Aaron Edgcomb is a composer, drummer/percussionist, and multidisciplinary artist from Reno, NV, currently based in Brooklyn, NY. Their work appears in contexts such as improvisational music, jazz, “new music,” noise, and song.
They have performed in and composed for such ensembles as the avant-rock band CLAK, the solo percussion and electronics project REA, the improvising chamber ensemble Tropos, and the improvising hardcore trio Trigger. They have worked with such musicians as Chris Williams, Lisa Hoppe, Anthony Coleman, Ted Reichman, John Zorn, Ledah Finck, and Anna Webber.
Aaron has presented work around the US and Europe at venues such as MoMA PS1, National Sawdust, the MATA festival, Big Ears, the Philharmonie de Paris, the Elbphilharmonie in Hamburg, the Sarajevo Jazz Festival, and the Jazz Em Agosto Festival in Lisbon, not to mention the uncountable and invaluable living rooms, garages, basements, and DIY venues that are foundational to creative music.
Kirsten Carey is a composer, guitarist, shamisen player, and sound editor. She has toured across the USA, Canada, Japan, Europe, and Thailand. Her unique voice has been showcased at the International Society for Improvised Music Conference (2014), Edgefest (2018), the Co-Incidence Festival (2018), and Strange Beautiful Music (2023). Her wide-reaching work gained recognition from the Asian Cultural Council (2019) and the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (2023), which awarded Carey grants for music research and outreach in Japan.
Carey wrote additional music for the hit Netflix Japan drama House of Ninjas, featuring her
shamisen playing throughout the leading score. She has been commissioned to write compositions for acclaimed musicians such as Chris Sies of Latitude 49 and Boston’s Hinge Ensemble. She scored the award-winning independent film Taken For Granted (dir. Manasi Patel) and wrote the current slate of music for The One Piece Podcast, which is ranked among the top five anime podcasts in the world.
Edgcomb and Carey’s duo album “Mature Defense Mechanism” was released on May 3 by Relative Pitch Records.
Supported by the Trust for Mutual Understanding.
