Megafaun

Based in Durham, North Carolina, Megafaun was built by brothers Brad and Phil Cook and fellow Eau Claire, Wisconsin, native Joe Westerlund. The trio, plus longtime friend Justin Vernon (a.k.a. Bon Iver), made the cross country move together from WI to NC as the band DeYarmond Edison, ultimately splitting in 2006. Megafaun was born from those ashes and proceeded to record the remarkable album Bury the Square in 2007. They found a home on the road, collaborating with friends (they also joined Akron/Family and Dreyblatt as backing band) and developing an American musical language that is exquisitely translated by this year's Gather, Form & Fly.

"We have an all-inclusive, listener-sensitive, tradition-hungry, innovative and genuine practice of improvisation. The stylistic spaces we inhabit during these improvisations can span influences from dissonant 50s electronic music, musique concrete, and free jazz; to a melodic consonance associated with traditional American folk and popular song forms, as well as some traditional influences from other parts of the world (African, Cuban, South American Rhythms). Really, we feel all these musical styles (academicly-based or not), when incorporated in the improvisational life of this band, become part of our own folk tradition." - Joe Westerlund of Megafaun (Fonte: www.megafaun.com)

Bury The Square - 2007



1. Find Your Mark
2. Tired and Troubled
3. Where You Belong
4. His Robe
5. Drains
6. Lazy Suicide

Good Music!

Gather, Form & Fly - 2009



01. Bella Marie
02. Kaufman's Ballad
03. The Fade
04. Impressions of the Past
05. Worried Mind
06. The Process
07. Solid Ground
08. Darkest Hour
09. Gather, Form & Fly
10. Columns
11. The Longest Day
12. Guns
13. Tides

Good Music!