Javelinas

Minimalist / ambient music for your apocalyptic meditations.

Javelinas create improvised drone and soundscape music that is at times symphonic, at other times cacophonous. Scott Burland uses the theremin as a voice unto itself, and as a controller for synthesis and sound processing techniques. Ryan P. Taylor looks for accidental audio with guitars and electronics. They pursue an aesthetic that’s part BBC Radiophonics Workshop, part Edgard Varèse on a turntable in the next room.

It is written that John Cage wanted sounds to follow one another in a free, artless sequence, without harmonic glue. Javelinas embrace that idea while allowing and welcoming the potential appearance of the complete opposite.

For Atlanta’s SoundNOW Festival, they will present a time-based graphic score titled Counting Cards (2025). Randomly selected playing cards will direct the performers to different sections of the score and determine timing.

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Meghan Yost, viola

Performing pieces by Caroline SHAW, Reena ESMAIL, and Nokuthula NGWENYAM .