Portland duo Golden Retriever produce meditative, vividly expressive experimental music rooted in improvisation, and perform on a unique combination of modular synthesizers and amplified bass clarinet. After establishing their striking sound with early releases like 2012's Occupied with the Unspoken, they expanded their scope with subsequent efforts such as the fully orchestrated Rotations (2017) and their 2020 collaboration with guitarist Chuck Johnson, Rain Shadow.
Golden Retriever were formed in 2008 by Portland, Oregon musicians Jonathan Sielaff and Matt Carlson. Sielaff'...