Glen Downie
Pyramid Lake
Pyramid Lake is an improvised quartet of dynamic musicians with varying backgrounds from noise rock, taonga pūoro & jazz to contemporary classical who share a love for improv & sonic exploration
featuring:
Rob Thorne - taonga pūoro
Glen Downie - Saxophone
Simon Eastwood - Bass
Dexter Stanley-Tauvao - Drums
Composting Impostors/Green Room
Composting Impostors and later Green Room was founded as a composer/improviser ensemble to explore the boundaries between composition and improvisation.
Conducer is a piece with composed rhythmic cells and tutti groupings which are conducted and assembled live
Hypesax
The Hypesax is an electronic extension to the saxophone created by Cristopher Ramos-Flores. I have worked with Cris and presented these two improvisations specifically using the feedback setting, which sends feedback through the bore of the saxophone, which can be manipulated by fingering and air pressure.
Arthur Street Loft Orchestra
At the invitation of Arthur St Loft Orchestra impresario, Jake Baxendale, this 50 minute suite for medium/large jazz ensemble was completed and performed in 2019 with a successful repeat in 2020.
One of my favourite and successful projects for fusing together my love of compositional rigour and unrelenting free playing.