I experience improvisation as a deeply satisfying and meaningful way of relating - to the instrument, the other players, and the audience - through active and responsive listening. As a lap steel player, I have been hugely influenced by the music and disposition of Susan Alcorn and my 2025 solo cd 'o- -o' is dedicated to her.
I am currently touring the UK and will host two 'Relay' events, in Leeds and Swansea, including Maggie Nicols, Rhodri Davies and Dan Johnson. Relay is a kind of game structure for 15 musicians, with a duration of three hours, which encourages active listening and rapid responsiveness - more chaotic, less meditative than Pauline Oliveros's way (although she did participate in it at the Museum of Modern Art in 2005) it has been described as 'punk John Cage' and I've been facilitating these since 1993 across the world.
CD: o- -o johnbisset.bandcamp.com/album/o-o-2
WEBSITE johnbisset.net
RELAY johnbisset.net/relay