♫♪  Guest Mix: Tim Barnes & Jeph Jerman - Greetings From The Versatile Ambience

For over a decade, experimental musicians Jeph Jerman and Tim Barnes have been collaborating both on stage and in the studio, offering obfuscated explorations into the material potentials of a variety of known and unknown sound sources. Versatile Ambiance is their latest release — following last year’s excellent Matterings on Erstwhile Records — and it continues their minimalistic journey with a patient, displaced inventory of sounds, where contrasting shapes and blurred textures evoke nothing but the tension listener’s might feel while trying to reconcile the lack of clarity with the continual introduction of new sounds.

On the eve of a joint tour through California, Tim Barnes and Jeph Jerman are graciously sharing a guest mix, titled Greetings From The Versatile Ambience. Read these words from Barnes about the mix, followed by the dates for the tour.

From Orthodox Ehtiopian Church Music to This Heat to deeep Mexican Mountain Music, along with Footwork and delicious DUB skanking, “Greetings From The Versatile Ambience” should keep you smiling and scratching your head for the time being. Enjoy!!

Versatile Ambiance is out now on Idea Intermedia. Stream the mix below, and subscribe to our podcast here.

Jerman • Barnes tour dates:

09.23.16- Los Angeles, CA - Handbag Factory %
09.24.16- Vallejo, CA - Re:Sound ^
09.25.16- Sacramento, CA - The Drunken Loaf *
09.26.16- Santa Barbara, CA - Museum of Art, Science and Technology
09.27.16- San Diego, CA - Low Gallery !

% Ted Byrnes/William Hutson, Magda Mayas • KIRA
^ Joe Colley, Michael Gendreau
* Bryan Day, Kevin Corcoran
! Ted Byrnes/William Hutson • Adjunct

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