Michael Gordon's Trance, an hour-long work for acoustic and electronic orchestra, was rocked by Signal tonight in the middle of the Le Poisson Rouge floor. It starts out with Gordon's signature bass drum crashes and blasts of brass before entering a long slow fade that reflects the title. From there, it goes back and forth between slow and deafening, the drummer whaling away on a battery of percussion instruments. Simple and cinematic, it's a big-time experience, made all the more intense by LPR's stage lights and close quarters. Like having your head pulled in and out of a coke furnace. ( More pics below.)