improviser, audio editor, curator, cook, field recordist, disorganizer of sounds, organizer of multi-disciplinary gatherings in Western Massachussetts
Audible Bite is an event series that I organize centered around shared meals and performances across genres.
The first season consisted of monthly events held in my backyard from May - September 2023. I cooked multi-course dinners and invited musicians, writers, and dancers to perform after the meal.
Excerpts from each night’s performances were recorded and released as a limited edition cassette on Tripticks Tapes and are available for streaming and purchase. A homemade teabag is included with each tape.
In the summer of 2023, Stella Silbert curated a series in her Massachusetts backyard, cooking food, serving it, then presenting performances by musicians, poets, and dancers. Audible Bite 2023: Capsule compiles those performances, offering 11 tracks that vary stylistically but cohere by sounding spontaneous and nature-driven. Connecticut duo Tongue Depressor contribute a swath of groaning fiddle explorations; saxophonist Sam Weinberg paints nine pointillist minutes of short, sharp notes; the dance group Loculus Collective build an atmosphere of creepy echoes; Aisha Burns weaves an acoustic folk tune that perfectly melds into the surrounding hiss. Many different approaches to sound and performance show up here, but my favorite is Liz Tonne’s 12-minute vocal improvisation, which veers from tiny whistles to big bursts of scream and howl that never fail to grab your attention.
- Marc Masters, The Best Experimental Music on Bandcamp, October 2024
The second iteration of Audible Bite was an all-day festival hosted at and co-curated by Unnameable Books in Turners Falls, MA, on September 7 2024, with a potluck meal featuring hors d’ouevres made by me. Artists ran the gamut from crankie storytellers to poets to experimental performance artists.
All performances that took place at the event were filmed by Bella Levavi for Montague Community Television.
Artists featured in the series include: Arkm Foam, Nat Baldwin, Anselm Berrigan, Aisha Burns, Chicken Flag, Webb Crawford, Parsa Ferdowsi, Ben Hersey, Hollow Deck, Bella Levavi, Loculus Collective, Elle Longpre, Shea Mowat, Vic Rawlings, Rebecca Schrader, Mo Schweiger, Donny Shaw, Victor Signore, SKN (Suadela Love, Katarina Mazur & NAGO), Tongue Depressor, Liz Tonne, Zoe Tuck, Sam Weinberg, and Matt Wellins