KEXP Presents Sonarchy Radio: Recent Episodes
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Sonarchy Radio is a live performance broadcast that showcases many Northwest artists who are pushing the limits of music. 628142
After 22 years on air, the final Sonarchy brodcast features a freely improvised explosion of sound from Wally Shoup (alto sax), Dennis Rea and Bill Horist (electric guitars) and Greg Campbell (extended drum kit).
New jazz music from composer/keys player Michael Owcharuk performed with Kate Olson (soprano sax), Jacques Willis (vibes), Mike Catts (bass) and Mike Musburger (drums).
Tao in the atmosphere tonight from Dick Valentine (flutes) and Don Berman (percussion).
A large ensemble joins composer/improviser Blake DeGraw for a radio communication summit.
New jazz music from Kevin Nortness (tenor sax), Troy Schiefelbein (bass), and Mike Gebhart (drums).
This session features the sounds of live patched modular synthesizer and cut-up samples flying above the wreck on the highway.
Stellar improvisation from William Monteleone (saxophones) and Stephen Fandrich (piano).
It's a heavy, heavy, very heavy Christmas with Igor Abuladze (guitar), Andy Sells (bass), and Mike Peterson (drums).
This archival show from August 1996 features the American experimental rock band consisting of Jeffery Taylor, Robert Millis and John Vallier, three timeless super-freaks and masters of suspension.
Textural and dimensional displays of acoustic sound from Clifford Dunn (flute & piccolo) and Patrick Neill Gundran (guitars).
Andria Nicodemou (vibraphone), Kelsey Mines (bass), and Chris Icasiano (drums) perform freely improvised music involving extended techniques and deep listening.
Solo music for a live setting in which the player is the muse, creator, director and listener.
New music for jazz quartet performed by Kate Olson (soprano sax), Matt Endahl (piano), Gary Prince (guitar), and Tim Cohen (drum set).
In this session, the Pacific Northwetern electronic music pioneer creates dense, highly-refined layers of sonic textures developed through years of dedicated listening.
Improvised music is where surprises from Steve Griggs (saxophone), Ben Griggs (synthesizer) and Greg Campbell (percussion) are hiding.
Extended techniques and deep listening inform the trio of Scott Eave (guitar), Alan Cook (percussion), and Dave Bamberger (bass).
An archive broadcast recorded in May 1995 reveals this seminal band, featuring 14 Seattle players on twice as many instruments, in full flight.
This session features work on the border of music and sound art, produced by piano, percussion, and electronics.
New music for a piano trio featuring Tim Kennedy (piano), Geoff Harper (bass), and Brad Gibson (drums.)
This session features solo electronics and field recordings in service of a well-calibrated ambience.
An improvised music/sound art performance by Christopher Yohmei Blaudel (shakuhachi) and Byron Au Yong (performing with water, chinese percussion, er-hu, voice and piano.)
This session features an instrumental/orchestral approach to the music of Jimi Hendrix performed by a large ensemble.
Four bicycles, four contact microphones and four amps create a strange and fascinating world of sound in this session.
Rising from the formidable Seattle funk/soul scene comes this super-sturdy outfit featuring Colin Higgins (guitar), Marc Hager (keys), Bob Heinemann (bass), and Olli Klomp (drums).
In this session, Kristopher Wettstein performs "Tent of Meeting", an experiment in loving action for solo piano.
This 2005 session features masterful free-improvisation from Toshi Makihara (percussion,) Elizabeth Falconer (koto,) and Suzie Kozawa (sounds and textures,) to create a unique listening experience.
This 2006 performance from the Pacific Northwest's finest is a powerhouse with live and fully connected dub.
A stunning musical collaboration between James Falzone (piano, clarinet, shruti box), Tom Baker (fretless guitar, theremin), and Greg Campbell (percussion, effects and french horn.)
This session from Tyler Coray (guitar), William Hayes (guitar, prepared guitar), Bret Gardin (electronics), and Jordan Rundle (electronics) sounds like "the internet, funerals and government conspiracies."
This 1996 session from the Sonarchy archive series features the compositions of Andrew Dury (drums), Brent Arnold (cello), Fred Chalenor (bass), and Steve Moore (trombone).
A massive, free-jazz, bomb-dropping session with Sean Fisher (guitar), Cary Kindberg (bass), and Jack Gold-Molina (drums).
A computer-controlled (super collider) analog synth and the processed voice of Ian Halloran form this gauzy session.
Slow, low, loud, and deep sounds from Kristian Garrard (guitar, electronics), Andrew Swanson (sax, keys), Chris Icasiano (drums.)
This session features new 20th century music for prepared piano, looped slide guitar, and fine-tuned listening.
The ensemble of Tari Nelson-Zagar, Maria Scherer Wilson, Eyvind Kang, Bill Horist, Stuart Dempster, and Rob Millis perform a new piece inspired by a family memoir and a 78rpm record collection.
An ideal trio balance in a jazz music setting features Pete Turner (drums), Doug Lilla (electric bass) and Jim Knodle (trumpet.)
This electric, bomb-dropping session from Dennis Rea's band aims equally at prog rock partisans, jazz aficionados, and metalheads.
Jazz interpretations of the music of French pop icon Serge Gainsbourg played by Rich Cole (sax), Dan Duval (guitar), Chris Mosely (guitar), Jason Goessl (bass), and Todd Bishop (drums).
Produced by drummer Don Berman, this session features 10 players performing "Ascension NW", based on John Coltrane's "Ascension."
First heard in 2003, Thomas Bell (bass), Kevin Sawka (drum kit), Leif Dalon (keys), Dave Carter (trumpet), and Francis Mazzeo (electronics) lead this massive demonstration of band power replacing sequencers in electronic music.
In this session focused upon the electronic treatment of sonic phenomena, Matt Shoemaker employs microphones, recorders, computers and acoustic instruments to create compositions that uniquely imagine a space encrypted to the point of vanishing.
This archive broadcast from 2003 features a masterful performance by Michael Bisio (bass), Joe Giardullo (winds), Rob Blakeslee (brass( and Billy Mintz (drums).
Inspired by Montana, shared sensibilities and a deep creative impulse fuel Alan Cook (drums, percussion), Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), and Scot Ray (guitar, effects.)
A collection of high-flying, shimmering drones and hyper-tactile field recordings from Charles Stanyan.
Dark western music for post-apocalyptic literature and the geography of the Pacific Northwest played by Blaine Craft (drums), Levi Fuller (bass), Casey Alexander (guitars), David Totten (guitars), and Jeff Forrest (guitars).
A unique setting frames a powerhouse performance from composer Jeremy Shaskus (tenor sax), Neil Welch (tenor sax), and Gregg Keplinger (drums).
Experimental folk compositions created for an acoustic string band performed by Christian Asplund (bass, piano, vocals), Stuart Wheeler (guitar, vocals) and Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin.)
Fourteen improvisors are called to the studio by bassist John Seman to create a huge, haywire, and engaging performance.
This Seattle-based drone- and techno-influenced singer songwriter goes down her own electric trail in this session.
