Titan to Tachyons

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TITAN TO TACHYONS is an instrumental experimental jazz-metal group led by New Zealand/New York composer and guitarist Sally Gates (ex-Orbweaver), which features Kenny Grohowski (Secret Chiefs 3, Imperial Triumphant, John Zorn), on the drums, and two bassists: Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, Fantômas, Tomahawk) and Matt Hollenberg (Cleric, John Zorn). The quartet instrumentally depict the realms of surrealism and science-fiction through eclectic and improvisational passages, juxtaposed by fluid grooves and metallic flurries. Their debut LP, Cactides, was released through Nefarious Industries mid-2020 to critical acclaim, and now the band returns with its follow-up, Vonals.

With six new tracks encompassing more than forty-five minutes, Vonals is a mesmerizing and entrancing album, as alluring as it is unpredictable. Spaced-out free-flowing jams merge with explosive metallic outbursts as if the listener was watching a time-lapse video of the cosmos forming from an ominous jazz lounge in a David Lynch film. The dueling bass of Dunn and bass VI of Hollenberg create a web of intricately developed low-end flow over Grohowski’s hammering buildups and fills, while Gates’ instantly recognizable technical axemanship blooms with both finesse and volatility.

Vonals was recorded and mixed by Colin Marston at Menegroth, the Thousand Caves (Dysrhythmia, Krallice, Imperial Triumphant), mastered by Scott Hull at Masterdisk (Miles Davis, Steely Dan, Herbie Hancock), and completed with band photography by Naeemah Z. Maddox and cover paintings by Sally Gates. Tzadik Records released the album on September 16th. 

BANDS
Titan to Tachyons (with Kenny Grohowski, Matt Hollenberg)
Sally Gates/Greg Fox/Trevor Dunn 
Sally Gates/Zoh Amba/Brian Chase
Sally Gates/John Longstreth/Matt Hollenberg 
Triphammer 

Past:
Orbweaver - 2011 - 2017
Gigan - 2008 - 2010
Relentless Attrition (NZ) 2007
Infernal Assault (NZ) 2005

Performance Art:
​Tatsuya Nakatani Gong Orchestra - 2017
Naama Tsabar - Art Basel Miami 2012, 2014, 2016

Live Session Musician for:
Judas Priestess - 2021-2022
Daisy Glaze - 2018
Success Will Write Apocalypse Across the Sky - 2009
Goatwhore - bass, 2009