Artist Info: Use Value

Experimental group based around the nucleus of brothers Thomas Jefferson Walter (Floridians, Terraform) and Dylan Thomas Walter (Byproduct, The Process of Elimination), which began as a free-improve/noise-jazz duo in Portland, OR, circa 2007.

Later in 2007, the roommate of the Walter brothers, Austin Piccone, filled out the line-up on alto saxophone, initiating an extremely active and prolific period for the group characterized by drug-fueled marathon freak-out sessions and Cagean excursions into abstract sonic realms. [read more...]