Sonarchy
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BoiSea Collective
New jazz music from this Boise/Seattle combination, featuring Brent Jensen (soprano sax), Cynthia Mullis (soprano and tenor sax, bass clarinet), Kris Hartung (guitar, laptop efx), and Jared Hallock (drums).
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Jesse Paul Miller
Jesse Paul Miller presents field recordings from Java, Bali, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Laos.
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Brain Fruit
An electronic duo that re-imagine classic kosmische/krautrock experimentation through modern hardware synthesis.
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Jon Sheckler's Bodies of Water Ensemble
New jazz music from drummer and composer Jon Sheckler, featuring Reuel Lubag (piano), Bren Plummer (bass), Josh Williams (guitar), Mat Montgomery (trumpet), Ryan Shepard (trombone), Jory Tindall (soprano sax), and Devin Duval (tenor sax).
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John Schuller and James Davis
This Sonarchy Archive show is a two guitar attack with cinematic, extreme sound pressure results.
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The Simon Henneman Quartet
The Simon Henneman Quartet, with 6 guests here, fire a full broadside at the crossroads of jazz and creative music. This performance features Simon (guitar), Kenny Mandel (saxes), Kate Olson (saxes), John Seman (bass), Mark Ostrowski (drums), with Bill Monto, Bill Krautz, Jim Knodle, Amy Denio, Erica Carlson, and Jen Gilleran.
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Matt Carlson
Portland modular analog and digital synth dynamo brings deep tone and texture solos to the show.
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Sufferin' Fuckheads
Breaking all the jazz, punk and noise rules, featuring Ron Weinstein (hammond B-3 organ and keys), Mike Peterson (drums and effects).
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Gems
Deep, danceable grooves full of twists and turns, featuring Dan Rapport and Gary Palmer (synthesizers), and Adrian Van Batenburg and Jacob Evans (drum kits).
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The Fabulous Party Boys
The Fabulous Party Boys return to Sonarchy with their horn-heavy funk party, featuring Elliot Gray (keys), Tazlyn Gue (vocals), Jon Hansen (tuba), Ray Larsen (trumpet), Jason Cressey (trombone), Scott Macpherson (saxophone), Marshall Petryni (drums), and Andy Short (guitar).
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Geist and the Sacred Ensemble
Dark, brooding, bluesy psychedelia that is haunting, hypnotic, and harrowing in equal measure.
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Panabrite
Analog synthesizers, beats and effects in service of the ambient drone.
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Jargon
A modern-jazz quartet focused on adventurous original compostion, featuring Bryan Smith (saxophone), Gregg Belisle-Chi (guitar), Carmen Rothwell (bass), and Max Wood (drums).
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Stenskogen
Deep psychedelic electronic explorations from these Translinguistic Other associates, featuring Garek Druss (vocals, beats), David Golightly (Moog synthesizer), Aubrey Nehring (guitar, vocals), and Jamie Potter (Jupiter).
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The Jefferson Rose Band
The Jefferson Rose Band combine world music influences with solid chops to make their own sound happen, featuring Jefferson Rose (bass), Naomi Siegel (trombone), Tobi Stone (sax, clarinet, flute), Aaron Walker-Loud (drums), Ivan Galvez (percussion), and Dan Rapport (guitar).
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Noel Brass Jr.
"Soulgazer" number 1 brings us a psychedelic, dystopian soundtrack for the Midnight hour.
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Lori Goldston & Dana Reason
Freely improvised acoustic music that feels like the weather, featuring Lori on cello and Dana on piano.
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Unlearn
Symphonic drums, massive bass, soundscapes and elegant melodies, a band from the daydream nation, featuring Greg Ferguson (drums), James Kay (guitar, keys), Christian Taylor (keys, guitar, percussion), and Jason Kopec (bass, keys and melodica).
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Janel & Anthony
Bucolic acoustic numbers and immersive dronescapes, featuring Janel Leppin (cello, electronics) and Anthony Pirog (guitar, electronics).
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Bang Kung Association
Get lost with the Bang Kung Association, featuring field recordings, processing and juxtaposition.
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Chad McCullough Ensemble
A beautiful new chapter in the fast-evolving world of chamber jazz, featuring Chad (trumpet, composer), Brent Jensen (soprano sax), Christian Pincock (trombone), Paul Gabrielson (bass), and Dan Kramlich (piano).
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Lou-Lou Hernandez
Electro-noise pop that ignores all the pop requirements, featuring Ryan Tranum (sampler), Kate Olson (bass clarinet, flute), Alan Gutierrez (circuit-bent keys, vocals), and Daniel Comiskey (text/poetry).
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Alex Guilbert Trio
New jazz music from a very tight piano trio, with Alex (piano), Brad Gibson (drums), and Jeff Norwood (bass).
