The Garden of Forking Paths

The music on this recording is largely improvised, but is also occasionally guided by frameworks of varying degrees of specificity. These frameworks are at various times pitch cells, rhythms, or even fully-notated portions of music. My aim in using these frameworks was to provide a stimulus while not encroaching on freedom of each musician.

I think the group achieves a definite solidarity of sound. Part of the reason for this is the fact that each of us works hard on developing our own strong rhythmic and melodic language as a means to interacting, rather as an ends in themselves. This music has been influenced by plenty of things, but sounds like none of them. I think it is original, beautiful, improvised music played with conviction and passion by four musicians with a common goal.