The Ames Room

The three members of the Ames Room are involved in a multitude of musical activities - including free improvisation, electro-acoustic composition, jazz, installations, noise and rock. However, all three share a passion for free jazz at its most energetic and brutal heights. Their music rests somewhere between Roscoe Mitchell's NOONAH, Last Exit's tribal adventures and Henry Threadgill's spider web like tapestries of sound.

Jean-Luc Guionnet

A boundless 21st century musician, comfortable and experienced in practically every field of creative music, including electro-acoustic composition, field recording and diffusion, free improvisation and radical performance. A major figure in the Parisian contemporary music scene for nearly 20 years, Jean-Luc defies categorisation - you might even say he does everything he can to avoid it. As experienced and versatile as he is, working with such luminaries as Toshimaru Nakimura, Mattin, Axel Doerner and Eric La Casa to name a few, the Ames Room sees him in particularly tough form - moving away from the open landscape of texture, to the pointalistic and ballistic.

Clayton Thomas

An Australian double bassist living in Berlin. Since moving to Europe in 2007 he has gone from strength to strength, working with many of the worlds great improvisers. His interest in power play, complex sound and extreme dynamic control have led to collaborations with Peter Brotzmann, Mats Gustaffson, Peter Evans, Paul Lovens, Sonny Simmons, Axel Dorner, Tony Buck, Johannes Bauer, Andrea Neumann, Burkhard Beins and literally hundreds of improvisers pursuing the million dollar questions of the 21st century.

Will Guthrie

Since moving to Europe 5 years ago, Australian drummer/percussionist Will Guthrie has been best known for his use home-made instruments, amplified found and junk, microphones & electronics alongside more conventional drums and cymbals. He has worked in many different settings: live performance, improvisation, studio composition. With The Ames Room, Will concentrates on the Trap Set - focussing on Sound, Attack, Rhythm and control. He is a poet with a rare power behind the drums - With The Ames Room he brings his most focussed intensity to bare.