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Bhob Rainey is a saxophonist, composer, and improviser. On the saxophone he has developed a distinctive, hallucinatory vocabulary that often sounds electronic, interspersed with an uncanny mastery of multiphonics. In 1998 he co-founded the duo nmperign with trumpeter Greg Kelley, touring extensively while upending a host of improvisational givens. Seeking to bring rigor to improvisation at a larger scale, he later formed The BSC, an eight-piece ensemble that navigated the challenges of group improvisation without relying on predetermined structures or cues. Their work and practices were explored in the 2011 book and album, Manual. Rainey additionally has a long list of collaborators and an especially refined solo saxophone style. He was awarded a Pew Fellowship in the Arts in 2013 for his work in this field.
In the realm of composition, Rainey focuses heavily on heterogenous electroacoustic work, combining sometimes extreme digital synthesis and processing with field recordings, live instruments, and other acoustic sources. He often explores the idea that a "human" is much more than just the idea of "human", and much stranger. A SuperCollider "power user", he is known for his contributions of plugins, algorithmic works such as Peev and These are They, and digital instruments like xynthii and Dumber from Another Mother.
Rainey has long-running, multidisciplinary collaborations, especially in theater and dance. He has worked closely with Whit MacLaughlin / New Paradise Laboratories since 2012, integrating often unsettling music and sound design into their uniquely generative process of developing plays. In 2014, he began working with dancer / choreographer JungWoong Kim, collaborating on both large-scale, site-specific pieces and fully improvised events. Rainey has additionally made music for films and Chinese puppetry.
Syd Howells is a neurodiverse musician/vocalist from Swansea. Sometimes he is a photographer, sometimes he is an artist. He is a multi (lack of) disciplinary artist.
His material has appeared on Radio One, Radio Wales and other places. He has played with Steveless/Syd Howells, Photographed by Lightning, My-Ra Superstar, The Disasters, Agronauts etc. During 2025 he has released several recordings including an album as part of psychedelic techno duo, Bisgedi and a limited 7” single of extracts from Radio Free Ponty (go here for these: https://sydhowells.bandcamp.com/music). His most recent release is as part of Fled Astray with Alig Fodder of prog-punk-new-wave weirdos, Family Fodder. Their album, ‘Demagogue Go’ is out now on Wormhole World Records https://wormholeworld.bandcamp.com/album/demagogue-go
Now resident in the People’s Republic of Pontardawe, he creates mercifully brief snippets of an imaginary radio station, Radio Free Ponty; an unholy accidental collage of the Wicker Man (original film only obvs), Under Milk Wood, the Cold War, Cwm Tawe, and a malfunctioning computer. The Radio Free Ponty live ‘experience’ can only happen once a year to mitigate the creator’s interest. If you are reading this, it is close.
He can be found when he needs to be found.
