Spool Ensemble consists of the core members Aaron Bachelder (drums,marimba,vibraphone,live processing,percussion) & Michael Thomas Jackson (clarinet,bassclarinet,electronics,objects). Past & present collaborators include Joel Lambdin (violin), Speight Rhue (guitar), Bob Holub (accordion,guitar,electronics), Coa Schwab (oboe), Brian Osborne (percussion), Eugene Chadbourne (guitar,banjo,contraption), Adrian Dimond (circuit-bent electronics), Matt Smith (guitar,dobro,trumpet,violin), Pat Lawrence (contrabass), Lathan Hardy (saxophone), Jay Dunbar (contrabass), Morgan Kraft (fretless electric guitar) and David Menestres (contrabass).
Influences
Webern, Braxton, Feldman, The AACM, Donatoni, Bailey, Ligeti, Ayler, etc
Spool Ensemble was formed in 1996 by three music students at The North Carolina School Of The Arts : Aaron Bachelder, Michael Thomas Jackson and Joel Lambdin. The sole aim of the group was to explore free improvisation as
a means of creating new music. In the ensuing years, Spool has collaborated
with the Chimera Physical Theater, participated in The American Festival Of Microtonal Music, given a workshop at The Governor's School of North Carolina, performed at No Future Fest III, The Charleston Improvised Music Festival and recorded extensively.
This is really, really good! I totally dig what you guys are creating. Yes I know what you mean about the genre thing, closest we could find was 'jam band'! ;) And you do shows in churches too - I'm impressed! Keep up the good work, Adam
