Drones, zones, and tones

A quadruple-header of PNW free improvisation groups drawing from drone, old-time, no-wave, noise and beyond.

Water Shrews – Creatures ambling thru tones. Brains combine to form a single organism. Group sound. Who is playing what? That’s the point. Listening to the sounds of sticks, reeds, strings, whoops and hollers in order to breathe and then play along.

Friends of the Road is an experimental string band from Seattle, exploring longform acoustic drones rooted in a melting pot of influences from american-primitive, dhrupad, and free improvisation which coalesce into original arrangements of traditional folk tunes.

CSTMR is the ever devolving improvised duo of guitarist Tom Scully and drummer Casey Adams.

‘what’ is the East/West Sound performing and recording duo of A.F. Jones and Dave Abramson. Since their formation and first tour in 2018, their shows and recording projects are entirely improvised.