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Barricade
This Sonarchy archive show is from August 2000 and features a live exploration into the power of drum n' bass. Reggie Watts is dark and glowing on keys and vocals, DJ Diskeyze on electronics, and Mike Brown on drums.
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Bill Horist
Solo prepared guitar improvisations. Mr. Horist's reputation for taking the guitar into new sonic territory is confirmed with this week's Sonarchy.
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Ply
New music for jazz quartet, led by Michael Owcharuk (piano), with Beth Fleenor (clarinet), Paul Kemmish (bass), and Max Wood (drums).
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Noise-A-Tron
Noise and beats in service of the drone experience, with Jason Bledsoe (drums) and Lea Bledsoe (bass, keys and samples).
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Afrocop
Late-night street soundtrack with Andy Sells (drums), Jayson Powell (percussion), Quinten Musgrove (bass), Noel Brass Jr. (keys), and Collin Higgens (guitar).
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Smallface
Improvised chamber music with Aaron Otheim (piano) and David Balatero (cello).
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Rippin' Chicken
The next chapter in Seattle's funky organ trio history, featuring Delvon Lamarr (organ and bass keys), Ben Bloom (guitar), and Olli Klomp (drums).
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Chemical Clock
Reaching across the world to define new paths for instrumental music, featuring Ray Larsen (trumpet), Cameron Sharif (keys), Mark Hunter (bass) and Evan Woodle (drums).
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William Barton & Stuart Dempster
This archive series performance from 2003 features two masters of the didjeridu. Barton, a native of Queensland, Australia, joins legendary improvisor and multi-instrumentalist Stu Dempster for an hour of discovery on this unique instrument.
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Slumgum
New west coast jazz music, featuring Trevor Anderies (drums), Jonathan Armstrong (saxophones), Rory Cowal (piano), and David Tranchina (bass).
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The Bran Flakes
Otis Fodder and Mildred Pitt bring all the happiness and all the tears with their brain-bending commitment to the sampler and the records that feed it.
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Graham Haynes & Broken Sound Barrier
A Sonarchy archive performance from 2002 featuring Graham on coronet and processing, Kevin Sawka on drums and electronics, and Schzad Ismaily on electric bass. A fascinating adaptation of jungle and drum & bass into a live performance setting by this highly creative trio.
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Eric Verlinde & Steve Kindler
Freely improvised music from two masters of their instruments, with Eric on piano and Steve on 6 and 9 string electric violins.
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Carl Lierman
Carl Lierman explores textures, tones and mass with analog electronics (modular synthesizer), and heavily layered and processed recordings and digital sound sources.
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Poontet
Original music with elements of psychedelic rock, jazz and funk, featuring Brad Gibson (drums and composition), Bryan Smith (alto sax), Scott Morning (trumpet), Ari Joshua (guitar), Gregg Belisle (guitar), and Jason Gray (bass).
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Byron Au Yong Ensemble
Employing fantastical storytelling with the goal of activating the audience's imagination, featuring Byron (erhu, voice), Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), Tiffany Lin (piano, toy piano), and Paul Kikuchi (percussion).
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Sidewinder
Interstellar soul-jazz featuring James DeJoie (reeds, flute), Jim Knodle (trumpet), Ryan Berg (bass), Everett Sarono (guitar), and Dylan Savage (drums).
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David Kwan
Live electro-acoustic composition with materials from his Jack Straw New Media Gallery installation, followed by a piece developed from the creative reuse of the public airwaves.
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Wah Wah Exit Wound
Monster guitar, power bass, attack drums and dramatic tempo changes that are mysteriously dark and psychedelic. They write it and then they play it. Wah Wah Exit Wound is Dave Webb (guitar), Bowie Mclean (bass, vocals), and Warren Pease (drums).
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Systemwide
A Sonarchy Archive performance from 2003. Live dub transcending the sequencer from this Portland band.
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Echore
A new music duo inspired by the music heard beyond our shores. Esther Sugai and Michael Shannon play traditional Asian instruments, Indian harmonium, dilruba, found percussion, and field recordings.
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Batholith
Fusion-jazz meets prog-rock meets free-improvisation, featuring Stephen Thomas Cavit (drums), Dennis Rea (guitar), Ken Masters (baritone guitar), and Geoff Harper (bass).
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Erin Jorgensen
A solo show of marimba, singing, and stories with songs ranging from punk covers, Bach, and French art songs.
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Phantom Empire
First heard in May 2002, this show comes from the mind of the late Robert Jenkins (master conceptualist, guitarist and improvisor). Featuring an elaborate, high decibel feedback system, radio transmitters and an unearthly choir of voices, Phantom Empire takes radio and the Internet right out to the edge.
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Racer Session #4
This Sonarchy series features artists associated with The Racer Sessions collective. This session is all acoustic and features Andrew Olmstead (piano), Andrew Swanson (clarinet), Neil Welch (saxophones), Chris Icasiano and Evan Woodle (drums).
