Multi-instrumentalist, composer, and sonic architect Elliott Sharp has been a central figure in New York’s experimental and avant-garde scene for more than three decades. With over eighty-five recordings to his name, his work spans orchestral music, free improvisation, blues, jazz, and noise, often shaped by his fascination with fractal geometry, chaos theory, and biological processes as compositional tools. He leads long-running projects such as Carbon, Orchestra Carbon, Tectonics, and Terraplane, each exploring different facets of his restless musical curiosity.

Gareth Davis and Elliott Sharp first met in Witten — over a conversation that began, as many good collaborations do, with coffee. Discussions about beans, roasts, and brewing methods soon gave way to sound, structure, and texture. What started as a casual exchange has since evolved into a rich creative partnership.

Elliott has written a series of works for Gareth — from solo pieces and chamber music to full concerti — while the two continue to perform together regularly as a duo or in larger ensembles. Their collaborations thrive on contrast and connection: the precision of composition meeting the fluidity of improvisation, the resonance of wood and metal meeting the crackle of electronics and extended technique.

On stage, they share an intuitive sense of dialogue — sharp-edged yet playful, structured yet open. Their performances move easily between intricate rhythmic logic and spontaneous bursts of sound, always anchored by a shared appetite for discovery (and, inevitably, another espresso).

Together, Davis and Sharp inhabit a musical world that feels both fiercely intelligent and warmly human — where ideas are tested, risk is embraced, and collaboration tastes, somehow, like really good coffee.