Joey Largent

With dreams of the dissolution of time and ultimate reunion with nature, Joey Largent examines bodies of harmonic overtones and wave-like drones through his work with a variety of instruments. Without limitations by genre, Largent’s work has its origins in styles ranging from harsh noise to Greek Rebetiko to Protestant hymns to Romanian Lăutărească. He seeks a middle space, integrating site-specific field recording with microtonal tunings and conceptual findings from Sufism and Buddhist literature in agnostic attempts to translate context, spiritual glimpses, nature, and compassion into musical experience. Largent’s ongoing practices include developing eternal duration compositions for acoustic ensembles, custom instrument design and alteration, and performing music for Butoh. His work is greatly inspired by and draws from a rich history of acoustic experimental music, studying with La Monte Young, Rose Okada, and Michael Harrison — all disciples of the late vocal master Pandit Pran Nath. Largent continues to study both Indian Classical Khyal gayaki in the Kirana tradition, and Dhrupad rudra veena and voice in the Dagar tradition. He is currently based between Seattle and Port Townsend, Washington.