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Dull Knife
Sonarchy continues its showcase of hardcore Seattle electronics. Dull Knife is Adam Svenson (bass, vocals) and Garek Druss (synth, drum machine and vocals).
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Brent Arnold
Cello solos with a wildly unorthodox approach, using amplification, guitar-like fingerpicking, electronics, and techniques from Arabic, Eastern and African music.
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Fungal Abyss
Extreme sound pressure leading to a sonics-induced psychedelic experience, featuring Nathan Smurthwaite, Arran McInnis and Dan Larochelle on guitars, Dorando Hodous (bass), Benjamin Thomas-Kennedy (drums), and Sam Yoder (percussion).
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John Butcher and Gino Robair
Freely improvised music from these masterful musicians, featuring John on saxophones and Gino on percussion, piano and devices.
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Unsinkable Heavies
Super tight soul jazz with Nathan Spicer (Hammond B-3, clavinet), Ben Bloom (guitar), Jason Gray (bass), Art Brown (alto sax, flute), and Grant Schroff (drums).
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Peter Vukmirovic Stevens
New music for cello and 9 pieces for piano and buddha box, featuring Paige Stockley (cello) and Peter Vukmirovic Stevens (piano).
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Wally Shoup Quartet
Four veteran improvisors provide further evidence of the power of freely improvised music, featuring Wally (alto sax), Gust Burns (piano), John Seman (bass) and Mark Ostrowski (drums).
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Zero Goose
New jazz music from a unique combination of players, featuring Ryan Burns (Fender Rhodes and bass), Jason Goessel (guitar), Mark Taylor (saxophone) and Tom Zgonc (drums).
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Mutant Data Orchestra
John Bain's cracked electronics are joined by Otis Fodder (samples), Angelina Baldoz (trumpet), James Reynolds (sax), Mishka Morris (cello), Ffeg (synth) and Carl Farrow (processing). First heard in 2002.
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Non Grata
14 improvisors are called to the studio by bassist John Seman. The results are huge, haywire and engaging.
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Yesod
4th world music employing current technology and various cultures, featuring Ahmad Yousefbeigi (percussion, cajone), Bill Wolford (banjo, guitar, trumpet, mandolin) and Jerry Schroeder (bass).
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Burn List
Two generations of new music makers bring innovation and deep listening to this project. Featuring Cuong Vu (trumpet), Greg Sinibaldi (tenor sax), Aaron Otheim (keyboard) and Chris Icasiano (drums).
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Sentient Explosive
Now is the time for some industrial atmospheres to sink into. Featuring Dean Moore (electro-acoustic percussion) and Noisepoetnobody (modular synth and voice).
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KGT Trio
Kate Olson brings her longtime music pals to Seattle for a set of freely improvised music. Featuring Kate (tenor and soprano sax), Gary Prince (guitar) and Tim Cohen (drums).
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The Schwa + Science
This is music in the avant-ambient jazz zone. Featuring Justin Sorensen (vibes), Geoff Larson (bass), Bob Rees (percussion), Chris Credit (reeds) and Robb Davidson (science).
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Fluke
Formed in 2011 as a vehicle for James Knapp's compostions, Fluke extends Knapp's music into unexplored terrain. Featuring Brian Kinsella (piano), Chris Symer (bass) and Chris Icasiano (drums).
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Kagel
Textural, electro-acoustic improvisations on this Sonarchy Archive Series show. James Wood is joined by Doug Theriault, Mark Collins and Matthew Sperry. First heard in April 1997.
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Eric Barber's MetriLodic
New fusion jazz with Eric (saxophones, pocket synth, iPad), PK (bass) and Olli Klomp.
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Rob Millis and Jesse Paul Miller
Using 2 microphones, Rob Millis and Jesse Paul Miller create a sonic interaction with Rob's Jack Straw gallery installation Fragments of the Story.
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Racer Session #3
Continuing this Sonarchy series featuring artists associated with The Racer Sessions collective, featuring Simon Henneman (guitar), Natalie Hall (cello), Vincent LaBelle (trombone), Aaron Otheim (synth) and Gregg Keplinger (drums).
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RM Francis
Computer music derived from randomly generated automatic musical phrases.
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Eric Ostrowski and The King Frog Dorkestra
With pedal-powered bass violin and bugle, Eric unleashes the sound pressure in this free-noise performance with King Frog.
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Brain Fruit
A live-electronic duo that re-imagine classic kosmische/krautrock experimentation through modern hardware synthesis.
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The Last Doghouse New Year's Singalong
Dick Dickerson (organ), leading a bar full of very happy people at this old landmark location in downtown Seattle. Spill your drink over this parade of classic tunes and chestnuts. Recorded on 12/31/1993.
