***Silk Fence is a New York–based instrumental electro-acoustic trio between three longtime friends and collaborators—Arian Shafiee (Guerilla Toss, etc.) on electric guitar, Booker Stardrum (SML, etc.) on drums and percussion, and Justin Frye (PC Worship, etc.) on double bass and tapes. The group stretches the sonic possibilities of their instruments while exploring long-form, texture-driven minimalism and time-based improvisation.Recorded throughout 2024 and 2025 between Brooklyn and Bethel, New York, Silk Fence presents the trio at its most focused. Over the course of 35 minutes, the group creates unhurried snapshots that appear and dissolve––at times into immersive soundscapes, and at other times into unflinching, propulsive grooves. The album unfolds as a study in subtle changes within repetition, blending kraut-jazz intuition and slowly shifting acoustic and electronic textures. It batters and lilts, resisting easy categorization: crossing stylistic boundaries to arrive, ultimately, at a sound all its own, deeply rooted in the musicians’ shared devotion to improvised music in all forms. At just four tracks, Silk Fence is a complete, unfussy musical statement.With traditional forms always in the rearview, the music carries a sense of ease that feels equally inviting and quietly engrossing, creating an expansive musical space that lands somewhere between ESP and ECM with a subtle nod to experimental American folk.
LP $25.50
10/09/2026