Recording: Will Austin & Brandon Lim

Artist: Will Austin & Brandon Lim

Song: [excerpt]

Recorded at Belljar Café (Track Could Bend #32), November 7, 2017.

Will Austin & Brandon Lim - [excerpt]

This month saw TCB moving to a new home — where, auspiciously, the streetcar tracks bend right outside the front door. I first saw Will Austin performing with his solo peace project this summer at Nite Comfort, and since then he's been holding down his own nights of improvised experimentation 'round town — some with fellow movie buff Brandon Lim (known for his work holding down the bottom end in Yamantaka//Sonic Titan, HSY, Toronto Homicide Squad, and a heap of other bands). This set saw him acting as the anchor to Austin's pitch-bending infiltrations, lumbering in and out of a few sonic zones, shuffling the furniture around, and then heading off to the next room. (A diligent documenter, you can check out Austin's full recording of the set over at the Free Music Archive.)

[Start your new year off the best way — the next Track Could Bend is on Tuesday, January 2nd and will feature sets from Bachelard, LUKA, and tendencyitis.]

Recording: ~peace : will austin

Artist: ~peace : will austin

Song: [excerpt from first section]^*

Recorded at Handlebar (Nite Comfort 46), July 2, 2017.

~peace : will austin - [excerpt from first section]

This solo turn from Will Austin saw him armed with a full-sized keyboard, guitar, sequencer and sundry other flashing light doodads, from which he constructed an off-kilter wander through some folktronic byways. Unafraid to crank up his vocal effects to a slightly goofy zone while creating his tracks on the fly, this had the silly/serious vibe of a clown walking on a tightrope with no trampoline underneath.

[Nite Comfort returns to Handlebar on Sunday, August 6th, with sets from Hybrid Frequency and Stargoon.]

^* Will has passed along that this was an untitled piece — and that you can listen to/download his recording of his full set over at the Free Music Archive.