The final studio album in the semi-archival Garmonbozia series is now available for pre-order, alongside a live video and a live album!
STUDIO SESSION 3: September 27, 2017
For the first Garmonbozia live show, Sophia and Gabriel decided to try something different and expand their ranks to a trio. U8 Touch Guitarist Matt Tate was the logical choice for a third member, as he was their bandmate in both The Gabriel Construct and his band Pavlov(3). A few days before our first performance, we had our sole rehearsal, which was our first attempt at playing in this style as a trio. I recorded this, yielding three more improvisations spanning 64 minutes. I didn’t open the session again until late 2023 – but when I finally returned to it, I was very surprised at what I heard. I sent the tracks to Markus Reuter to mix, giving him free reign creatively. He completely transformed them into something entirely new and different, yielding our new record, ‘Garmonbozia(3)’.
The full album will become available on Friday, 4/12, but the first song is available for streaming now. A Bandcamp listening party will take place in advance of the release, on Wednesday, 4/10, at 8PM EST – RSVP here!
Sophia Uddin – Viper 7-String Electric Violin
Matt Tate – U8 Touch Guitar
Gabriel Riccio – Electric Piano
Post-production, mix and mastering by Markus Reuter
Cover photo by Gabriel Riccio, art design by Alex Narveson
LIVE SESSION 1: September 30, 2017 at The Handsome Squid, Chicago, IL
Our sole live performance as a trio is documented in this youtube video. It was a house show at The Handsome Squid, Chicago, IL, on September 30, 2017. We played alongside Sacha Mullin and The Mercury Tree, who played early single guitar versions of songs that later landed on their Spidermilk record. The set was essentially an extended improvisation around the opening track from Interior City, ‘Arrival in a Distant Land‘. It also included a keyboard progression which appeared on the second track of Garmonbozia(3), as well as some ideas which can be heard on ‘Concussion III‘ on Forecast Tomorrow’s ‘Concussion’ album.
Sophia Uddin – Viper 7-String Electric Violin
Matt Tate – U8 Touch Guitar
Gabriel Riccio – Electric Piano, Vocals
Additional camera work by Ashante Shomari
LIVE SESSION 2: October 29, 2023 at The Crown, Baltimore, MD
The duo configuration of Garmonbozia returned after a long hiatus at a Halloween show at The Crown back bar in Baltimore, organized by our friend Darin Tambascio (Mast Year/XOM/Thought Eater/National Sunday Law/Graviton): ‘Drone/Experimental Night Presents Dark and Spooky Sounds‘. We alongside Joy Amaranthian (Eric ‘Mustard’ Rhodes of Genevieve and Lavender, whose set that night can be found here) and Shadow Comforts (Alan Baumbusch). Darin recorded all 3 sets in addition to manning the sound that night. Once again, this performance culminated in a rendition of ‘Arrival in a Distant Land‘.
Sophia Uddin – Violin
Gabriel Riccio – Keyboards, Vocals
Recorded by Darin Tambascio
Cover art by Alex Narveson