Satellite

Bio

Satellite is the name given to the various combinations of Liz Meredith (viola), Travis Johns (bass) and Gudmundur Steinn Gunnarsson (guitar). They play improvised music that focuses on the interaction and amalgamation of electronics, prepared instruments and extended techniques ranging from deconstructed audio loops at the verge of silence to dense soundscapes that envelope the senses. Though all are classically trained, each member has developed musical vocabularies rooted far outside that of the conservatory and are as diverse as the locales they hail from - Baltimore, Md., Oakland, Ca., and Reykjavik, Iceland, respectively. Formed in the fall of 2005 at Mills College, Satellite has performed extensively throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond, and are currently finishing mixes on a new album recorded entirely in the wilderness of New York’s Hudson River Valley.