Bebop with a contrapuntal infusion from Jake Svendsen (piano, arrangements and compositions), Steve Tressler (saxophone), Eric Vanderbitt-Matthews (saxes), Adrian Noteboom (tenor sax), Nate Parker (bass), and Remy Morrit (drums.)
A brilliant hour of free improvisation performed by Mik (vocals, keys), Lori Goldston (cello), Greg Campbell (percussion), Susie Kozawa (vox, objects), Mike Gamble (guitar), and Simon Lott (percussion, electronics).
Two generations of new music makers bring innovation and deep listening to this project featuring Cuong Vu (trumpet), Greg Sinibaldi (tenor sax), Aaron Otheim (keyboards), and Chris Icasiano (drums.)
A packed house, a stiff drink and Dik Dickerson at the organ highlights this piece of Seattle history from 1994.
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 stands as one with the grand piano in this hour-long performance
Jason Goessl performs solo compositions inspired by fractal horizons with one electric guitar, four amps, and 18 pedals.
Avant-primitive blues that takes the psychedelic fork in the road from Jeffery Taylor (guitar), John Seman (contrabass), and Mark Ostrowski (drums.)
Bucolic acoustic numbers and immersive dronescapes from Janel Leppin (cello, electronics) and Anthony Pirog (guitar, electronics)
Deep psychedelic electronic explorations come from Garek Druss (vocals, beats), David Golightly (Moog), Aubrey Nehring (guitar, vocals) and Jamie Potter (Jupiter).
Jackie Pomeroy (vocals), Max Walker (guitar), Gabe Brooks-Lopez (drums), D.J. Rough (bass) and Reuben Woodruff (steel pans) play a unique mixture of jazz, funk and hip-hop in the big house they built as Cavalerie.
Sink into the world of brass with this set of improvised, extended-technique trumpet performance from Greg Kelly.
This Pacific Northwestern chamber jazz ensemble features the sublime compositions of Steve O'Brien (trumpet) alongside Jacob Herring (trombone), Kate Olson (soprano sax) and Jake Brady (drums).
Far East-influenced avant-rock with Jon Davis (composer, guzheng, chapman stick), Jim DeJoie (sax, flute, clarinet), Alica DeJoie (electric violin), Dennis Rea (guitar), and Randy Doak (drums).
The Fabulous Party Boys return to Sonarchy with their horn-heavy funk party. The Fabulous Party Boys are 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).
Deep, danceable grooves full of twists and turns created by Dan Rapport and Gary Palmer on synthesizers, and both Adrian Van Batenburg and Jacob Evans on drum kits.
Jazz from the 20s and 30s featuring Jacob Zimmerman on alto sax and clarinet, Ray Skjelbred on piano and poem recitation, and Matt Weiner on string bass.
Led by Stuart McLeod on drums, this guitar orchestra with four guitars and two bass guitars creates a massive sound.
Martin Bland takes edited and processed versions of original recordings and plays them on six CD players on shuffle mode in this highly unique performance.
A funky performance from the jazz and groove fusion outfit consisting of Mike Saskor (guitar), Rob Cochran (bass), Willow Goodine (keys), and Chris Martin (drums).
John Butcher (saxophones), Torten Muller (bass), and Dylan van der Schyff (drums) create a spectacular hour of free improvisational music recorded in 2008.
First heard in 2008, this Seattle producer uses a broad palette of samples and techniques to create a sound that appeals to fans of electronic, jazz, and dance music. In this session, he is joined by Foscil: Tyler Swan (drums), Adam Swan (Rhodes/guitar), and Anthony Moore (clarinet/trumpet).
Greg Sinibaldi performs a session of solo music with electronic wind instruments (EWIs) and software.
A session of new jazz music from Empty Boat: Dick Valentine (sax), Jim Knodle (trumpet), Simon Henneman (baritone guitar), Rik Wright (guitar), and Don Berman (drums).
Marisa Anderson performs a set of originals and public domain music in the folk, country and blues traditions on guitar and lap steel.
The Pacific Northwestern outfit consisting of Andy Coe (guitar), Evan Flory-Barnes (bass), and D'Vonne Lewis (drums) draw from their Southern roots to find a soulful side of life in this performance.
Casey C. Jones, Amanda Prince, Vanessa Skantze, Jim Deal, and Scott Adams are Driftwood Orchestra, a group that freely improvises music using driftwood and contact microphones.
Scott Morgan (electronics) and Kelly Wyse (piano) perform electronic variations of pieces from the Loscil catalog.
New jazz music lead by James DeJoie with Matt McClusky (keys), Walter White (bass), and Greg Campbell (drums).
Kyle's technique for the accordion is "alternating transverse oscillation of the bellows", a new frame of reference that is supported by Lori Goldston (cello) and Mark Hillard Wilson (classical guitar).
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).
Lots of great piano jazz music as Jake swings widely through the decades. Joined for two tunes by Logan Heine on alto sax.
First heard on Sonarchy in 1996. Rhythm, noise and theatre through synths, tapes, loopers and experimentation.
Fusion Jazz kicked into high gear. Peter Adams (keys & compositions), Brian Smith (drums), Rob Hutchinson (bass) and Cliff Colon (sax).
Intense, powerhouse improvisation. Bryan Lineberry (alto sax) and Dio Jean-Baptiste (drums, voice).
A performance specific composition of altered field recordings. Microscopic, ambient and luxurious.
New jazz music from this tight band, featuring Rik Wright (electric guitar), Jim DeJoie (clarinet), Geoff Harper (bass) and Greg Campbell (drums).
Composer and performer Christian Pincock creates a cinematic experience with trombone and electronics.
First heard in May 2005, this is a quintet project from bassist and composer Evan Flory-Barnes. Unique settings for strings, vibes and rhythm section.
New music for a modern jazz trio, featuring Tim Kennedy (keys and compositions), Ian Sheridan (bass) and Brad Gibson (drums).
Archive show from 2003. Original thinking in jazz music. Byron Vannoy (drums), Delvon Lamaar (keys), Adam Arcano (guitar) and Tige Decoster (bass).
A unique flamenco sound influenced by world, funk and jazz. Istvan Rez (nylon-string guitar), Farko Dosumov (electric bass) joined by Anil Prasad (tabla).
Carl Lierman explores textures, tones and mass with analog electronics (modular synthesizer), and heavily layered and processed recordings and digital sound sources.
Ornette Coleman tribute band. Don Berman and Steve Cavit (drums), Ken Masters and Dennis Rea (guitar), John Seman and Ryan Berg (bass), Matt Mckulskey (keys), James DeJoie (sax) and Jim Knodle (trumpet).
New chamber-pop compostions featuring Monica Schley (harp, vocals), Julie Baldridge (violin) and Nate Omdal (bass).
Massive sound pressure in the exploration on new terrain. Clifford Kimbrel-Dunn (flute, piccolo, sax, custom supercollider driven electronics) and Dio Jean-Baptiste (drums).
Freely improvised music from two masters of their instruments. Eric (piano) and Steve (6 and 9 string electric violins).
