| Ronin | New jazz music from Kenny Mandel (sax, flute, percussion), Don Berman (drums), and Nate Omdal (bass). |
| 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). |
| 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). |
| 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). |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| Michael Vlatkovich Trio | Jazz compositions for a unique ensemble with Michael Vlatkovich, Greg Scholl (trombones) and Mark Burdon (drums). |
| 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. |
| 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). |
| Wishyunu | Drone-pop, tight drums, atmospheric synth loops and textures from this Portland duo of Tony Bertaccini (kit drums) and Bei Yan (analog synths). |
| 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). |
| Rob Angus | Ambient industrial orchestrations for samplers and acoustic instruments. |
| 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). |
| Vusac | Audio media gets shredded, put into a collage context then submerged into the world of drum n' bass. |
| Steinwagon | Dawn Clement and Ryan Burns play a lovely set of duets for piano, fender rhodes and organ. |
| 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). |
| 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). |
| Simon Wickham-Smith and Santiago Latorre | Two electro-acoustic solo performances featuring Santiago Latorre and Simon Wickham-Smith. |
| 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. |
| Perish The Island | Drone rockin' holoscene viewers Greg Miller (bass and noise) and Mark Schlipper (drums and lap steel). |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| Diminished Men | Diminished Men: psychedelic spaghetti-eastern music presented under the stark shadow tonalities of surf rock. |
| Hardcoretet | New jazz music from Art Brown (sax), Aaron Otheim (keys), Tim Carey (bass) and Tarik Abouzied (drums). |
| Jason Kahn | Immersive solo music for analog synthesizer, cymbal, snare drum and feedback. |
| 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). |
| 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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| Triptet | A new combination of sound and artistry from Michael Monhart (sax and percussion), Tom Baker (guitar) and Greg Campbell (drums). |
| Guitar Monks | This Sonarchy Archive performance was first aired 12/21/96 and features Tim Young and Andri Otraskin in a gorgeous acoustic guitar duet. |
| Dale Lloyd | LLoyd is a sound artist and founder of And/Oar records. For this show he primarily works with optical film print soundtracks. |
| Joie Tet | New jazz music from James DeJoie (bari sax, flute, clarinet), Walter White (bass), Evan Buehler (vibes), Randy Doak (drums). |
| Orville Johnson | 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). |
| Tim And Jeremy Carter | Drums and guitars, effects and amps, flutes and noise. |
| Josh Rawlings Trio | Three in-demand artists come together to make some lovely new music, with Josh (piano), Nate Omdal (bass) and Adam Kessler (drums). |
| The Luna Moth | Power-surge trio bores into Seattle's drone center, with Kenny Day (drums), Levi Fuller (bass), Mark Schlipper (guitar). |
| Blue Cranes | 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 | Jason E. Anderson: Solo improvisation with guitar, sampler, laptop, mixer, stick, stone and arrowhead. |
| Andy Clausen Group | 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. |
| Ahamefule J. Oluo and the New Seattle Brass Ensemble | A new generation of big band music composed and conducted by Ahamefule J. Oluo with lyrics written and performed by Okanomode. |
| Paintings For Animals | Explorations in the electro-acoustic soundfield by Pearson Wallace-Hoyt (field recordings, feedback, vocals), Evan Gilman (guitar), Jackie An (violin), and Costi Parvulescu (violin). |
| Eric Barber, Matt Crane and PK | Full-on free improvisation with maximum engagement with Eric Barber (saxophones), Matt Crane (drums), and PK (upright bass). |
| Pete Comley | Drawing from a vast collection of sonic material Pete Comley has created a sound collage for radio and the internet. |
| Jesse Canterbury and Vertigo | New compositions for this acoustic ensemble, featuring Jesse (clarinets), Chris Stover (trombone), Lori Goldston (cello) and Tom Baker (guitar).
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| Yokai No Uta Trio | A late night song of the ghosts to breath another layer of mystery into your life.
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| Bert Wilson and Rebirth | Major jazz action from these beautiful souls, featuring Bert (saxes), Nancy Curtis (flutes), James Zitro (drums), Chris Symer (bass), Craig Hoyer (piano). |
| Marc Barreca | Seattle area composer Marc Barreca uses digital and analog synthesizers with samplers, field recordings and processing to make dense,inspired audio compositions.
