels". Or maybe not........

Marco