Michele Khazak and Beth Fleenor master the new art of conversation with vocals and electronics.
Craig Flory (tenor sax, clarinet), Hans Teuber (alto sax, clarinet, flute), Matt Weiner (bass) and Jose Martinez (drums) sit in a circle, play music.
Acoustic electric power trio scan the horizon. Dennis Rea (guitar), Wally Shoup (alto sax) and Tom Zgonc (drums).
New chamber-pop compostions featuring Monica Schley (harp, vocals), Julie Baldridge (violin) and Nate Omdal (bass).
Ben McAllister and Matt Wainwright perform long-form Herzogian explorations on synthesizers.
Continuing this Sonarchy series featuring artists associated with The Racer Sessions collective. Simon Henneman (guitar), Natalie Hall (cello), Vincent LaBelle (trombone), Aaron Otheim (synth) and Gregg Keplinger (drums).
Seattle is soul jazz central and here is a fine example from 2012. Delvon Lamarr (B-3) Ben Bloom (guitar) and Ollie Klomp (drums).
Our second visit from Erin draws French pop, marimba nod rock and acoustic psychedelic sadcore reflections from her voice, effects and a marimba.
An experimental spatial sound ensemble exploring alternative conducting techniques, aleatory music operations and improvisation. 12 players lead by Blake DeGraw.
Electro-noise pop that ignores all the pop requirements. Ryan Tranum (sampler), Kate Olson (bass clarinet, flute), Alan Gutierrez (circuit-bent keys, vocals) and Daniel Comiskey (text/poetry).
A weird electric night out with Marcus on electronics and processing and Dustin on guitar and processing.
Cynthia Mullis leads this bass heavy band on tenor sax, Chris Symer (upright bass), Steve Kim (electric bass), Chris Icasiano (drums) and Chad McCullough (trumpet).
New music from Kenny Mandell (woodwinds, percussion), Tim Volpicella (electric guitar) and Curtis Dahl (piano and keys).
Creating new sonic worlds with field recordings. Mark Cooper, Pete Comley, Steve Barsotti, Suzie Kozawa and Steve Peters.
A unique setting to hear Jeff on electric bass. Super-fine trio jazz with Ivan Arteaga (sax) and Chris Icasiano (drums).
Drawing from The Ventures, country and western and jazz influences, this band is making some highly cinematic music for the radio. Jason Goessl (guitar), Ethan Sobotta (bass), Tom Zgonc (drums) and Robb Davidson (space processing).
An ambient soundtrack of night on the playa. This utterly unique soundscape develops from countless sound systems sending their message into miles of desert air.
Drawing from a massive gigbag of sounds and techniques these two will take you on a trip.
Hollow Earth Radio founders, Amber Kai Morgan and Garrett Kelly use phone machine tapes and found sounds to make the real world more real. Joined by Doug Arney and Olie Eshleman on guitars, toys and effects.
Nine players perform the Graffica score. Great example of Seattle's large group improv history. Sonarchy Archive Series show from 2000.
Acoustic instruments, ensemble listening and the message is delivered. Eric (saxes), Jesse Canterbury (clarinets), Tom Swafford (violin), Gust Burns (piano). First heard in 2006.
Quiet explorations in metal and wood. Charlie Bowlen (solar drum), Tom Faber (didgeridoo).
An experimental jazz / avant-rock quartet based in Seattle. Jake Sele (keys), Matt Williams (guitars), Nick Lonien (bass) and Joe Eck (drums).
Tim Held invites us into his off-kilter world of IDM. His sound explores warm and crunchy textures as they loosely evolve around an anchored beat.
We continue the Sonarchy survey of organ bands in the pacific NW. This trio is particularly down and dirty and very roadhouse. Nathan Spicer (hammond organ and keys), Jeff Fielder (guitar and vocals) and Chris Stromquist (drums). Archive show from 2006.
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).
Chronic power ghosting created by a massive wall of sonic pressure featuring Patrick Gundran (guitar).
Drummer and MC Peter Schmeeckle brings contemporary music influences to a core jazz sound. Phil Sparks (bass), Leif Totusek (guitar) and Bob Antolin (sax and flute).
Analog synthesis, field recording and signal processing employed to create shifting and habitable spaces. Kaori Suzuki and Jonathan Carr.
Gilles Aubry performs "Amplified Souls" - an improvisation with field recordings from Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
This trio of seasoned goovers specialize in funky jazz and electronica. Tim Kennedy (keys), Ian Sheridan (bass) and Claudio Rochat Felix (drums).
Now is the time for some industrial atmospheres to sink into. Dean Moore (electro-acoustic percussion) and Noisepoetnobody (modular synth and voice).
New jazz music featuring Carmen Rothwell (bass), Mike Gebhart (drums), Raymond Larsen (trumpet) and Levi Gillis (tenor sax).
A superb hour of improvisation from 1999. This archive performance features Matt Sperry, Paul Hoskin, Tari Nelson-Zagar and Matt Ingalls.
Exploring the themes of popular culture through original compositions and arrangements. David (trombone), Marc Fendel (alto sax), Geoff Harper (bass), Brad Gibson (drums).
Pacific Northwest piano explorer starts with Aphex Twin covers and moves into some very exotic territory for solo piano.
The international sound of freely improvised music. Brent Jensen (saxes, flute, recorder), Scott Farkas (percussion).
Sounds like the internet, funerals and government conspiracies. Tyler Coray (guitar), William Hayes (guitar, prepared guitar), Bret Gardin (electronics), Jordan Rundle (electronics).
Christian Pincock Group New music for jazz ensemble. Christian (valve trombone, electronics, composition), Levi Gillis (tenor sax), Jon Hansen (tuba), Chris Icasiano (drums).
Continuing this Sonarchy series featuring artists associated with The Racer Sessions collective. Steve Treseler (tenor sax, bass clarinet), Kate Olson (soprano sax, clarinet, cracklebox), Don Berman, Brandon Lucia and Jen Gilleran (drums and percussion).
Improvised soundscapes from Steve Roden, visual and sound artist from LA who often works in the Seattle area. This performance was made during a Jack Straw Productions artist residency.
Adventures into the avant-garde. Gregg Belisle- Chi (guitar), Chelsea Crabtree (vocals).
Four master improvisors in the classic sax and drum duo times two. Very powerful. Eric Barber and Greg Sinibaldi (tenor saxes), Greg Campbell and Paul Kicuchi (drums).
New music written and performed by Kate Olson. Kate Olson (soprano sax), Sam Boshnack (trumpet), Chris Credit (tenor sax), Tim Kennedy (piano), Geoff Harper (bass) and Chris Icasiano (drums).
A solo performance of new compositions for kora and voice by Seattle resident and world famous griot originally from Gambia.
Pop drum n' bass music with a fascinating hybrid of influences played live by KJ Sawka with his first band in Seattle.
Master songwriter and musician provides a cinematic view of the world we are living through, featuring Eric (guitar, vocals), Alicia DeJoie (violin), Danny Godinez (electric guitar) and Tige DeCoster (bass).