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| Andrew Oliver Kora Band | 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). |
| Baker-Moore Duo | 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. |
| Manghis Khan | African/carribean inspired jazz with Yaw Amponsah (ashanti drums and djembe), Tony grasso (trumpet), Viren Kamdar (cajon, congas), Tim Carey (bass). |
| Matt Shoemaker | 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. |
| Brass And Nickel Septet | 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). |
| Sparkle Girl | Working with the textural limits of sound, Jim Evans and Kurt Delaney deliver some hard love to the politics of listening. |
| Billy Mintz | Forget what you know about drums and solo drum performances. Mintz is painterly and understated in his singular approach to music. |
| Uncle Pooch | Mr. Bungle meets Pharoah Sanders' evil twin in this sludge-metal assault. Tony Stevens (guitar, noise), Shane Smith (bass, noise), Greg Sinibaldi (EWI, noise), and Denali Williams (drums). |
| Spicer Trio | A full hour of organ-fueled jazz recorded live on KEXP's Sonarchy Radio. |
| Seattle Harmonic Voices | 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. |
| The Cherry Ghosts | A full commitment to the art of improvisation featuring Matt Norman (keys, percussion), Ethan Cudaback (drums, samples), and Zach Shaw (reeds, electronics and cymbals). |
| BomberGirl And The Mechanic | A NYC/Seattle hybrid featuring the deep beat driven sounds of electronica mixed into expansive orchestral soundscapes. |
| Milo Petersen Trio | New jazz music with Milo on electric guitar, Chuck Kistler on upright bass, and Brad Boal on drums. |
| 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, which is Tyler Swan (drums), Adam Swan (Rhodes/guitar) and Anthony Moore (clarinets and trumpet). |
| Free World Jazz | 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). |
| Meepers / Morta Haze | Two solo sets of intense noise communication followed by a duo bomb dropping episode. |
| Neil Welch And The Narmada Project | 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 | Fish Out Of Water: masterful free-improvisation create a unique listening experience. Toshi Makihara - percussion, Elizabeth Falconer - koto, Suzie Kozawa - sounds and textures. |
| Martin Bland's Randomized Control Trials | 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. |
| Sylvi Alli | This vocalist and multi-instrumentalist unravels a hypnogogic dream journey through the internal landscape of twilight visions and memory. |
| Butcher, Müller and van der Schyff | John Butcher (saxophones), Torsten Müller (bass), and Dylan van der Schyff (drums) perform a spectacular hour of free improvisation.
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| Oval League | 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. |
| Chris Stover Quartet | New music, beautifully made by Chris on trombone, Victor Noriega on piano, Byron Vannoy on drums, and Chris Symer on bass. |
| Analog America | 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. |
| David Haney Sextet | 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 | 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. |
| 3 Spot | 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). |
| Bagger 288 | 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 | 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 | 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. |
| Pontius Pilots | 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 | 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 | 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." |
| Michael Owcharuk | new ensemble music from the Michael Owcharuk sextet featuring Michael on piano, Mike Hams (drums), Nate Omdal (bass), Beth Fleenor (clarinet), Jim Knodle (trumpet) and Katie Mosehauer (violin). |
| Paundy | 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 | 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. |
| Jonathan Way | Jonathan Way mixes and processes recordings made in the remote mountains of northeastern Washington revealing the textures of snowbrush, horsetails and pine bark alongside electronic manipulations. |
| Threat of Beauty | 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).
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| Skerik | A rare solo set from this multi-instrumentalist. So many great bands starting with Critters Buggin and Crack Sabbath. Now this. |
| Tangent Trio | 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). |
| Dorsey Dunn | 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.
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| James Whiton and the Downtown Apostles | 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.
