Full Spectrum Records is proud to present ‘negligiblism’ – an incendiary suite of recordings featuring the combined talents of Bay Area improv heavyweights Kyle Bruckmann, Jacob Felix Heule, Kanoko Nishi-Smith, and Danishta Rivero.

These players have collaborated together in various configurations since 2007, when Kanoko and Jacob first began to mine their particular strain of freely improvised acoustic noise. Defined by a raw, brutal, textural, and often very quiet style, they obsessively explored the sounds of their respective instruments in this context, with Jacob primarily focusing on highly reduced bass-drum-only setup and Kanoko deconstructing the koto.

The duo would add Kyle’s double reeds to form Addleds in 2010, while Jacob and Danishta [of Las Sucias] began their Voicehandler project in 2011. Between them all, however, they’ve collaborated with a sprawling constellation of experimental musicians, improvisers, and multidisciplinary artists, including Tom Djll, Guro Moe, Chris Cooper, Bill Orcutt, Olivia Block, the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, ROVA Saxophone Quartet, the mighty Roscoe Mitchell, and so, so many more.

Stepping back from the sheer enormity of their collective... more
credits
released November 8, 2024

Danishta Rivero: voice & electronics
Kanoko Nishi-Smith: koto (tracks 3 & 4)
Jacob Felix Heule: bass drum & drum set
Kyle Bruckmann: english horn & electronics

recorded June 2021 - January 2022 in Oakland, California
recorded & mixed by JFH
mastered by Andrew Weathers
art & layout by Cecyl Ruehlen