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Vapor Music
For mobile devices and long nights.
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Christian Asplund Ensemble
Performing Asplund's piece The Goat, No Weeds, written in tribute to artist Robert Rauschenberg with texts by John Cage. Featuring Eyvind Kang (violin), Christian Asplund (viola), Brad Hawkins (cello), Greg Campbell (percussion) and Michael Lee (narrator).
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Hexaphonic 3
In the grand tradition of freely improvised music, featuring Bruce Greeley (bass clarinet), Mike Sentkewitz (bass) and Ryan Burt (drums).
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Jason Wolford
Solo electronics from this Seattle-based musician, producer and sound designer. Jason's other projects include Machmen and Teledubgnosis.
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Racer Session #2
Continuing this Sonarchy series featuring artists associated with The Racer Sessions collective. Featuring Kate Olson (soprano sax, clarinet, cracklebox), Don Berman, Brandon Lucia and Jen Gilleran (drums and percussion), and Steve Treseler (tenor sax, bass clarinet).
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Choro Loco
A quintet dedicated to bringing the music of Brazil from the early 1900s to life. Featuring Rosalynn DeRoos (clarinet, flute), Marc Smason (trombone), Stuart Zobel (guitar), Amy Rubin (accordion) and Louversia Taylor (panderio).
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Anna Homler
Myths, dreams, the commonplace and the extraordinary exist in this hour featuring L.A. vocalist Anna Homler with Stuart Dempster, Liz Falconer, Lori Goldston, Susie Kozawa and Bill Horist.
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Comfort Food
New electric jazz music from Bob Antolin (winds, guitar), Kamal Abdul-Alim (trumpet), Randy Clere (bass), John Ferrer (guitar), Bob Pastorok (keys), Kofi Anang (djeme, percussion) and Sammy Alamillo (drums).
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Oosik
An abstract, rhythmic drone freak-out featuring Evan Schiller on electronics and Branden Harper on the drum kit.
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Steve Roden
Improvised soundscapes from this visual and sound artist from LA who often works in the Seattle area. This performance was made during a Jack Straw Productions artist residency in 2003.
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Eric Apoe & They
Master songwriter and musician Eric Apoe (guitar, vocals) provides a cinematic view of the world we are living through. Featuring Alicia Dejoie (violin), Danny Godinez (electric guitar) and Tige DeCoster (bass).
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Blue Monster
A little night music from Vashon Island featuring Ken Jacobsen (guitar), Jason Lollar (B-3 and keys), James Harrington (bass), Nigel Browne (drums) and Donovan Curry (percussion).
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Degenerate Art Ensemble
A 2006 recording of this highly idiosyncratic and entertaining 7-piece band. While well known for their theatrical performances, this show is a great example of how it all starts with the music.
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Trimtab
A progressive jazz and punk fusion featuring Jason Goessl (guitar), Phil Cali (electric bass) and Brian Oppel (drums).
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Jason Kopec
Audio ethnographer, continually roaming the globe in search of lesser known sonic treasure. Jason will do a live mix of soundscapes to create "a sonic sampling of the exotic other".
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Cascadia 10
Big band afro-beat with Tracy Ferrara, John Ryser and Moose Barber (horn section), Jayson Powell (percussion), Steve Steele and JJ Moon (guitars), Andy Sells (drums), Bele Bele (clave) and Bucket Burkett (bass).
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Derek M. Johnson
Electro-acoustic improvisations for cello from this Olympia native.
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Santos Ensemble
Drummer and MC Peter Schmeeckle brings contemporary music influences to a core jazz sound with Phil Sparks (bass), Leif Totusek (guitar) and Bob Antolin (saxes and flute).
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Racer Session #1
This new music collective presents a fascinating hour of improvisation with Jared Borkowski (guitar), David Balatero (cello), Andrew Swanson (keys, sax, EWI), Rob Hanlon (EWI) and Naomi Siegel (trombone).
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Loop 2.4.3.
A finely tuned percussion duo performing original music for drum kits, marimba and steel drums. Lorne Watson and Thomas Kozumplik.
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Rich Halley Quartet
New jazz music from Portland with Rich Halley (tenor sax, percussion and wood flute), Michael Vlatkovich (trombone), Clyde Reed (bass), and Carson Halley (drums).
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Double Yoko
Sonic shape-shifters and processors of collective experience with Beth Fleenor (clarinets, voices, electronics and toys) and Paris Hurley (violin, voices and tape recorders).
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Kaleidosaur
Live electronic sound collage featuring Malaki Stahl (guitar, loops, effects), Jeff Gardiner (drums, synth, loops) and Mark Shepherd (sequencing, samples, loops and synth).
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Hat & Beard
Composed and improvised music for 2 musicians: this is the art of communication, with Dan Blunck (woodwinds) and Ken Paine (percussion).