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| Michael Stegner and Andy Sells | 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. |
| Figeater | original compositions and songlike psychedelic episodes revealed by Beth Fleenor (clarinet, bass clarinet, vocals, beatbox), Mike Hams (percussion), and Jeff Huston (guitar/electronics). |
| Dub Championz | powerhouse performance from the Pacific Northwest's finest. This dub is live and fully connected. |
| Unused Lexical Variable | using 2 classical guitars, double bass and extensive processing this trio move in the world of "musique inuitive." |
| Phillip Arnautoff | Arnautoff performs his composition Soliloquy on the Harry Partch derived Harmonic Cannon. This unique instrument is designed and built by the artist. |
| Monktail Raymond Scott Project | A set of this remarkable composer's music delivered with the creative stamp of seven members of the Monktail Creative Music Concern. |
| The Teaching | 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). |
| Synth Club | 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. |
| Moraine | 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. |
| PK and What Army | 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. |
| Corespondents | 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. |
| I, Norton | a large ensemble improvised collage structure that combines hand cues, graphic scores, memory-based improvisational structures and fully notated works. Created and conducted by Gino Robair. |
| Big Neighborhood | new jazz music from Doug Miller (acoustic bass), David White (electric guitar), Steve Korn (drums). and Chris Fagan (alto sax). |
| KnotPineBox | (AKA Karen Hancock) - a solo melodic improv project with inspired use of simple sound effects with guitar, tapes and toys. This is weird story telling and the electric guitar playing is just lovely. |
| Goat | drawing from an exceptional sonic palette this trio has an expansive sense of space and composition - Greg Sinibaldi (electronic wind instrument, tenor sax), Skiff Feldspar (guitar, loops, effects), and Denali Williams (drums, percussion). |
| Portland Bike Ensemble | 4 bicycles, 4 contact microphones and 4 amps make a strange and fascinating world of sound.
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| Rick Mandyck and Gregg Keplinger | The local duo of Rick Mandyck (electric guitar)and Gregg Keplinger (drums) perform live on KEXP's Sonarchy Radio.
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| Evelyn Bosker | an electronic live looping project with synths, bass, banjo, hand drums and zube tubes. |
| Burning Man 2007 | an ambient soundtrack of night on the playa. This utterly unique soundscape develops from the sound systems of dozens of DJ's sending their message into miles of desert air. |
| Stephen Cavit and Ken Masters | Stephen Cavit (drums) and Ken Masters (guitars), through years of performance together, bring power and clarity to this hour of pure music.
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| Cod Launcher | noise, rock and improv on kit drums, electric bass, processed sax, zither and sexually active corpse.
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| Tif Lin | Tif Lin performs a selection of music for prepared piano by John Cage. |
| Wolfgang Fuchs | 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). |
| BNSF | Adam Diller - reeds, keys and electronics, Matt Crane - drums, percussion, Jason Anderson - electronics, speakers and laptop. Recorded on the Balmer Yard railroad tracks in interbay, this environmental improvisation is the essence of industrial. |
| In Lake'ch | (in la-kesh) rockin' psychedelic jazz featuring Andy Coe - guitar, Gary Palmer - keys and Jacob Evans - drums.
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| The Curious Mystery | An hour of live local music that'll take you through the old West, the far East and the junkyard squats in your city. |
| Jim Haynes | an electro-acoustic performance using drones, field recordings and tactile objects
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| Kuru Cult | a new generation in a death spiral featuring Ethan Cudaback - drums and necromancing, Zack Shaw - alto sax / electronics, Timm Mason - bass / electronics and Simon Henneman - electric guitar.
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| BreathPlay | 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.
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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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| La Maison/Your Drugs My Money | This split show features a full hour of noise improv from analog decks, TV audio, drum pads, electronics and cymbals all through guitar amps and smaller sound systems.
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| Hat and Beard | Composed and improvised music for 2 musicians. This is the art of communication. Dan Blunck - woodwinds and Ken Paine - percussion.
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| Mark Wand | Heavy sound pressure with beats and darkness from multi-instrumentalist Mark Wand recorded live on Sonarchy. |
| Khazak | A band that swings, grooves and rides the blue notes. Michele Khazak's voice is soulful and powerful. Her band includes Eli Rosenblatt - guitar, Adam Kessler - drums and Birch Pereira - basses.
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| Ziggurat Quartet | an amalgam of jazz, south Indian and African musics with an emphasis on odd meters and polyrhythms. Super fine by any description. Bill Anschell - piano, Eric Barber - saxes, Doug Miller - bass and Byron Vannoy - drums.
