15 October 2006 The Arches Eye Contact Eye Contact Free Jazz group comprising Matt Lavelle, Matt Heyner (TEST, No-Neck Blues Band) and Ryan Sawyer (Tall Firs). INSTAL 06
12 May 2007 The Sage Gateshead Polwechsel Burkhard Beins John Butcher Martin Brandlmayr Michael Moser Werner Dafeldecker With a signature spartan sound and long term preoccupation in structural tactics (subtle shifts in density, drawn out stasis) Polwechsel blur the boundaries between individual instruments. Music Lover’s Field Companion 07
21 March 2009 The Arches Ki: Mico, Tamio Shiraishi & Fritz Welch Fritz Welch Mico Tamio Shiraishi A trio of Tamio’s screaming and immovable slabs of sound; Mico’s dance/ performance/ piano; Fritz’s absurd, flailing percussion/ voice. INSTAL 09