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Orkes Manohara
Experimental Javanese music by Krusnedi Sukarwanto (cello, Javanese uke, voice) and Maegen O'Donoghue Williams-Sukarwanto (voice, Javanese uke and shruti box).
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Seattle Phonographers Union
Nine field recordists improvise new sonic worlds. The results are highly cinematic and wide open to listener interpretation.
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Kinski
This stalwart Seattle band bends their sonics into a new direction while retaining the massive sound pressure, with Chris Martin (keys and guitar), Matthew Reid-Schwartz (guitar, keys and flute), Lucy Atkinson (bass and effects), and Barrett Wilke (drums and triggers).
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Dose
Recorded live at The Mars Bar in December 2003, this second set is a defining example of pushing jazz music forward, with Joe Doria on Hammond B-3 and John Wicks on drums.
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Panabrite
Analog synthesizers, beats and effects in service of the ambient drone.
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Animist Orchestra
Jeph Jerman leads an ensemble of 10 in an extraordinary improvisation using materials from nature.
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Water Babies
Spontaneously created funk improvisations designed to have U shakin' your booty with Brad Gibson (drums), Josh Rawlings (fender rhodes, organ), Jason Parker (trumpet) and Aaron Kassover (basses).
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Jaime Potter
Solo electronics by this Portland perma-flow blade runner of I-5.
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Das Dhoom
Hybrid art falling from the skies of Seattle, Bombay and Berlin with Sebastian Lange (violin, synth, beats) and James Whetzel (voice, sarod, synth and beats).
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Aunt Jamama's Big Band Vigilanties
Jam on this with Dennis Jolin (guitar), Brett Sokolowsky (sax and percussion), Scott Humphreys (keys and samples), Michael Perry (drums) and Michael McDermott (bass).
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Library Science
Playful electro-dub music.
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Satellite by Night
A folk-fusion groove band brings a set of night music to Sonarchy with CJ Lazenby (guitar, charango, vocals), Mike Antone (guitar, lapsteel, vocals), Gabe Herbert (bass), Masaru Swanson (guitar, percussion), Peter Hsu (sax), Caycee Furulie (djembe), and Saraina Hancock (singing bowls).
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Neil Welch
Solo saxophone improvisations and compositional phases using melodic notation and a deluge of sound.
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Gravity
A Fender Rhodes trio specializing in funky jazz and electronica with Tim Kennedy (keys), Ian Sheridan (bass) and Claudio Rochat-Felix (drums).
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Orkestar Zirkonium
a Balkan-inspired mobile brass and drum band cast through an American lens. This fantastic music includes songs on loan from Eastern Europe's phenomenal brass band tradition as well as several original compositions.
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Pran
Hindustani style of Dhrupad performed on modern brass instruments, withGreg Powers and Stewart Dempster.
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Critters Buggin
From the Sonarchy archives comes this 1996 performance of unbridled bomb-dropping. Turn-on-a-dime and exit through the roof with this genre-defyingband.
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Crosstalk
A unique blend of jazz, chamber music and sound art with Jesse Canterbury (clarinets), Tiffany Lin (piano), Brian Cobb (bass) and Paul Kikuchi (drums).
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Rob Millis
Current Jack Straw audio arts gallery resident presents a divine soundscape of field recordings, unknown radio frequencies, memories, street sermons, loudspeakers and Victrolas.
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Foday Musa Suso
A solo performance of new compositions for kora and voice by this world famous griot from The Gambia and Seattle resident.
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Uncle Pooch
Experi-metal music. Slayer meets Pharoah Sander's evil twin with Tony Stevens (guitar), Shane Smith (drums), Greg Sinibaldi (EWI), and Denali Williams (drums).
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Yann Novak
A performance specific composition of altered field recordings. Microscopic, ambient and luxurious.
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Brown Cloud
Slow, low, loud and deep with Kristian Garrard (guitar and electronics), Andrew Swanson (sax and keys), Chris Icasiano (drums and drums).
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David Marriott's Pop Culture
Exploring the themes of popular culture through original compositions and arrangements with David (trombone), Marc Fendel (alto sax), Geoff Harper (bass) and Brad Gibson (drums).
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Labyrinth and the Desert
Maximum sound pressure and overtones from Andrew McInnis (Juno 106, Casio MT-68, piano and harmonium) with text by Martin Schilde.
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Helix
Four master improvisors in the classic sax and drum duo times two. Very powerful. Eric Barber and Greg Sinibaldi on tenor saxes, Greg Campbell and Paul Kicuchi on drums.
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However
Quiet, focused, inside music from Torben Ulrich (voicings), Lori Goldston (cello), Angelina Baldoz (trumpet, mutes, flute) and Jason Scott (percussion).
