Artist description You can classify Disjunkt as- "Free Jazz" ...or simply "Improv". Some of the elements that have set us apart from the traditional, wailing, noise artists are our use of electronic and acoustic instruments - as well as our knack for weaving hints of melodic and rhythmic structure into the tunes. In short- I could say that for an "out ensemble"- we have proven to be pretty palatable to listeners who find some of the harder-edge, screachier, free improv variety a bit too abrasive.

Music Style Experimental Free Improv

Musical Influences Sonny Sharrok, Bert Wilson, David Torn

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Artist History Disjunkt has been performing and releasing albums since 1999.

Group Members Dan Blunck plays various wind instruments and some brass and percussion as well. Rik Wright plays guitar and also integrates live loops and samples of his guitar voicings. Simon Grant plays drums and electronic percussion that is not only individual instrument sounds, but also thick layers of samples.

Instruments Guitar, saxophones, clarinet, reed trumpet, drums, percussive things and a whole lot of electronic stuff

Albums Early Warning Signs, Disjunkt, Breathing the Rainbow and The Great Nothing

Press Reviews Earshot Jazz, January 2001 RECORDINGS NOTED IN THE YEAR 2000 Disjunkt (HipSync Records, 2000) - Three of Seattle's hometown boys take experimental jazz and wring the psychedelic essence out of it. All those years of Stan Getz and Louis Armstrong will seem tame by comparison. ---------- Willamette Week October 2001 Disjunkt's core trio of Dan Blunck (reeds), Rik Wright (guitar) and Simon Grant (percussion) plays fusion more along the lines of what it oughta be: They explore the boundaries of progressive jazz and rock not with the tiptoeing delicacy of so many fusion smoothies, but with a confident stomp that obliterates any question of their intent. Disjunkt is fusion for the 21st century. ---------- Tourdates.com, November 2000 DISJUNKT- DISJUNKT Disjunkt is one of the many shapes of the protean HipSync Records collective, led by Rik Wright and Simon Grant (aka Grant Larkin). Local sax celeb Dan Blunck joins the guitarist and drummer, respectively, to create this team of experienced - and highly experimental - musicians. This self-titled CD was, like the Jackhammer Trio release, recorded for the KCMU Sonarchy Radio programme. And it's a head trip. It will challenge your previous conceptions of jazz, as it disassembles and redefines the nature of the beast itself. Disjunkt pushes the limits of melody, freeform improvisation and the very mechanics of jazz. The songs are arranged along these lines: 'First Sight,' 'Second Chance,' 'Third Strike,' 'Fourth Place,' etc. - an original and clever concept. 'First Sight' breaks into its groove slowly and unsteadily. Once established, it surges forward with a brazen arrogance and the saxophone's flights into rapture. On the next track, Grant kicks out a tricky, though solid, beat, while guitar riffs shoot past the flow of the saxophone like meteorites. Although the songs generally adhere to their theme indicated in the titles, there are moments when one wonders about the grand design. All in all, it's a far cry from traditional jazz. There are moments of tranquil fluidity, but the very experimentalism of the project won't let it stop there. Disjunkt takes jazz into places you never thought it could go. The only problem, I think, is getting back in one piece. ----------

Additional Info The official label of disjunkt is Hipsync Records: http://www.Hipsync.org

Location Seattle, WA - USA

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