Personnel: Ed Bear - Electroacoustic Saxophone Extends the reach of the saxophone outwards to control the surrounding environment. A complex signal path with mics inside and outside the horn allows him to manipulate and interact with room acoustics, using the sax as a tuned column of air. The sound results are both organic and other-worldly. Influences: Ecstatic and Wingless - “A suitable teacher for young roller canaries” (Canary Records), All the Coltranes, Keiji Haino, Mats Gustafsson, Borbetomagus. Ex-Talibam, Ex-TwistyCat
Geof Lipman - Spanish Guitar Eschews electronic effects, driving musical discovery via traditional and extended techniques. Stylistically unusual and conceptually formalistic, he seeks the middle ground between stasis and chaos -- that point of maximum surprise. Influences: early Leo Brouwer, Cecil Taylor, Andre Jolivet, Buddy Guy. Active in the free jazz and avant-garde scenes of Boston in the 80s, and San Francisco in the 90s. G https://geoflipman.bandcamp.com/follow_me