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Rai
A jazz rockin' jam band with Mike Saskor and Russ Grabski on guitars, Lennox Holness on bass and Charlie Workman on drums.
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Roger Nelson
In May 2010 Eric Satie's Vexations was performed at Jack Straw Productions. This continuous 18 hour performance was made possible with the skill of numerous Seattle pianists. Roger Nelson's hour long shift was beautiful and a great way to close 2010.
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Spyn Reset
New electric jazz music featuring Yasu (fender rhodes), Evan McPherson (bass), Nima Abbassi (drums), Garrett Troy (percussion), Darian Asplund (tenor sax), Brian Woolford (keys).
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Paul Hoskin
Hoskin and the contrabass clarinet become one, as Hoskin explores the relationship of sound and body.
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Combo Craig
From the Sonarchy archives and first heard in 1996. The organ jazz sound gets a spanking that only this band can deliver, featuring Craig Flory (sax and clarinet), Ron Weinstein (hammond B3, piano, trumpet), Mike Stone (drums) with guest Fred Chalenor (electric bass).
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KJ Sawka
Sonarchy archive performance from 2006 withKJ Sawka (drums and programming), Christa Wells (vocals) and Kent Halverson (keys and bass).
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David Haney
Modern adaptations on rural blues for solo piano.
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Steve Barsotti
Electroacoustic improvisation on invented instruments with field recordings.
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Jon Sheckler Group
New jazz music lead by Jon on drums with Devin Duval (tenor sax), Seth Ahnert (piano) and Robin Cain (bass).
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Candland and Asplund
Lara Candland and Christian Asplund layer text, drones and live sampling to create lush and evocative ecotopes for the ear.
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Cipher
First heard in November 2003 Cipher is a beautiful expression of deep listening, with Tari Nelson-Zagar and Tom Swafford on violin and Jesse Canterbury and Greg Sinibaldi on clarinets.
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Rich Pellegrin Quintet
New jazz music with Rich (piano), Scott Morning (trumpet), Neil Welch (tenor sax), Evan Flory-Barnes (bass) and Chris Icasiano (drums).
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Harry Zeitlin
Lovely acoustic guitar improvisations.
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Afrocop
Late-night street soundtrack with Andy Sells (drums), Jayson Powell (percussion), Quinten Musgrove (bass), Noel Brass Jr. (keys) and Collin Higgens (guitar).
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Robinson, Smason and Davis
Free improvisation makes the world a better place with Perry Robinson (clarinet), Marc Smason (trombone) and Dalton Davis (drums).
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Wyndel Hunt
Compositions integrating melody and noise using electronics, acoustic instruments, field recordings and the occasional piece of amplified trash.
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Rik Wright's Zen Tornado
New electric jazz music with Rik on guitar, Jim Parsons on drums, James DeJoie on sax and clarinet, and Walter White on bass.
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ER Don with Foscil
This Seattle based producer has built a palette of samples and techniques that leads to an original sound sure to please electronic, jazz and dance lovers worldwide. He is joined by Foscil (Tyler Swan on drums, Adam Swan on rhodes/guitar and Anthony Moore on clarinets and trumpet).
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Erin Jorgensen
A solo show of marimba, singing and stories with songs ranging from punk covers, Bach and French art songs.
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Jonathan Way
Mixes and processes recordings made in the remote mountains of northeastern Washington State revealing the textures of snowbrush, horsetails and pine bark alongside electronic manipulations.
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Dan Duval Sextet
New jazz from Portland with Dan on guitar and Lee Elderton (soprano and alto saxes), Mary-Sue Tobin (alto sax), Tom Garcia (tenor and bari saxes), Joaquin Toler (bass), and Todd Bishop (drums).
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The Curious Mystery
A junkyard band with a heart of sixties-style psychedelia, country blues and garage experimentalism with Shana Cleveland, Nicolas Gonzalez, Faustine Hudson and Bradford Button.
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Eli Rosenblatt
Eli Rosenblatt leads a band through combinations of klezmer, cuban and swing music, with Eli on vocals and guitar, Timba Harris on violin, Hadi Asil on tar, and Ahamefule J. Oluo on trumpet, bass clarinet and clarinet.
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Doomsday Device
In that fine Seattle tradition of the jazz, new music jam band with Scott Morning (trumpet), Aaron Jenkins (sax), Adam Kessler (drums), Nate Omdal (bass), and Rich Pellegrin (keys).
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Oyo
A fresh approach to live performance electronics. Oyo is Mextacy (vocals), IFTHEN (MC and vocals) and Swim (MC and vocals).
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I, Norton
A large ensemble improvised collage structure that combines hand cues, graphic scores, memory-based improvisation and fully notated works. Created and conducted by Gino Robair.
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Jabon
Dark ambient avant garde disco comedy. Scott Colburn is Jabon.
