wilson shook is an improvising musician, poet, organizer and activist based in seattle, wa. his principal instrument is the alto saxophone, which he disassembles and/or augments with everyday items and junk. he is interested in the actualization through art of feminist and libertarian ethics, and his performance emphasizes texture, chance and exploration. he currently performs solo, as well as with Others TBA, and has performed and/or recorded with Gust Burns and the Seattle Improvisers' Orchestra. he also recently contributed to Gino Robair's improv opera "I, Norton". wilson is a member of the gallery 1412 collective and curates the monthly 'Flim Night' series.

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"[Simon] Henneman is multi-instrumentalist. Not a multi-instrumentalist in the way that most bands have a guitarist who can also handle a bass, plonk out a few chords on the piano and, just maybe, at a pinch, take care of some rudimentary drumming, but a multi-instrumentalist in the same sense as Prince, say, or Stevie Wonder; on ‘Black Magic & Mustache,’ Henneman plays literally everything, from guitars to saxophone, basses to clarinet, percussion to keyboards, and even a smattering of penny whistle. A remarkable feat, certainly, given the levels of virtuosity attained throughout, but it is not this in itself that makes ‘Black Magic & Mustache’ the marvellous album it undoubtedly is. What the one-man-band approach does do is lend an undeniable energy, a closeness, a dynamism to the music that comes from each note on each instrument being played with the same purpose, the same clarity of thought." - CD Times