“Live at Unheard” documents three unique modular chamber groups the composer Spencer Zahn assembled and led throughout 2023. Produced, recorded, and released by Pique-nique, it compiles live recordings from Unheard, an exploratory music series focused on collaborative improvisation.

Each of the three performances featured a unique lineup of multi-instrumentalists, including renowned improvisers like Alfredo Colón, Kirk Schoenherr, Savannah Harris (the group now known as Vol. 3), Mauro Refosco, Morgan Guerin, and Stuart Bogie, and Will Shore. Over two expansive sets, the ensembles drew from a wide range of influences – 70s spiritual jazz, 80s fusion, 90s ambient electronics – coalescing into a singular sound world that exists somewhere in the transdimensional space between Alice Coltrane and Brian Eno.

From hushed intimations of nascent ideas to ten-minute bliss-outs, “Live at Unheard” documents the act of creation itself – when freedom takes form and sound takes shape.

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Mixed by Spencer Zahn

Engineered by Vincent Brunetto

Mastered by Shawn Hatfield

Designed by Clara Ongil

Recorded at Light And Sound Design (Brooklyn, New York)