Sonarchy Radio Episodes

The Curious Mystery

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A junkyard band with a heart of sixties-style psychedelia, country blues and garage experimentalism with Shana Cleveland, Nicolas Gonzalez, Faustine Hudson and Bradford Button.

Eli Rosenblatt

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Eli Rosenblatt leads a band through combinations of klezmer, cuban and swing music, with Eli on vocals and guitar, Timba Harris on violin, Hadi Asil on tar, and Ahamefule J. Oluo on trumpet, bass clarinet and clarinet.

Doomsday Device

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In that fine Seattle tradition of the jazz, new music jam band with Scott Morning (trumpet), Aaron Jenkins (sax), Adam Kessler (drums), Nate Omdal (bass), and Rich Pellegrin (keys).

Oyo

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A fresh approach to live performance electronics. Oyo is Mextacy (vocals), IFTHEN (MC and vocals) and Swim (MC and vocals).

I, Norton

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A large ensemble improvised collage structure that combines hand cues, graphic scores, memory-based improvisation and fully notated works. Created and conducted by Gino Robair.

Jabon

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Dark ambient avant garde disco comedy. Scott Colburn is Jabon.

Olympic Sound Collective

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With influences ranging from The Meters, John Scofield, Galactic and Robert Walters, OSC do it their own way, with Damien Aitken (sax), Nathan Spicer (Hammond B-3), Mike Saskor (guitar) and Charlie Workman (drums).

Phonon

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The deterritorialization of the electron through the crafty use of electronics. Chris Hanis is Phonon.

Ellen Fullman

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A remarkable performance of the long string instrument.  This Sonarchy archive show was first aired in March 1999 and presents one of the deepest and richest of drone instruments played by the woman who built and developed it.

Polyrhythmics

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Funk and afro-beat explorations with Ben Bloom (guitar), Grant Schroff (drums), Jason Gray (bass), Lalo Bello (percussion), Scott Morning (trumpet), Eli Clark (trombone) and Art Brown (alto sax).

Shoup Corsano Horist Yeh

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A major tectonic wave of freely improvised music and sound with Chris Corsano (drums, percussion), Wally Shoup (alto sax), C. Spencer Yeh (violin, voice) and Bill Horist (electric guitar).

The Noisettes

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The Noisettes Fractured electronics and a unified mission bring this trio to the heart of sound's bright red light.