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Olympic Sound Collective
With influences ranging from The Meters, John Scofield, Galactic and Robert Walters, OSC do it their own way, with Damien Aitken (sax), Nathan Spicer (Hammond B-3), Mike Saskor (guitar) and Charlie Workman (drums).
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Phonon
The deterritorialization of the electron through the crafty use of electronics. Chris Hanis is Phonon.
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Ellen Fullman
A remarkable performance of the long string instrument. This Sonarchy archive show was first aired in March 1999 and presents one of the deepest and richest of drone instruments played by the woman who built and developed it.
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Polyrhythmics
Funk and afro-beat explorations with Ben Bloom (guitar), Grant Schroff (drums), Jason Gray (bass), Lalo Bello (percussion), Scott Morning (trumpet), Eli Clark (trombone) and Art Brown (alto sax).
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Shoup Corsano Horist Yeh
A major tectonic wave of freely improvised music and sound with Chris Corsano (drums, percussion), Wally Shoup (alto sax), C. Spencer Yeh (violin, voice) and Bill Horist (electric guitar).
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The Noisettes
The Noisettes Fractured electronics and a unified mission bring this trio to the heart of sound's bright red light.
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Steve Treseler Group
New jazz music from Steve (sax, clarinet), Dawn Clement (piano, keys), Dean Schmidt (bass), Taryn Webber (cello, Steve Korn (drums).
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The Yes, Well
Jeph Jerman and Dave Knott create a remarkable radioscape with guitar, piano, materials from nature, battery amps, objects and various inexplicable sound sources.
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Bo Anderson and Atatl
A split show with Bo Anderson's composition for field recordings from Cairo and Kenya followed by an Atatl set using pure analog synthesis.
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The Fabulous Party Boys
Our continuing review of the large Seattle groove music scene with Scott Macpherson (saxes), Ray Larsen (trumpet), Jon Hansen (tuba), Andy Short (guitar), Elliot Gray (keys), Marshall Petryni (drums) and guest vocalist Paget Knebel.
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Jason Parker Quartet
New jazz music with Jason on trumpet, Josh Rawlings on piano, Evan Flory-Barnes on bass, D'Vonne Lewis on drums and guest tenor sax player Cynthia Mullis.
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Jesse Paul Miller
An evocative live mix of location recordings from Southeast Asia collected and composed by this multimedia artist.
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Adam Diller and Matt Crane
Intense, highly dynamic free improvisation from Diller (tenor sax and analog electronics) and Matt Crane (drums). Recorded in July 2005.
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Fraser Havens
Original solo compositions and improvisations for pedal steel guitar.
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Teuber, Flory, Martinez and Weiner
Jazz compositions for an acoustic ensemble featuring J Craig Flory (tenor sax, clarinet), Hans Teuber (alto sax, clarinet, flute), Matt Weiner (bass), and Jose Martinez (drums).
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Greg Campbell and Christian Asplund
New music through pure improvisation with Greg Campbell (percussion) and Christian Asplund (piano and prepared piano).
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Broken Human Machine
Extreme sound pressure resulting from a religion/science confab, as interpreted by this Psychform Records crew.
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Ting Bu Dong
A prog rock/ jazz rock hybrid inspired by Taiwanese themes with Atze Ton (bass, programming), Dennis Rea (guitar), Jim DeJoie (sax/clarinet, processing), Olli Klomp (drums), and Phil Rosplesch (guitar).
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Matt Carlson
Modular analog and digital synthesis.
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New Art Orchestra (NAO)
An archive broadcast recorded in May 1995: presented in association with the 25th Seattle Improvised Music Festival, revealing this seminal band of 14 players in full flight.
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Ronin
New jazz music from Kenny Mandel (sax, flute, percussion), Don Berman (drums), and Nate Omdal (bass).
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Broken Mask
A vast array of acoustic instruments and lo-fi electronics are employed to make this fascinating sonic trip a reality, with Robert Horton (Bay Area) and Mike Shannon (Seattle).
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Obelus
Ambient/IDM duo make electronic music that feels live and well connected, with long-form pieces performed by Adam Pessl (midi and acoustic drums, thumb piano and music box) and Jason Goessl (midi guitar, effects, organ pedals).
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Cobra Session
From the Sonarchy Archives comes this unique 13 player show recorded in July 1999: Following the visual system developed by John Zorn, this big group makes instant music and has fun doing it.
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Bad Luck
A fierce new music duo that projects into the sound art world through the jazz music portal, featuring Chris Icasiano (drums) and Neil Welch (tenor and soprano saxes, live loops and pedals).
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Vance Galloway and Noise Poet Nobody
A long history of free improvisation continues with this show, with Vance (processed guitar, custom software and electronics) and Noise Poet Nobody (homemade stringboard and analog modular synthesizer with loopers).
