Seattle Phonographers Union – Past Concerts

Collective improvisation using only unprocessed field recordings, exploring the ways in which we recognize, differentiate, map, & navigate our sonic environment.

Double bill featuring sets by the sound recordist collective Phonographers Union, & jazz French hornist Tom Varner.

Featuring a single desktop computer performing digital synthesis in response to control messages sent by four human performers with laptops.

A performance using sounds that are recorded in, or evocative of, the Georgetown Steam Plant.

A collective of artists improvising with unprocessed field recordings performs one of their infrequent “ambient” sets.

Using only unprocessed field recordings, the Seattle Phonographers Union explores the ways in which we recognize, differentiate, map and navigate our sonic environment.