Seven Days: Vermont's Independent Voice

Hello, Cello

Who are the Portland Cello Project? In their own words, “a horde of cellists laying siege to the shackles of musical perception.” What is their mission? “We’re always thinking about what we can do to confuse the audience the most,” member Douglas Jenkins told the Anchorage Daily News. That explains the Oregon indie ensemble’s latest album, Homage, which reinvents Lil Wayne’s “Lollipop” as a classical canon and Kanye West’s “Monster” as a fugue. Scratch your head, then ride out the original, all-cello arrangements of both classical and hip-hop compositions at the BCA Center on Friday.