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Stasis
from the Sonarchy Archive Series, this November 1998 drone music performance is ideal for closing out 2009: A meditation on quiet with Paul Moore and David Brogan on electronics.
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Unlearn
Symphonic drums, massive bass, soundscapes and elegant melodies - a band from the daydream nation with Greg Ferguson (drums), James Kay (keys, guitar), Christian Taylor (keys, guitar, percussion), and Jason Kopec (bass, keys, melodica).
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Michael Vlatkovich Trio
Jazz compositions for a unique ensemble with Michael Vlatkovich, Greg Scholl (trombones) and Mark Burdon (drums).
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Madly In Dub
Hip-hop, dub style and funky beats played live by Dartagnan (vocals), Michelle Tomyuk (tabla, beats and samples), Savvy (keys, guitar and beats), and Todd Pruitt (bass and keys).
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Brother Raven
"Underwater birth to temple spaceship incineration" is the description given to this duo of Jason E. Anderson and Jamie Potter on analog synthesis and tapes.
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Matthew Sperry
From the Sonarchy archive series comes this remarkable hour of pure improvisation with the late Matthew Sperry (bass), Christian Asplund (viola, harmonium and prepared piano), and Gino Robair (percussion, motors and piano).
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Wishyunu
Drone-pop, tight drums, atmospheric synth loops and textures from this Portland duo of Tony Bertaccini (kit drums) and Bei Yan (analog synths).
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White Lady
A dense, interesting sound from 2004 with Alex Guilbert and Paul Moore (keys), Stuart MacDonald (sax), Ari Zucker (guitar), Jeff Norwood (electric bass) and Phil Parisot (drums).
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Rob Angus
Ambient industrial orchestrations for samplers and acoustic instruments.
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Todd Bishop's Pop Art 4
Jazz interpretations of the music of French pop icon Serge Gainsbourg with Rich Cole (sax), Dan Duval (guitar), Chris Mosely (guitar), Jason Goessl (bass) and Todd Bishop (drums).
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Toy Box Trio
Retro-future circus music, transforming baroque sounds into a strange music box. Harlan Glotzer (english concertina), Dana Wen (toy piano) and Nate Lee (tuba).
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Vusac
Audio media gets shredded, put into a collage context then submerged into the world of drum n' bass.
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Steinwagon
Dawn Clement and Ryan Burns play a lovely set of duets for piano, fender rhodes and organ.
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Anjuman
Rumba meets raga with this unique indian/afro-cuban ensemble featuring Brandon McIntosh (sarod), Phil Georgas (electric bass), Seth Littlefield (drums) and Chaz Hastings (percussion).
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Simon Wickham-Smith and Santiago Latorre
Two electro-acoustic solo performances featuring Santiago Latorre and Simon Wickham-Smith.
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Rated X
Randall Dunn leads this 70's era Miles Davis tribute band with Dave Carter (trumpet), John Bush (percussion), Ollie Klomp (drums), PK (bass), Paul Moore (keys), Dara Quinn (keys), Brad Houser (bari sax), Randall Dunn (soprano sax) and Ron Stower (guitar). This Sonarchy Archive performance was recorded April 1998.
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Perish The Island
Drone rockin' holoscene viewers Greg Miller (bass and noise) and Mark Schlipper (drums and lap steel).
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McTuff Trio present The Dave Lewis Revue
D'Vonne Lewis (drums), Joe Doria (B-3 organ) and Andy Coe (guitar) cover tunes from the 60's that Seattle jazz hall-of-famer Dave Lewis had in his sets during those defining years for the organ trio sound. This is a burnin' set for a summer night.
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Ian Stokes
Ian builds electronics that are guided by their own randomized processes. The results are percussive, weird and not human. This show is in the Sonarchy archive from July 2004.
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Diminished Men
Diminished Men: psychedelic spaghetti-eastern music presented under the stark shadow tonalities of surf rock.
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Hardcoretet
New jazz music from Art Brown (sax), Aaron Otheim (keys), Tim Carey (bass) and Tarik Abouzied (drums).
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Jason Kahn
Immersive solo music for analog synthesizer, cymbal, snare drum and feedback.
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Reptet
Springing from the Montail Collective, this genre-bending juggernaut is elastic, tight and ready to entertain with Izaak Mills (reeds, flute), Samantha Boshnack (trumpet), John Ewing (drums), Tim Carey (bass), Nelson Bell (tuba, trombone) and Chris Credit (reeds).
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100 Pieces
Noise/breakcore/doom n' bass and symphonic music. This is the world of Joy Von Spain (synthesis, tapes, vocals) with her partner, Murder, on twin SP 808 samplers.
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PROGRAM INFORMATION
- Seattle, WA
- Live Music, Eclectic, Alternative Rock
- English
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113 Dexter Avenue North Seattle, WA 98109
206-520-5833
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