Week 2: Benevolent Sky Creatures

Our second installment of the weekly Sonic Exploration Residency featured an all-star alignment of cosmic collaborators. We were joined by the incomparable Michael Anderson on keyboards and synthesizers—a wizard of music, a modern-day Bach whose improvisations seem to flow directly from a higher harmonic dimension. Jonathan Greene returned to bend time with his drums, and Joseph Dowdy painted the air with saxophone and flute. John Daniel Ray navigated the low-frequency continuum with bass, electronics, and computers. Though the neighboring terrestrials once again summoned the law in protest of our volume (three times, for those counting), we countered with a series of beautifully hushed improvisations, whispering our way through the void. The venue’s plants—stoic, leafy, and highly attuned to vibe—swayed gently in approval and joined us in the jam. All in all, a lovely evening under the influence of benevolent sky creatures, both seen and unseen.