New jazz music from this Portland, Oregon trio. Andrew (guitar), Sam Hallam (bass) and James Ford (drum kit).
Bring drumline, breakbeats, loud hailers, Balkan fanfares, taiko and heavy sound pressure to your next political protest holiday.
Four dedicated voices in freely improvised music. Featuring Wally Shoup (alto sax), Jacob Zimmerman (alto sax), Neil Welch (tenor sax) and Carmen Rothwell (bass).
Dub Championz powerhouse performance from the Pacific Northwest's finest. This dub is live and fully connected.
Oregon guitarist and percussionist Mike Gamble draws from many traditions leading to a very contemporary electric sound. Joined by cellist Lori Goldston for the second half.
This archive session from September of1998 is a jazz gift from three lives in music. Hans Teuber (sax), Jeff Johnson (bass) and Billy Mintz (drums).
A unique and beautiful sound from this artist. Sue Ann Harkey (guitars and vocals), Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), Angelina Baldoz (trumpet, voice and bass) and Steve Peters (field recordings).
This music collective presents a fascinating hour of improvisation. Session includes Jared Borkowski (guitar), David Balatero (cello), Andrew Swanson (keys, sax and EWI), Rob Hanlon (EWI) and Naomi Siegel (trombone).
Frame-shattering tonal and textural reconstructions from this Portland quintet. Reed Wallsmith (alto sax), Sly Pig (tenor sax), Rebecca Sanborn (keyboards), Keith Brush (bass) and Ji Tanzer (drums).
L.W.S. is an organization who believes in total freedom of sound. Mack Fisher (laptop and field recordings), Justin James Taylor (keys), Brad Rouda (theremin and guitars) and Mark Ostrowski (drums).
This return to Sonarchy brings a mix of gospel, dance, psychedelic soul and time-stretched video game soundtracks. Music made in the moment. Noel Brass Jr. (keys), Andy Sells (drums) and Carlos Tulloss (bass) with guest Bill Horist (guitar).
This pianist asks what a Bach masterpiece would sound like played backwards and then does it. Inside the music time travels backwards.
Jazz with a Pacific Northwest feel. Featuring Jason (trumpet), Josh Rawlings (piano), Evan Flory-Barnes (bass), D'Vonne Lewis (drums) and guest player Cynthia Mullis (tenor sax).
New compositions from the bassist, John Seman featuring Stephen Fandrich (piano), Mark Ostrowski (drums), Billy Monto (alto and tenor sax), Darian Asplund (tenor sax) and Robby Beasley (trumpet and flugelhorn).
Maximum sound pressure and overtones from Andrew McInnis (Juno 106, Casio MT-68, piano and harmonium) with text by Martin Schilde.
Live at the 700 Club in 1998. Original band plus guests. Soooo very heavy. You must be crushed.
An ideal trio balance in a jazz music setting. Pete Turner (drums), Doug Lilla (electric bass) and Jim Knodle (trumpet).
Freely improvised music from Matt Williams (guitar) and Kevin Haag (drums, loops and samples).
Lloyd is a sound artist and founder of and/OAR records. For this show he is primarily working with optical film print soundtracks.
Original folk compositions for jazz quartet. Led by David Milford (violin), Stephen Fandrich (piano), Geoff Harper (bass) and Greg Campbell (drums).
After shoegazing, stoner post-rock comes the heavy sister with her drone rock flag flying. Mark Schlipper (guitar), Levi Fuller (bass) and Dan Colavito (drums).
CLEE features 6 members of the Cornish Live Electronics Ensemble in full exploration mode.
Bert Wilson and Rebirth first heard in 2004, the late, great Mr. Wilson (saxes) with Nancy Curtis (flutes), Craig Hoyer (piano), Chris Symer (bass) and special guest James Zitro (drums).
Gravity bending psychedelic rock featuring Jack Gold-Molina (drums), Simon Henneman (guitar), Cary Kindberg (bass) and Adam Kindberg (guitar).
New music veterans find their path through pure improvisation featuring Dean Moore (percussion and processing) and Dennis Rea (guitar).
New compositions for this acoustic ensemble, featuring Jesse (clarinets), Chris Stover (trombone), Lori Goldston (cello) and Tom Baker (guitar).
3 sonic adventurers from Astoria, OR bring the sound of the Columbia river. Gregg Skloff (bass process, objects), Roger Hayes (guitar, object processing) and Derek Ecklund (voice, keys, samples).
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. D'Vonne Lewis (drums), Joe Doria (B-3 organ) and Andy Coe (guitar).
Solo electronics from this Seattle-based musician, producer and sound designer. Jason's other projects include Machmen and Teledubgnosis.
This is bassist and composer Tim Carey's new music project featuring Brian Bermudez (tenor sax), Cynthia Mullis (alto sax), Samantha Boshnack (trumpet), Nathan Vetter (trombone), Dan Taylor (piano) and Jeff Busch (drums).
A live performance event based around the natural phenomena that come together to create the aurora borealis. Nat Evans and John Teske (composers), Tom Baker (electronics), Neil Welch (sax) and Greg Campbell (percussion).
An exceptional experience in freely improvised music featuring Daniel Carter (reeds), Reuben Radding (bass) and Gregg Keplinger (drums).
Lara Candland and Christian Asplund layer text, drones and live sampling to create lush and evocative ecotopes for the ear.
Super fine solo guitar and lap steel performance of originals and public domain music in the folk, country and blues traditions.
In that fine Seattle tradition of the jazz, new music jam band, Doomsday Device features Scott Morning (trumpet), Aaron Jenkins (sax), Adam Kessler (drums), Nate Omdal (bass) and Rich Pellegrin (keys).
A new ensemble piece inspired by a family memoir and a 78rpm record collection. The ensemble is Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), Maria Scherer Wilson (cello), Eyvind Kang (viola), Bill Horist (guitar and prepared guitar), Stuart Dempster (trombone and conches) and Rob Millis (78RPM records).
Jeph Jerman and Dave Knott create a remarkable radioscape with guitar, piano, materials from nature, battery amps, objects and various inexplicable sound sources.
A psychedelic, post-rock fusion from Jules Nickel (guitar), Todd Lui (bass) and Chris Martin (drums).
Follow your muse wherever she may take you. A lovely solo piano performance from Ron Weinstein.
Freely improvised music featuring Ryan Burns (piano), Geoff Harper (bass), Brad Gibson (drums) and Denny Goodhew (percussion).
Seattle-based experimental ambient rock. Doug Connelly (bass and synth), Kevin Malik (drums), Rob Piotrowski (guitar) and Brian Toole (guitar).
A fresh take on the deep pocket groove with Chris Martin (drums), Bob Cochran (bass), Willow Goodine (keys) and Mike Saskor (guitar).
A unique setting for this power trio to reveal true musical interaction. Cliff Colon on sax, Farko Dosumov on electric bass and D'Vonne Lewis on drums.
