July 12th 2013, Chapel performance space, Seattle. the seven member El Grupo Arrastre runs through it's paces before the performance. all sounds heard are acoustic, created by dragging wooden dowels around the rims of found kitchen pot lids. this is the latest installment of an on-going series. 

Arrastre Seattle 7 12 13 sound check

variations of material from our upcoming erstwhile album. recorded by billy gomburg, complete with introduction by jason zimmerly. don't you wish you were there? 
(downloadable version available shortly via bandcamp).

Jerman/Barnes  live  Artifex Guild Bloomington 6 26 14

jerman/barnes  Trestled

live performance from the first leg of our "matterings" 2015 tour. thanks to Steve Flato for setting it up and letting us crash in his living room. photo by John Hubbard

jerman barnes San Diego 4 30 15

a contact mic attached to the corrugated metal fence set up to contain the slag heap. recorded with a mini-disc recorder. 

Clarkdale slag heap

recorded by Ryan Edwards at the Blanton art museum as part of the 2016 No Idea festival. this is the first time Steve and i had ever played together. 

No Idea Festival 2016

jeph jerman/steve jansen 2 28 16 austin

Tyler Wilcox, Gust Burns, Jeph Jerman and Taku Sugimoto from the 27th annual Seattle Improvised Music Festival, held at the Good Shepherd chapel. this set is from the final night. 

Wilcox Burns Jerman Sugimoto 2 11 12

during a recent visit to Ohio, i spent some time with Aaron Dilloway, whom i'd met in NYC in 2006. we recorded some sounds and spent a pleasant afternoon chatting. here's one of the recordings,m anipulated after the fact by yours truly.

Dilloway / Jerman  sqshd

an improv through the mail thing, initiated by Patrick Farmer and intended to be the beginning of an as-yet-unfinished collaboration with a third party. i won't say anything more in fear of jinxing the whole deal. i like this in itself too though, so here it is.

jeph jerman

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