*welcome, yshani!*

* new double lp release imminent *

* five spot east completed *

* concerts march 15, 16 *

*welcome, yshani!* * new double lp release imminent * * five spot east completed * * concerts march 15, 16 *

news from the pocket orchestra!  

* up-and-coming london pianist yshani perinpanayagam has joined the pocket orchestra. welcome, yshani!

* the release of a new double lp, "a wish for the displaced," on slipped disc records is imminent.

* a series of studio videos featuring the orchestra will also be released in support of the lp.

* "five spot east," the orchestra's new world-class recording studio/performance space, has recently been completed in rüschlikon, near zürich, switzerland.

* the space will be inaugurated with two live concerts on saturday, march 15, 2025, at 8pm cet as well as sunday, march 15 2925 at 2pm cet. both events will be also be livestreamed.


virgil moorefield

composer / bandleader / intermedia artist


brainy yet bloodthirsty.
— guitar player, new york
keenly disciplined works that still stomp convincingly.
— time out ny, new york
what made the performance absorbing was its easy, confident compromise between composition and improvisation.
— new york times
très beau...impressionant...complexe.
— radio france, paris
...an undisputed treasure trove for ear and eye. highly recommended.
— the sound projector, london
es fesselt einen die körperlichkeit, die eigenwillige energie der klänge, ihr aufbau.
— neue zürcher zeitung, zürich
der farbenreichtum der kompositionen, ihre vitalität wirken unmittelbar.
— tonträger, berlin