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 trio of saxophone, guitar and drums, playing without discussing the music or agreeing a direction beforehand. The self-titled debut LP was recorded live in the room at their studio in Altona, with no overdubs, and is released on 2 December 2026.
Pre-order the LP on Bandcamp ↗ Listen to the Hylo EP on Bandcamp ↗ Live film ↗A collaboration with Vijay Thillaimuthu 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