Orbital Acoustic Series: Sfyria Trio with Brown / George/ Holmes

APLR Presents: Orbital Acoustic Series with Sfyria Trio and Brown/George/Holmes

Saturday, December 12th, 2026

AyurPrana Listening Room - 312 Haywood Rd, Asheville, NC 28806

Doors 6PM || Show 7 PM

Orbital Acoustic Series: Unamplified Sounds in the Round

Sfyria Trio

Sfyria Trio is a saxophone trio specializing in straight-up free improvisation. Comprised of Sam Decker on tenor saxophone, Charlie Kirchen on bass, and Matt Carroll on drums, the band makes music that unfolds through a surreal, free-associative dream logic, grounded in the deep musical empathy shared among its members.

Since forming in 2016, Sfyria Trio has released a number of recordings and toured throughout the East Coast, South, and Midwest. Their forthcoming album, Three Boats, is due out December 4th 2026.

Recorded at Figure 8 in Brooklyn, Three Boats grew out of conversations within the group about listening in free improvisation. The trio was interested in the way the most compelling improvised music can make it clear that everyone is listening closely to the composite sound without that attention resulting in obvious gestures of imitation. The individual voices are like boats passing in the night, distinct from one another but pushed along by the same currents.

The group will tour the Southeast and East Coast of the U.S. in December 2026 alongside the album release.

“…hovering at intervals like hummingbirds at a feeder before sprinting to the next location, then hovering there as well for a bit. Intricate exploration is a strength for the group, and they fuss over the finer details they pinpoint until something else catches their ear. There’s no rush, though: everybody takes their time until they’re satisfied, and this invites us to get closer and explore right along with them.”

Brown/George/Holmes

Brown/George/Holmes are an improvisational guitar trio comprised of local musicians Buffalo Brown, Landon George, and Mike Holmes. On a cold winter's day in early 2026, the three guitarist organized with recording engineer, Michael Basso, in an effort to capture their first sonic encounter. What ensued was a conversation between the three that encompasses a wide array of the approaches to the acoustic and electric guitar, drawing upon heavy metal, ambient, and blues themes. This session is the source of the group’s freshman release Spirit String Theory, available December 12, 2026 via Sorse Recordings, George's audio publication art project.