We are very sorry to announce that due to unforeseen circumstances, Tara Clerkin Trio and Body Electric will no longer be playing at Random Sample on March 30th.
At this time, we are uncertain of how they will go about rescheduling tour dates so if you bought pre-sale tickets and would like a refund, please email us at randomsamplenashville@gmail.com.
Our thoughts are with all members of Tara Clerkin Trio right now and we hope to see them later this year if things pan out.
(Statement from Tara Clerkin Trio social media post)
Tara Clerkin Trio
Not far off two years from the day, Bristol’s Tara Clerkin Trio return to World of Echo and the EP format for a five song collection of quixotic, emotional redolence. But do not mistake their absence for inertia. If their musical output has been a little sparse during those in-between years, limited to a few solo ventures and an astonishing ten minute long piece as a trio, their time has otherwise been richly spent: continuous writing and recording, extensive live performances across Europe and Japan, a cultivation of local and more far-flung artistic connections (musical and otherwise), and a monthly NTS show that, through the voice of others, speaks most obviously to their own unorthodox interests. It’s the conflux of that winding activity that leads indirectly to On The Turning Ground, 26 minutes of probing, thoughtful composition that draws from no one specific source.
Body Electric
Body Electric is a duo from Nashville, Tennessee formed by Andie Billheimer and River Martel. The music is an eclectic patchwork of fragmented sources, often calling upon the power of drum machines, samples, and inexpensive synthesizers to construct a grid for more organic textures. The group launched their first single “Plastic Arrows” in September 2023 which was followed by a small series of performances with a larger ensemble. Eventually this was paired down to a more minimal, electronica focused sound which still retains some of its former elements in a more cut and paste fashion. This has been a balancing act between Martel and Billheimer ever since, the two frequently exploring relationships between spheres of natural and artificial, past and present, additive and subtractive.