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| Sonicabal | Recorded in May 2001, this archive performance features 12 members of this free-form collective of rule bending musicians and sound manipulators.
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| AeSense Of Time | Elements of reggae, soul and jazz lead to a sound this band calls Roots and Blues.
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| Cytosoul | A lovely, laid-back nu-jazz sound featuring Cynthia Dillard - piano/voice, Birch Pereira - bass, Art Brown- saxophone and Adam Gross - drums.
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| Omake and Johnson is Dave Knott and Matt Shoemaker | An urban folk inspired, off-shore improvised, electro-acoustic sound vacuum with periodic stillness.
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| Snoose Junction | A free rock/free jazz hybrid with a large, revolving cast of northwest players.
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| Sunship | Avant-intergalectric jazz featuring Michael Monhart - sax, Brian Heaney - guitar, Stuart Dempster - trombone, David Revelli - drums and Andrew Luthringer - bass.
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| Seattle Phonographers Union | Field recordists improvise new sonic worlds. The results are highly cinematic and wide open to listener interpretation.
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| Syphilis Sauna | High sound pressure trashtronica.
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| Spider Trio | Free garage skronk with Jeffrey Taylor - guitar, Wally Shoup - sax and David Abramson - drums.
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| Son Of Rose | Seattle's Son Of Rose performs an hour of grand piano treatment on KEXP's Sonarchy Radio. |
| Library Science | A live Sonarchy recording of playful electro-dub from Seattle's Library Science. |
| EQlateral Ensemble | An hour of live improvisation from this Seattle string ensemble recorded on Sonarchy Radio. |
| Animist Orchestra | Jeph Jerman leads an ensemble of 10 in this live improvisational set using materials from nature. |
| Monster Defiance Headquarters | Seattle's Monster Defiance Headquarters performs extreme sound pressure levels live on Sonarchy Radio. |
| Suffering *uckheads | A mix of skronk and blues, post-bop and blast-beats recorded bar band style live on Sonarchy, 5/26/07. |
| Guardian Ear | Guardian Ear performs an hour-long live sountrack for your inner cinema on Sonarchy Radio. |
| Das Vibenbass | Seattle's Das Vibenbass plays an hour of live border-crushing jazz on Sonarchy Radio. |
| Dean Moore | An hour of live music with a collection of gongs and metal recorded on Sonarchy Radio.
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| Tiptons Saxophone Quartet & Drums | An hour of sax-happy jazz recorded live on KEXP's Sonarchy Radio. |
| Soul Kata | Funky, soul-pop with Katrina Wible - vocals, Josh Rawlings - keys, Nate Omdal - bass and Will Holliday - drums.
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| Katie Gately | An exploration into processed field recordings.
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| Jack Gold / Chris Pugh | A very intense symphony for guitar and drums.
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| Perri Lynch / Clark Wiegman | Field recordings and electronic beats are the basis for a new composition called "Shear."
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| Deal's Number | Billy Monto brings his classically trained sax talent to this swinging free improv trio. John Seman - upright bass and Mark Ostrowski - drum kit.
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| David Kwan | An hour of live electro-acoustic compositions recorded on KEXP's Sonarchy Radio. |
| Industrial Revelation | New jazz music from D'Vonne Lewis - drums, Ahamefule Oluo - trumpet, Evan Flory-Barnes - bass and Josh Rawlings - piano/fender rhodes.
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| Loop 2.4.3 | Loop 2.4.3 is Lorne Watson and Thomas Kozumplik. A finely tuned original percussion duo.
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| Yann Novak | A performance specific composition of altered field recordings. Microscopic, ambient and rather luxurious.
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| Sasson | Sasson make a kind of new world klezmer music that bring non-traditional instruments and rhythms into their unique mix. |
| However | Quiet, focused, inside music from Torben Ulrich - voicings, Lori Goldston - cello, Angelina Baldoz - trumpet, mutes, flutes and Jason Scott - percussion. |
| Michael Bisio Quartet | Featuring Joe Giardullo - winds, Rob Blakeslee - brass, Billy Mintz - drums and Michael on bass. Recorded 4/28/03. |
| Greg Gilmore and Steve Fisk | Greg Gilmore - percussion and loops Steve Fisk - samplers. Dark, 4th world improvisation from these two stalwart Seattleites.