Underwater birth to temple spaceship incineration is the description given to this duo of Jason E. Anderson and Jamie Potter featuring analog synthesis and tapes. (gifttapes.com)
Radical new interpretations of jazz standards through the technique of erasure. Gust Burns on piano, Jacob Zimmerman on alto sax, Carmen Rothwell on bass and Paul Kikuchi on percussion.
70's rock played into a box canyon with caribou present. Kat Terran on vocals and synth, Derek Terran on drums, Alan Gutierrez on guitars and Justin McCormick on bass and guitar.
Live improvisation at the piano with pre-recorded material finds this composer giving perspective to life on earth.
Naomi Siegel and Kate Olson start with trombone and soprano sax and finish with a deep electric sound informed by jazz and folk music traditions.
New jazz music for quartet. Rik - guitar, composer, James Dejoie - reeds, Geoff Harper - bass and Greg Campbell - drums.
Highly-skilled listeners form electronics trio to produce a spiral of atmospheric phenomena. Michael Shannon, David Stanford and Carl Lierman.
Wake up the living through profound interaction, featuring Paul Hoskin (bari sax), Lori Goldston (amplified cello), Jaison Scott, Dave Abramson, and Greg Campbell (drum kits).
Channeling Sonny Sharrock and Sun Ra into this electric fusion hybrid, featuring Brian Heaney (guitar), Kate Olson (sax/efx), John Seman (bass), and Greg Campbell (drums).
Funk and afro-beat explorations with Ben Bloom (guitar), Nate Spicer (keys), Grant Schroff (drums), Jason Gray (bass), Lalo Bello (percussion), Scott Morning (trumpet), Eli Clark (trombone), and Art Brown (alto sax).
First heard on Sonarchy in 2004, this trio delivers a riveting free-inprov performance. Wally (alto sax), Brent (cello), and Toshi (percussion).
First heard in 1984, these communists have there own take on Alt. Rock, featuring Denny Boyd and Dennis Bullis (guitar and vocals), Scott Grandlund (guitar, sax), Fran Lukas (sax), Jeff Couch (bass), and Kevtone Guess (drums).
Pacific NW chamber jazz ensemble featuring the trumpet and sublime compositions of Steve O'Brien, Jacob Herring (trombone), Kate Olson (soprano sax), and Jake Brady (drums).
New music from this LA/Seattle combination. Featuring Vinny Golia (clarinets, flutes), Ross Hammond (guitars), and Neil Welch (tenor and soprano sax).
This stalwart Seattle band bends their sonics into a new direction while retaining the massive sound pressure. Featuring Chris Martin (keys and guitar), Matthew Reid-Schwartz (guitar, keys and flute), Lucy Atkinson (bass and effects), and Barrett Wilke (drums and triggers).
Compositions integrating melody and noise using electronics, acoustic instruments, field recordings and the occasional piece of amplified trash.
Seattle genre mavericks navigate color, shape and velocity. Featuring Denny Goodhew (piano, percussion), Mark Oi (guitar, electronics), and Adam Kessler (drums, percussion).
Psychedelic spaghetti-Eastern music presented under the stark shadow tonalities of surf rock.
Freely-improvised new music from this bi-coastal trio, featuring Patrick Breiner (sax and clarinet), Cathlene Pineda (piano), and Paul Kikuchi (percussion).
Cynthia Mullis leads this bass-heavy band on tenor sax, Chris Symer (upright bass), Steve Kim (electric bass), Chris Icasiano (drums), and Chad McCullough (trumpet).
Dark western music for post-apocalyptic literature and the geography of the Pacific Northwest, featuring Blaine Craft (drums), Levi Fuller (bass), Casey Alexander, David Totten and Jeff Forrest (guitars).
Jim Haynes an electro-acoustic performance using drones, field recordings and tactile objects.
New music from bandleader and percussionist Jen Gilleran, featuring Neil Welch (sax), Bill Kautz (trumpet, euphonium), Simon Henneman (guitar), and Erica Carlson (piano and percussion).
Super tight rhythm section meets guitar ninja and space thinker, featuring Andy Coe (guitar), Maurice Caldwell (vocals), PK (bass), and Olli Klomp (drums).
The deterritorialization of the electron through the crafty use of electronics. Chris Hanis is Phonon.
Hip-hop, dub style and funky beats played live, featuring Dartagnan (vocals), Michelle Tomyuk (tabla, beats and samples), Savvy (keys, guitar and beats), and Todd Pruitt (bass and keys).
New jazz music from this trombonist and composer, featuring Jim Knodle (trumpet), Phil Sparks (bass), and Greg Campbell (drums and french horn).
Variations on pieces from the Loscil electronic music catalog adapted for piano and electronics, featuring Scott Morgan (electronics) and Kelly Wyse (piano).
Drawing from The Ventures, country western, and jazz influences, this band is making some highly cinematic music for the radio. Featuring Jason Goessl (guitar), Ethan Sobotta (bass), Tom Zgonc (drums), and Robb Davidson (space processing).
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).
Jesse Paul Miller presents field recordings from Java, Bali, Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Laos.
An electronic duo that re-imagine classic kosmische/krautrock experimentation through modern hardware synthesis.
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).
This Sonarchy Archive show is a two guitar attack with cinematic, extreme sound pressure results.
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.
Portland modular analog and digital synth dynamo brings deep tone and texture solos to the show.
Breaking all the jazz, punk and noise rules, featuring Ron Weinstein (hammond B-3 organ and keys), Mike Peterson (drums and effects).
Deep, danceable grooves full of twists and turns, featuring Dan Rapport and Gary Palmer (synthesizers), and Adrian Van Batenburg and Jacob Evans (drum kits).
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).
Dark, brooding, bluesy psychedelia that is haunting, hypnotic, and harrowing in equal measure.
A modern-jazz quartet focused on adventurous original composition, featuring Bryan Smith (saxophone), Gregg Belisle-Chi (guitar), Carmen Rothwell (bass), and Max Wood (drums).
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).
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).
"Soulgazer" number 1 brings us a psychedelic, dystopian soundtrack for the Midnight hour.
Freely improvised acoustic music that feels like the weather, featuring Lori on cello and Dana on piano.
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).
Bucolic acoustic numbers and immersive dronescapes, featuring Janel Leppin (cello, electronics) and Anthony Pirog (guitar, electronics).
Get lost with the Bang Kung Association, featuring field recordings, processing and juxtaposition.
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).
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).
New jazz music from a very tight piano trio, with Alex (piano), Brad Gibson (drums), and Jeff Norwood (bass).
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.
Solo prepared guitar improvisations. Mr. Horist's reputation for taking the guitar into new sonic territory is confirmed with this week's Sonarchy.
New music for jazz quartet, led by Michael Owcharuk (piano), with Beth Fleenor (clarinet), Paul Kemmish (bass), and Max Wood (drums).
Noise and beats in service of the drone experience, with Jason Bledsoe (drums) and Lea Bledsoe (bass, keys and samples).
Late-night street soundtrack with Andy Sells (drums), Jayson Powell (percussion), Quinten Musgrove (bass), Noel Brass Jr. (keys), and Collin Higgens (guitar).
