projects. . .

ACTIVE?:

    • ARKM Foam – solo
    • BANG! BROS. – World Record breaking free drum machine duo w/ Mark Johnson. Frequently joined by Andy Allen on woodwinds.
    • Bog – freely improvising group meeting bi-weekly (www.arkmfoam.info/bog)
    • Foam/Allen – duo with Andy Allen (woodwinds, etc.), Foam (tapes, etc.)
    • Foambitz – duo with Mary Staubitz (turntable platter/objects), Foam (tapes)
    • Foam Block – improvising big band with rotating cast on (Foam’s birthday only)
    • Foam/Rawlings/Staubiz – trio with Mary Staubitz (turntable platter/objects), Vic Rawlings (amplified cello feedback), Foam (tapes)
    • FOOM & FOAM – Tapes vs Turntables duo with FOOM
    • LMFAO – duo with Liam Kramer-White (electronics), and Foam (tapes)
    • Mickey O’Hara/ARKM Foam – duo with Mickey O’Hara (laptop), and Foam (tapes)
    • Peace, Loving – Peace, Loving – Peace, Loving
    • Playbackers – Media outlet trio with Stella Silbert (record player), Neil Young (reel to reel), Donald Warner Shaw III (reel to reel), and Foam (tapes)
    • Proprietary Blend – Andy Allen (woodwinds), Mickey O’Hara (laptop), Foam (tapes)
    • Rare Geese – Trio with Shane Kerr and Joshua Burkett
    • Ten Gallon Hat – Country and blues band with Sam Potrykus (vox), Andy Allen (drums), Mickey O’Hara (bass), and Foam (guitar)
    • Tomatoverse – duo with Joshua Burkett (tapes/keys) and Foam (tapes).  Previously referred to Rare Geese and previously Montana Big Boys

INACTIVE?:

    • atomfoam – old solo
    • Bodydrama – Movement/sound improv-group led by Joe Burgio. w/ Walter Wright, Matt Samolis, Steve Norton, Betty Wang, Morgan Evans-Weiler, Flandrew Fleisenberg, Sara June, Forbes Graham, Lou Cohen + more.
    • Canada Goose Tapes – Shellfish vanity label specializing in lost and distant honking on cassette and LP.
    • d_jangoR – Free-prog with Con Tex on guitar and Foam on drumkit
    • Farm Hands – Rustic improvising duo w/ Steve Norton (Bass/Baritone Woodwinds), Foam (Wheelbarrow, ‘Pitch’-fork, etc…)
    • Foambidoux – Electric Bass duo x2 with Matt Robidoux
    • Haven – Un-referenceable Cape Cod rock quartet. Nick Stanley (guitar), Shane Myrbeck (bass), Corey Myrbeck (drums), Foam (organ/synth/rhodes)
    • Illusion of Porpoise – ‘Blues’ band with Heather Downing (guitar), Lucy Watson (vox), Sydney Kinchen (bass), Foam (kid’s drum set), Kate Lee (keys) Justine Berti (guitar) + guests
    • Knight Howls – Animalistic a capella w/ Frank Hurricane
    • Libras of Sound – Conceptual percussive duo w/ Greg Sun utilizing lights, spaces, and time.
    • Metal and Glass Ensemble – Acoustic drone ensemble with bowed cymbals and JI glass performing most often in churches. w/ Peter Warren, Heather Townsend, Thadd Comstock, Randy Winchester, Jane Wang, David Michael Curry, Steve Norton and more…
    • Montana Big Boys – Possibly referring my duo with Josh Burkett or a rotating cast of improvisers centered around the Westfield tree-farm garage scene in 2015
    • N0w’s H0urs – Kate Lee and Foam’s radio show on WZBC 90.3FM. Specializing in contemporary obscuriosities, on-air performances, live media/sound collage, group parties, and meta radio dramas.
    • Oh, Oh, Mints! – Genre-hopping high-school rock band w/ MJK, FJD, D-Loo, and D-Arm circa 2000, Cape Cod.
    • One-Armed Mist (1-AM, OAM, One Armed Missed, etc..) – Improv-sound/performance-art w/ Walter Wright, Stephanie Lak, Mike Dailey, Forbes Graham, Steve Norton, and others
    • Pop Rock – Duo with Con Tex using radios, tapes, and electronics. 2012.
    • Three French Hens – Improv-Sound/Beer-Tasting Trio w/ Matt Samolis (flute), Steve Norton (reeds), and of course Foam (tapes). Guest appearance by Brian S. Ellis (voice).
    • Tri-Cornered Hat – Trio with Andy Allen (woodwinds, strings, etc) and Nick Neuberg (percussion, electronics), and Foam (bass, tapes). 2013.
    • Toothwinner – Performance folk. J Huntington Chase (Banjo/Vox), Arkm Foam (Acoustic Guitar/Vox). 1999-2000, Cape Cod.
    • UncleMansionsFoam – Improvising trio with Matt Samolis and Many Mansions. 2006.
    • Whitehaus Family Record – Community-based archival ‘record label’, show-space, and my home in Jamaica Plain, 2006 – 2013.
    • Yesterday’s Jam – All-keyboard topsy-turvy jam-band with Kate Lee and Peter Kalyniuk. Jams are then remixed by individual members of the band for release

Guest appearances in… Tarp (tapes), Contortionist Jazz Exotica (flute), Little Howlin’ Wolf (drum), Guerilla Toss (costumery/vocals), Greg Moon Mullen (drum set), Gracious Calamity (drums), Manners (drums), Nakatani Gong Orchestra (gong), Egg,Eggs (tapes), Grizzler (tapes), Variant State (tapes/space), Many Mansions (tapes/drums), Lean (tapes),  etc…

…and formal duos and/or small ensemble situations with the following previously unlisted fellows… Horaflora, id m theft able, Jeph Jerman, Tim Barnes, Angela Sawyer, Joshua Jefferson, Marc Bisson, Liz Roncka, Sara June, Katt Hernandez, Zach Rowden, Andrew Eisenberg, Jill Burton, Judy Dunaway, Mona Assayog, Turner Ramble Tamble, Ted Lee, Andy Crespo, Ben Bennet, Wilson Shook, Jarrod Fowler, Joseph Bastardo, Ilan Manouach, Jack Wright, Michael Rosenstein, Jesse Collins, Keith Waters, and others?  🙂 🙂 🙂 thank you all!