‘Pateras/Baxter/Brown is, absolutely, one of the best radical improvisation ensembles currently in circulation and I would not hesitate in citing them to the flank of historical formations of the Braxton, Jenkins, Smith & McCall quartet, the Bailey, Guy & Rutherford trio or the New Group Consonanza’ – Mario Biserni, Sands Zine, Italy.
Pateras/Baxter/Brown / Artistic overview
Formed in 2002 Pateras/Baxter/Brown have performed countless concerts throughout Australia, New Zealand and Europe, developing a worldwide reputation for their uncompromising, intensely focused and remarkably fluid live shows. Using the unique combinations of prepared piano, prepared guitar and percussion, Pateras/Baxter/Brown allude to numerous traditions of percussive contemporary and traditional music, including contemporary classical chamber music, rarefied improvisation and non-western percussive traditions such as gamelan.
Band information / http://anthonypateras.com/blog/projects/#pbb
Pateras/Baxter/Brown’s fifth international tour begins in October 2008 when they go to Europe with cult Australian group The Necks. In 2004 the trio were invited by the BBC to record a session for Mixing it. 2005 saw them in residence at Happy, New Zealand. In 2007, all members of the group were featured artists at France’s prestigious Musique Action festival. Other performance highlights include Micro-Action (Marseille, 2007), Alternativa (Prague, 2006) and NewImprov Fest (Rotterdam, 2006). Pateras/Baxter/Brown have released three albums: Ataxia and Gauticle on Synaesthesia and Interference on emd.pl/records. Their fourth release is due in October 2008.