The next chapter in Seattle's funky organ trio history, featuring Delvon Lamarr (organ and bass keys), Ben Bloom (guitar), and Olli Klomp (drums).
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).
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.
New west coast jazz music, featuring Trevor Anderies (drums), Jonathan Armstrong (saxophones), Rory Cowal (piano), and David Tranchina (bass).
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.
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.
Freely improvised music from two masters of their instruments, with Eric on piano and Steve on 6 and 9 string electric violins.
Carl Lierman explores textures, tones and mass with analog electronics (modular synthesizer), and heavily layered and processed recordings and digital sound sources.
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).
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).
Interstellar soul-jazz featuring James DeJoie (reeds, flute), Jim Knodle (trumpet), Ryan Berg (bass), Everett Sarono (guitar), and Dylan Savage (drums).
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.
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).
A Sonarchy Archive performance from 2003. Live dub transcending the sequencer from this Portland band.
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.
Fusion-jazz meets prog-rock meets free-improvisation, featuring Stephen Thomas Cavit (drums), Dennis Rea (guitar), Ken Masters (baritone guitar), and Geoff Harper (bass).
A solo show of marimba, singing, and stories with songs ranging from punk covers, Bach, and French art songs.
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.
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).
Sonarchy continues its showcase of hardcore Seattle electronics. Dull Knife is Adam Svenson (bass, vocals) and Garek Druss (synth, drum machine and vocals).
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).
Freely improvised music from these masterful musicians, featuring John on saxophones and Gino on percussion, piano and devices.
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).
New music for cello and 9 pieces for piano and buddha box, featuring Paige Stockley (cello) and Peter Vukmirovic Stevens (piano).
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).
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).
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.
14 improvisors are called to the studio by bassist John Seman. The results are huge, haywire and engaging.
4th world music employing current technology and various cultures, featuring Ahmad Yousefbeigi (percussion, cajone), Bill Wolford (banjo, guitar, trumpet, mandolin) and Jerry Schroeder (bass).
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).
Now is the time for some industrial atmospheres to sink into. Featuring Dean Moore (electro-acoustic percussion) and Noisepoetnobody (modular synth and voice).
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).
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).
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).
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.
Using 2 microphones, Rob Millis and Jesse Paul Miller create a sonic interaction with Rob's Jack Straw gallery installation Fragments of the Story.
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).
With pedal-powered bass violin and bugle, Eric unleashes the sound pressure in this free-noise performance with King Frog.
A live-electronic duo that re-imagine classic kosmische/krautrock experimentation through modern hardware synthesis.
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.
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).
In the grand tradition of freely improvised music, featuring Bruce Greeley (bass clarinet), Mike Sentkewitz (bass) and Ryan Burt (drums).
Solo electronics from this Seattle-based musician, producer and sound designer. Jason's other projects include Machmen and Teledubgnosis.
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).
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).
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.
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).
An abstract, rhythmic drone freak-out featuring Evan Schiller on electronics and Branden Harper on the drum kit.
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.
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).
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).
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.
A progressive jazz and punk fusion featuring Jason Goessl (guitar), Phil Cali (electric bass) and Brian Oppel (drums).
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".
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).
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).
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).
A finely tuned percussion duo performing original music for drum kits, marimba and steel drums. Lorne Watson and Thomas Kozumplik.
New jazz music from Portland with Rich Halley (tenor sax, percussion and wood flute), Michael Vlatkovich (trombone), Clyde Reed (bass), and Carson Halley (drums).
Sonic shape-shifters and processors of collective experience with Beth Fleenor (clarinets, voices, electronics and toys) and Paris Hurley (violin, voices and tape recorders).
Live electronic sound collage featuring Malaki Stahl (guitar, loops, effects), Jeff Gardiner (drums, synth, loops) and Mark Shepherd (sequencing, samples, loops and synth).
Composed and improvised music for 2 musicians: this is the art of communication, with Dan Blunck (woodwinds) and Ken Paine (percussion).
Experimental Javanese music by Krusnedi Sukarwanto (cello, Javanese uke, voice) and Maegen O'Donoghue Williams-Sukarwanto (voice, Javanese uke and shruti box).
Nine field recordists improvise new sonic worlds. The results are highly cinematic and wide open to listener interpretation.
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).
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.
Jeph Jerman leads an ensemble of 10 in an extraordinary improvisation using materials from nature.
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).
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).
Jam on this with Dennis Jolin (guitar), Brett Sokolowsky (sax and percussion), Scott Humphreys (keys and samples), Michael Perry (drums) and Michael McDermott (bass).
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).
Solo saxophone improvisations and compositional phases using melodic notation and a deluge of sound.
A Fender Rhodes trio specializing in funky jazz and electronica with Tim Kennedy (keys), Ian Sheridan (bass) and Claudio Rochat-Felix (drums).
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.
Hindustani style of Dhrupad performed on modern brass instruments, with Greg Powers and Stewart Dempster.
A unique blend of jazz, chamber music and sound art with Jesse Canterbury (clarinets), Tiffany Lin (piano), Brian Cobb (bass) and Paul Kikuchi (drums).
Current Jack Straw audio arts gallery resident presents a divine soundscape of field recordings, unknown radio frequencies, memories, street sermons, loudspeakers and Victrolas.
A solo performance of new compositions for kora and voice by this world famous griot from The Gambia and Seattle resident.
Experi-metal music. Slayer meets Pharoah Sander's evil twin with Tony Stevens (guitar), Shane Smith (drums), Greg Sinibaldi (EWI), and Denali Williams (drums).
A performance specific composition of altered field recordings. Microscopic, ambient and luxurious.
Slow, low, loud and deep with Kristian Garrard (guitar and electronics), Andrew Swanson (sax and keys), Chris Icasiano (drums and drums).
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).
Maximum sound pressure and overtones from Andrew McInnis (Juno 106, Casio MT-68, piano and harmonium) with text by Martin Schilde.
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.
Quiet, focused, inside music from Torben Ulrich (voicings), Lori Goldston (cello), Angelina Baldoz (trumpet, mutes, flute) and Jason Scott (percussion).
A jazz rockin' jam band with Mike Saskor and Russ Grabski on guitars, Lennox Holness on bass and Charlie Workman on drums.
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.
New electric jazz music featuring Yasu (fender rhodes), Evan McPherson (bass), Nima Abbassi (drums), Garrett Troy (percussion), Darian Asplund (tenor sax), Brian Woolford (keys).
Hoskin and the contrabass clarinet become one, as Hoskin explores the relationship of sound and body.
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).
Sonarchy archive performance from 2006 with KJ Sawka (drums and programming), Christa Wells (vocals) and Kent Halverson (keys and bass).
New jazz music lead by Jon on drums with Devin Duval (tenor sax), Seth Ahnert (piano) and Robin Cain (bass).
Lara Candland and Christian Asplund layer text, drones and live sampling to create lush and evocative ecotopes for the ear.
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.
Late-night street soundtrack with Andy Sells (drums), Jayson Powell (percussion), Quinten Musgrove (bass), Noel Brass Jr. (keys) and Collin Higgens (guitar).
