Drummer · Improviser
Drummer and improviser.
Free improvisation for the drum kit, solo and in the trio FORTUNA.
Selected work
Solo work and collaborations in improvised music.
A wholly improvised saxophone, guitar and drums trio. The music develops in real time through listening, interaction and changes of direction.
New LP to be released on 2 December 2026.
Listen on Bandcamp ↗ Live film ↗A collaboration with Vijay Thillaimutu and other musicians, using improvisation and electronics to explore pattern, repetition and instability.
Listen to Monad ↗ Listen to Defunct ↗A collaboration with Ronny Ferella built around two drummers, electronics and instrumentation, shaped by close listening and the changing density of the ensemble. In 2011, Peon recorded Inter Alia with bassist Lloyd Swanton.
Listen to The Fracture of Meaning ↗ Read at Cyclic Defrost ↗Solo work for drum kit, moving between percussion and noise. Earlier recordings also used electronics and objects.
Listen to solo recordings ↗Selected work with Rob Vinçs, Persona Non Grata, Nereus and other artists in improvised and experimental music.
The Plane of Immanence ↗ A Multitude of Sins ↗ Five Arcs ↗The archive
Recordings and live performances from across the practice.
Festivals / venues / collaborators
Based in Naarm / Melbourne, Australia. Available for festival bookings, touring and collaborations.
sam@samprice.net