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| Aunt Jamamas Big Band Vigilantes | Jam band blow-out in your headphones. |
| Bang Kung Association | Get lost with the Bang Kung Association.
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| Nepotistas | Afro-cuban organ funk with Nathan Spicer - hammond organ, Ivo Naicou - drums, Paul Fischer - guitar, Lorne Watson - percussion and Jacques Willis - vibes.
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| Grey Filastine | Smashed-up international street beats. A solo performance on laptop, drum triggers, darbouka, loudspeakers and junk.
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| Jimmy Bennington, Paul Blaney, Tom Swafford | Powerful free music performance with Jimmy Bennington (Chicago) drums, Paul Blaney (Vancouver BC) double bass, and Tom Swafford (Seattle) violin. |
| Anna Homler with Stuart Dempster, Liz Falconer, Lori Goldston, Susie Kozawa and Bill Horist | Myths, dreams, the commonplace and the extraordinary exist in this hour featuring Anna Homler with Stuart Dempster, Liz Falconer, Lori Goldston, Susie Kozawa and Bill Horist.
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| Megatron | Call it retro-soul funk. Paul Chandler - trumpet and EFX, Delvon Dumas - hammond B-3 and bass keys, Julian MacDonough - drums. |
| Greg Sinibaldi Group | Highly entertaining new ensemble music with Geoff Harper - bass, Mark Taylor - alto sax, Byron Vannoy - drums, Ryan Burns - rhodes piano and Greg on tenor sax. |
| Fantastapotamus | This Portland trio delivers a hard funk / jazz rock hybrid. Sam Krulewitch - keys, Ian Caputo - guitar and bass, Sam Berrett - drums. |
| Herbie Nichols | The music of jazz pianist and composer Herbie Nichols. David Handy - piano, Adam Diller - sax/clarinet and Alex Hutchison - electric bass. |
| Dub Championz | An hour of live dub from the Northwest's own Dub Championz. |
| Tom Varner Chamber Trio | Lovely new acoustic ensemble music. Tom - french horn, Greg Campbell - percussion and french horn, Eric Barber - saxes and special guest Gust Burns on piano. |
| Assisted Living | Jason Kopec and Dan Kaufman make electronic soundscapes with samplers, keys, bass, voice and field recordings.
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| Deadmen | Deadmen continue the Sonarchy survey of funky jazz bands. Horn section meets rhythm section in a 73% dark chocolate center. |
| Tangent Trio | An acoustic blend of the tango tradition fused with jazz sensibilities. Ben Thomas - vibes/ bandoneon, Jovino Santos-Neto - piano/ melodica, Eric Likkel - clarinets. |
| Lullabelle's Junkshop | Fusing the worlds of big beat, noise and spiritual validation through product identification.
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| Pocket Change | An hour long live set from soul-jazz hybrid Pocket Change. |
| Bob Rees and Greg | An hour long live set of improvisation from percussionists Bob Rees and Greg
Campbell. |
| Kazutaka Nomura | An hour long live set of genre-bending Na from Kazutaka Nomura. |
| PK And What Army | An hour of live improvised jazz recorded on KEXP's Sonarchy Radio. |
| Stewart Dempster | An experimental live set of didgeridoo and trombone recorded on Sonarchy Radio. |
| Wally Shoup | An hour-long set of free improvisation recorded live on KEXP's Sonarchy Radio. |
| Martin Bland | An hour-long set of experimental music recorded live on KEXP's Sonarchy Radio. |
| Altered States Of Funk | An hour-long set of Seattle funk recorded live on KEXP's Sonarchy Radio. |
| David Krakauer and Klezmer Madness | International clarinetist David Krakauer and his band Klezmer Madness mix klezmer, jazz, hip-hop and electronic styles in this live at KEXP performance. |
| Swampdweller | Seattle 8-piece Swampdweller create a super-groove club sound in this Sonarchy Radio session from Jack Straw Studios. |
