Reverie, an album I produced for Los Angeles vocalist Anna Homler (joined by a stellar line-up of Seattle improvisers), is finally available from Right Brain Records (CD and DL). We recorded this in 2008, but it still sounds fresh and contemporary.
Three Point Circle, the ambient trio project I am in with old friends Marc Barreca and K. Leimer, has a new album out called Fluorescent Grey. You can stream it on YouTube or Spotify, or buy it (CD or download) from Midheaven.
I was invited to contribute a piece for Meteorologia, a digital-only compilation album of weather-based sound works released today by sirr-ecords in Portugal. LISTEN
Immersions is a group show curated by Scott Sherk at the Soft Machine Gallery in Allentown, PA. It features sound installations by Michael J. Schumacker and John Roach and field recording works by Maile Colbert, Rui Costa, Peter Cusack, Patrick Tubin McGinley, Michael Meyer, Joseph Young, and myself. Drop in and have a listen if you are in the area.
I’m performing with a group of phonographers and improvising musicians for another one of jazz French horn player Tom Varner’s semi-annual gatherings at the Chapel. DETAILS
ANTS Records in Italy has released my complete Chamber Music series. There is a CD and digital release with excerpts from all ten pieces, and also a limited edition (50) box set that includes the CD, 80-page booklet, and a USB stick with the full-length versions and a few related works – over twelve hours of music. Physical product to be distributed in the US by Squidco (but not yet in stock there).
A piece I made in 2015 during an artist residency in France has been included on the Summer 2023 edition of Framework Radio’s Seasonal compilations. LISTEN.
I was invited to contribute a new piece for Drosera, a digital-only compilation album of plant-based sound works released today by sirr-ecords in Portugal. LISTEN.
Celebrating the release of a new CD of improvised music for brass ensemble, percussion, and field recordings. Tonight the group is Tom Varner (French horn), Abbey Backwell (contrabass), Haley Freedlund (trombone), Doug Haire (field recordings), Jim Knodle (trumpet), Aniela Perry (cello), and Steve Peters (field recordings). DETAILS
I’ll be performing (field recordings) in a four-hour Summer Solstice concert organized by marimba player Erin Jorgensen. 6 PM - 10 PM, admission by donation. Come and go as you please. Bring cushions or blankets.
Twenty years ago I was asked to compose the soundtrack for a documentary about the great artist Agnes Martin, and I finally got around to making an album out of it. Listen here. Read the backstory on my blog.
My music was used as the soundtrack to Journal Entry 2021, a video piece by Seattle artist Robert Campbell. It was screened as part of the Currents New Media Festival in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The second album by Three Point Circle, a trio project by myself, Marc Barreca, and K. Leimer, is released today on the Palace of Lights label, available on CD and from Boomkat, Midheaven, and the usual digital platforms. You can also listen to it on YouTube.
Split LP with Steve Roden (and me) on one side and Small Cruel Party on the other. Released on the Ferns label from France. Limited edition of 200 copies on white vinyl. I have a few copies and am currently the only person in the US offering it for sale, if you’re interested. Or, you can listen on BandCamp.
Curated by Francisco López, Audiosphere: Sound Experimentation 1980 - 2020 looks to cover an historical and cultural void in terms of the recognition, exhibition and analysis of a key part of the recent changes that have taken place in the artistic conception of sound creation. Hymne (pour un fils des étoiles) will be included.
Layered Contingencies, the first CD release by a new trio project with myself, Marc Barreca, and K. Leimer, released today on Palace of Lights. DETAILS
Artist Anna McKee’s installation WAIS Reliquary: 68,000 Years, for which I did sound, will be included in the show Gathered from the Field: Art Provoked by Climate Research in the Kittredge Gallery at University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. Reception/talk on March 26, 4:30 - 6 PM. DETAILS
The Seattle Phonographers Union perform in collaboration with clarinetist James Falzone. DETAILS
Arboretum is a new sound work made entirely from sounds of trees recorded with contact microphones, created especially for the exhibition Tree Time at the Museo Nazionale della Montagna in Torino, Italy.
A revived performance of my big Azores project, with an almost entirely new ensemble: Greg Campbell (percussion), Jesse Canterbury (clarinets), Lesli Dalaba (trumpets), Amy Denio (clarinet & sax), and Christian Pincock (trombone). DETAILS