Martin Kay (sax)
David Reaston (guitar/pedals)
Jamie Cameron (drums)

Song Fwaa (from the French sangfroid; literally cold blood, colloquially coolness under pressure).

“the wrong band for the right people”

Original, unusual and conversational music from three of Australia’s finest improvisors; Martin Kay on alto sax (Fantastic Terrific Munkle/Continuum Sax/SSO), David Reaston on guitar (leader of the Ten Guitar Project), and Jamie Cameron on drums (20th Century Dog/Luke Escombe/Amphibious/Tim Stocker/Adam Ponting). Melodies, sometimes pretty, sometimes catchy, and occasionally abstract and angular, collide with improvisations chattering and emoting, propelling the listener on an exciting express. A fascination for texture and unusual tunings and forms led to a consensus to improvise and compose as a chamber ensemble. Song Fwaa views music as an open vessel into which ideas are dropped and stewed. One is as likely to encounter a ragged ragtime or a postbop scronk as much as a munted groove or a dodecaphonic row. Transcending the trio’s eclectic curiosity and its diverse stylistic range, Song Fwaa demonstrates a unity of purpose: creating passionate music that resonates in both mind and body.