Floriculture, with Carl Maguire, Chris Mannigan, Trevor Dunn, and Dan Weiss, has been performing in New York City since 2001. The band has developed a kaleidoscopic and tactile sound in Maguire's rhythmically sensuous music. According to Nic Jones, "The fact that this quartet is apparently a working band is abundantly obvious. The programme of music they perform comes entirely from the pen of Maguire, and such is the organic nature of the band that the impression is of music written with these particular musicians in mind... Thus, Chris Mannigan's alto sax work is entirely his own, for all of the faint echoes of Anthony Braxton, whilst bassist Trevor Dunn makes his presence felt in places where a musician less attuned to Maguire's music might simply miss opportunities... For a group of this size and makeup, the music they make is no little distance from what might be imagined… this music is profoundly a group music." Overall, the band sound aims to envelop the listener in an unfamiliar yet inviting space. To magnify and stretch so that what would be solid may appear porous and vice versa. As Budd Kopman says in All About Jazz, "the composed sections appear, then blend into the improvisations, which then mutate back into composition. No sharp lines demarcate anything, and 'Denizen Green' is a major statement of compositional technique and improvisational ability. The band shows itself to be an organic unit that evolves with the music. Each piece gives no hint where it is going to go, creating a palpable tension as the [music] proceeds, since the sense of compositional unity created by the theme keeps building, while at that same time that same feeling is being pulled apart by the improvisation of the players." Floriculture's recent release on Between The Lines (Germany) has been greeted with enthusiasm. Short-listed by several reviewers and hailed by Glenn Astarita as "one of the true modern jazz surprises of 2006," Bruce Lee Gallanter summed it up as "Excellent work from some of my favorite local heroes." Floriculture continues to grow as a band and a vehicle for Maguire's composing, most recently collaborating with violist Stephanie Griffin and visual motion artist Patrik Bolecek.