Artists Thomas Lail and Patrick Weklar of soundBarn in Valatie perform on WGXC. soundBarn is the experimental sound project of Thomas Lail and Patrick Weklar. soundBarn has been mining the possibilities of extreme guitar for years and the single long-form track of their new CD Valentine on Tape Drift Records finds the duo creating fields of sonic sprawl. Recorded live in the soundBarn-- their performance space/ studio at a turn of the century, rural, orchard in Valatie, NY-- soundBarn’s Thomas Lail and Patrick Weklar play prepared and altered guitars, overprocess signals and pile loops of sound to orchestrate an arching instrumental tale of creation and destruction.

soundBarn has recently collaborated with Albany Sonic Arts to stage expanded performances of composer Rhys Chatham’s famed Guitar Trio. soundBarn’s Weklar and Lail have been collaborating for over twenty years and were founding members of Upstate New York’s long-ago post-punk band, The Fauves.

The soundBarn-- a joint project of soundBarn and artist/gallerist Tara Fracalossi-- serves both as home for the duo and to host experimental music performances. soundBarn Press publishes limited editions of experimental writings and poetry complementing and furthering the commitment of The soundBarn to new and experimental forms. soundBarn Press inaugurated its publications with Lail’s May 08/ Feb 10, forthcoming publications include poetry by musician/visual artist/writer and founding member of rock band Sonic Youth, Lee Ranaldo and poetry/writings by artist James Cullinane.