Straylight

Straylight is an ambient, avant world trio featuring Jason Finkelman (berimbau, percussion), Geoff Gersh (guitar) and Charles Cohen (Buchla Music Easel). Dedicated to the art of improvised music, Straylight's members have been performing concerts and theater works since 1993. Their Knitting Factory concert series Straylight Dialogues explored the languages of improvised music with many artists across the genre including Pauline Oliveros, Steve Gorn, Joe McPhee, Brian Ritchie, J.D. Parran, Burton Greene, DJ Olive, and Bradford Reed. They received a New York Dance and Performance Award, a Bessie, for composing the music for Cynthia Oliver's SheMad (2000). Their debut release, Straylight, on the Deep Listening label features a live concert recorded at the Knitting Factory.