2024 Mature Defense Mechanism + Throwaway European Tour

Earlier this year, my dear friend and collaborator Aaron Edgcomb and I released our album Mature Defense Mechanism on Relative Pitch Records. We’re both incredibly proud of this bizarre little improvised experiment which we created in the midst of the COVID pandemic.

All About Jazz liked it and said each song “carries a wallop.” They also said we both have “sophisticated skills,” which might be the first time anyone’s called me “sophisticated.” Delightful. Thank you!

Aaron and I toured the project to Europe, doubling our dates by performing some shows as Throwaway. The highlight was playing the opening of the absolutely remarkable Skanu Mezs festival in Riga, Latvia. Everyone at that festival was wonderful, and the music was amazing. We were so thrilled to be there! And lo and behold, we made it onto the Quietus’ annual highlights of the festival - bookending the article with Autechre. Autechre! Wild.

I went on from Europe to Tokyo and performed a handful of absolutely delightful shows with amazing collaborators like Fumi Endo, Akio Jemus, Kaori Komura, and Kuniyoshi Yamada.

I have a couple shows in Chicago to close out the end of the year. Otherwise, check out these videos below from my travels in the fall!