Free improvisation makes the world a better place with Perry Robinson (clarinet), Marc Smason (trombone) and Dalton Davis (drums).
Compositions integrating melody and noise using electronics, acoustic instruments, field recordings and the occasional piece of amplified trash.
New electric jazz music with Rik on guitar, Jim Parsons on drums, James DeJoie on sax and clarinet, and Walter White on bass.
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).
A solo show of marimba, singing and stories with songs ranging from punk covers, Bach and French art songs.
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.
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).
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.
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.
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).
A fresh approach to live performance electronics. Oyo is Mextacy (vocals), IFTHEN (MC and vocals) and Swim (MC and vocals).
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.
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).
The deterritorialization of the electron through the crafty use of electronics. Chris Hanis is Phonon.
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.
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).
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).
The Noisettes Fractured electronics and a unified mission bring this trio to the heart of sound's bright red light.
New jazz music from Steve (sax, clarinet), Dawn Clement (piano, keys), Dean Schmidt (bass), Taryn Webber (cello, Steve Korn (drums).
Jeph Jerman and Dave Knott create a remarkable radioscape with guitar, piano, materials from nature, battery amps, objects and various inexplicable sound sources.
A split show with Bo Anderson's composition for field recordings from Cairo and Kenya followed by an Atatl set using pure analog synthesis.
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.
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.
An evocative live mix of location recordings from Southeast Asia collected and composed by this multimedia artist.
Intense, highly dynamic free improvisation from Diller (tenor sax and analog electronics) and Matt Crane (drums). Recorded in July 2005.
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).
New music through pure improvisation with Greg Campbell (percussion) and Christian Asplund (piano and prepared piano).
Extreme sound pressure resulting from a religion/science confab, as interpreted by this Psychform Records crew.
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).
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.
New jazz music from Kenny Mandel (sax, flute, percussion), Don Berman (drums), and Nate Omdal (bass).
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).
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).
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.
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).
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).
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.
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).
Jazz compositions for a unique ensemble with Michael Vlatkovich, Greg Scholl (trombones) and Mark Burdon (drums).
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).
"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.
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).
Drone-pop, tight drums, atmospheric synth loops and textures from this Portland duo of Tony Bertaccini (kit drums) and Bei Yan (analog synths).
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).
Retro-future circus music, transforming baroque sounds into a strange music box. Harlan Glotzer (english concertina), Dana Wen (toy piano) and Nate Lee (tuba).
Audio media gets shredded, put into a collage context then submerged into the world of drum n' bass.
Dawn Clement and Ryan Burns play a lovely set of duets for piano, fender rhodes and organ.
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).
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).
Two electro-acoustic solo performances featuring Santiago Latorre and Simon Wickham-Smith.
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.
Drone rockin' holoscene viewers Greg Miller (bass and noise) and Mark Schlipper (drums and lap steel).
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.
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.
Diminished Men: psychedelic spaghetti-eastern music presented under the stark shadow tonalities of surf rock.
New jazz music from Art Brown (sax), Aaron Otheim (keys), Tim Carey (bass) and Tarik Abouzied (drums).
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).
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.
A new combination of sound and artistry from Michael Monhart (sax and percussion), Tom Baker (guitar) and Greg Campbell (drums).
This Sonarchy Archive performance was first aired 12/21/96 and features Tim Young and Andri Otraskin in a gorgeous acoustic guitar duet.
LLoyd is a sound artist and founder of And/Oar records. For this show he primarily works with optical film print soundtracks.
New jazz music from James DeJoie (bari sax, flute, clarinet), Walter White (bass), Evan Buehler (vibes), Randy Doak (drums).
Multi-instrumentalist and singer of wide acclaim, Mr. Johnson sits down with good friends and covers some territory with John Miller (guitar), Paul Elliot (violin), and Keith Lowe (bass).
Three in-demand artists come together to make some lovely new music, with Josh (piano), Nate Omdal (bass) and Adam Kessler (drums).
Power-surge trio bores into Seattle's drone center, with Kenny Day (drums), Levi Fuller (bass), Mark Schlipper (guitar).
Blue Cranes: Frame-shattering tonal and textural reconstructions from this Portland quintet. Reed Wallsmith - alto sax, Sly Pig - tenor sax, Rebecca Sanborn - piano/keys, Keith Brush - bass and Ji Tanzer - drums.
Jason E. Anderson: Solo improvisation with guitar, sampler, laptop, mixer, stick, stone and arrowhead.
Andy Clausen Group: Roosevelt High students take jazz music out to the parking lot and into the new wave. Andy - trombone, Corey Dansereau - trumpet, Xavier Del Castillo - tenor sax, Gus Carns - piano, Nolan - Woodle - bass and Evan Woodle - drums.
A new generation of big band music composed and conducted by Ahamefule J. Oluo with lyrics written and performed by Okanomode.
Explorations in the electro-acoustic soundfield by Pearson Wallace-Hoyt (field recordings, feedback, vocals), Evan Gilman (guitar), Jackie An (violin), and Costi Parvulescu (violin).
Full-on free improvisation with maximum engagement with Eric Barber (saxophones), Matt Crane (drums), and PK (upright bass).
Drawing from a vast collection of sonic material Pete Comley has created a sound collage for radio and the internet.
New compositions for this acoustic ensemble, featuring Jesse (clarinets), Chris Stover (trombone), Lori Goldston (cello) and Tom Baker (guitar).
Major jazz action from these beautiful souls, featuring Bert (saxes), Nancy Curtis (flutes), James Zitro (drums), Chris Symer (bass), Craig Hoyer (piano).
Seattle area composer Marc Barreca uses digital and analog synthesizers with samplers, field recordings and processing to make dense,inspired audio compositions.
Elements of jazz and traditional west African music combine to create a soul-stirring sound, with Andrew Oliver (piano), Kane Mathis (kora, guitar), Jim Knodle (trumpet), Brady Millard-Kish (bass), Mark DiFlorio (drums).
The interior world of gongs and metal revealed by Dean Moore are enhanced by the ambient textures of fretless electric guitar played by Tom Baker for this complex meditation in sound.
African/carribean inspired jazz with Yaw Amponsah (ashanti drums and djembe), Tony grasso (trumpet), Viren Kamdar (cajon, congas), Tim Carey (bass).
In this solo show focused upon the electronic treatment of sonic phenomena, Matt employs microphones, recorders, computers and acoustic instruments to create compositions that uniquely imagine a space encrypted to the point of vanishing.
New jazz music from guitarist Andrew Boscardin featuring Tom Varner (french horn), Brad Gibson (drums), Chris Stover (trombone), Clark Gibson (sax and flute) and Ben Thomas (vibes).
Working with the textural limits of sound, Jim Evans and Kurt Delaney deliver some hard love to the politics of listening.
Forget what you know about drums and solo drum performances. Mintz is painterly and understated in his singular approach to music.
Led by Stephen Fandrich, this remarkable ensemble of 8 singers navigates a true path through harmonic space, featuring Jessica Kenney, Gretta Harley, Jarrad Powell, Scott Adams, Jeppa Hall, Roger Nelson, and Brandon Johnson.
A full commitment to the art of improvisation featuring Matt Norman (keys, percussion), Ethan Cudaback (drums, samples), and Zach Shaw (reeds, electronics and cymbals).
A NYC/Seattle hybrid featuring the deep beat driven sounds of electronica mixed into expansive orchestral soundscapes.
New jazz music with Milo on electric guitar, Chuck Kistler on upright bass, and Brad Boal on drums.
Bassist Keith Judelman put this new music project together with Andy Coe (guitar), Jason Chambliss (trumpet), Phil Parisot and Ivan Galvez (both on drums), and Lalo Bello (percussion).
New jazz music with Neil Welch (tenor sax), Brian Kinsella (piano), Cam Peace (guitar), Luke Bergman (upright bass), and Chris Icasiano (drums).
Fish Out Of Water: masterful free-improvisation create a unique listening experience. Toshi Makihara - percussion, Elizabeth Falconer - koto, Suzie Kozawa - sounds and textures.
Original recordings edited, processed and put onto CDRs then performed by 6 CD players in shuffle mode. The results are highly entertaining and unique to each performance.
This vocalist and multi-instrumentalist unravels a hypnogogic dream journey through the internal landscape of twilight visions and memory.
John Butcher (saxophones), Torsten Müller (bass), and Dylan van der Schyff (drums) perform a spectacular hour of free improvisation.
Olli Klomp sits on a cajon, sings and plays ukelele, along with Bill Wolford on banjo, guitar, mandolin; Dave Faigin on cajon and percussion; and Todd Baker with a big bass tone. This is international music from a Seattle backyard.
New music, beautifully made by Chris on trombone, Victor Noriega on piano, Byron Vannoy on drums, and Chris Symer on bass.
Hollow Earth Radio founders, Amber Kai Morgan and Garrett Kelly use phone machine tapes and found sounds to make the world the way they want it. Joined by Doug Arney and Olie Esheleman on guitars, toys and effects.
This pianist is drawn to experimental settings, and he creates a promising one here, with Juan Pablo Carletti (drums), Doug Haning (clarinets), Dan Blunk (sax), Marc Smason (trombone), and Frank Clayton (bass).
Yellow Hat Band plays loud, fun brass music from Indonesia to Yugoslavia, Klezmer to Bollywood and beyond. The 13 players of brass and percussion will spank the plank for your entertainment.
Sonarchy continues its survey of Pacific Northwest neo-soul and jazz trios with this cool number, featuring Reshard Radford (keys), Michael Catts ( basses), and Mike Hams (trap set and percussion).
John Farrell (buddha guitar, mixer, radios and effects) and John Fisher (computers and midi controllers) make intricately brutal sound structures evocative of outer space, apocalypse, forgotten lullabies and the music of the spheres.
Black Friday is the ever flexible combination of grand piano and upright bass in a freely improvised setting, featuring Paul (PK) Kemmish (bass) and Matt Norman (piano).
David Knott Large Ensemble performs two compositions dedicated to the memory of Matthew Sperry. Deep, beautiful and weird soundscapes made by objects and instruments played by a great listening ensemble of 14.
pianist Victor Noriega and producer Robert D. Nelson (e.r.d.on) explore improv jazz forms imbued with inscrutable mpc-triggered samples. Grand piano with beats and samples will take us into a new territory.
Anomie Belle is the project of composer, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Toby Campbell. With her band, they make dark social issues eerily lovely in a down-tempo way.
Jason Kopec is an audio ethnographer, continually roaming the globe in search of lesser known sonic treasures. Jason will do a live mix of soundscapes and music to create "a sonic sampling of the exotic other."
Paundy is Paul Burback and Andy Miller joined by 7 musical pals. The result is a unique brand of lo-fi / hi-fi soundtrack music that is sure to keep you entertained.
Here Now is Charlie Smith surrounded by a pile of instruments. Cody Rahn plays the drums. They push Ableton Live to the edge of its software capabilities in a lovely effort to compose and arrange new music on the spot.
Bassist Evan Flory-Barnes leads this acoustic ensemble through an hour of genre-busting compositions, featuring Eric Peters (drums), Dylan Rieck (cello), and Jacques Willis (vibes).
A rare solo set from this multi-instrumentalist. So many great bands starting with Critters Buggin and Crack Sabbath. Now this.
An acoustic blend of the tango tradition fused with jazz sensibilities, performed by Ben Thomas (vibes/bandoneon), Jovino Santos-Neto (piano/melodica), Eric Likkel (clarinets).
live electro-acoustic music based on studio sampling of mic inputs. Dorsey is the current Jack Straw New Media Gallery artist and is based in LA.
Stegner (keyboards) and Sells (drums) are two players with the chops to improvise an hour of music that takes you from the dance club to out wandering the streets.
music that mines the borders of heavy metal minimalism, experimental jazz and the dark soundscape. James on bass and vocals, Bill Patton on guitar, John Fricke on trumpet, and Jay Jaskot on drums.
original compositions and songlike psychedelic episodes revealed by Beth Fleenor (clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals, beatbox), Mike Hams (percussion), and Jeff Huston (guitar/electronics).
powerhouse performance from the Pacific Northwest's finest. This dub is live and fully connected.
using 2 classical guitars, double bass and extensive processing this trio move in the world of "musique inuitive."
Arnautoff performs his composition Soliloquy on the Harry Partch derived Harmonic Cannon. This unique instrument is designed and built by the artist.
A set of this remarkable composer's music delivered with the creative stamp of seven members of the Monktail Creative Music Concern.
This is the essence of trio music built upon listening and instant response to groove, melody and harmony. Josh Rawlings (rhodes piano, percussion, vocals), Jeremy Jones (drums, vocals), and Evan Flory-Barnes (bass, vocals).
Instant dance music at your service, provided by Sean Horton (laptop), Daniel Spils (synthesizers), Stev Scalfati (synthesizers), Reggie Watts (synthesizers and vocals). Recorded March 2005 and still in its original stay-fresh container.
A repertoire encompassing avant-rock, modern jazz, improv and deconstructed Chinese traditional music, this electric string quartet plus drums features Alicia Allen, Ruth Davidson, Kevin Millard, Dennis Rea and Jay Jaskot.
This is a music event, featuring 15 excellent players floating between compositions and improvisation. Paul Kemmish plays the bass and maintains the vibe while Jessica Lurie conducts and plays the sax.
guitar based indi-chamber music featuring Johnny Goss (bass/synth), Ola Hungerford (clarinet/synth), Doug Arney (guitar), and Olie Eshleman (guitar). Drift along in this cinematic sound painting.
new jazz music from Doug Miller (acoustic bass), David White (electric guitar), Steve Korn (drums). and Chris Fagan (alto sax).
a live performance recorded in May 2004 at Polestar Music Gallery featuring Wolfgang Fuchs (reeds), Anne LeBaron (harp), Torsten Muller (bass), and Ronit Kirchman (violin).