Inverse and Obverse is a quartet rooted in a phenomenological approach to creative music. like the great philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty, we are examining the skin of the world, the very nature by which objects and sensations emerge from an interconnected web of being. It is this tenderness to the moment and each other which allows us to play poly-idiomatically.
Aaron Pond – Horn, Flutes, Voice, Percussion
Bert Harris – Bass
Mattie McDonnell – Accordion
Max Glazier – Percussion
Aaron Pond is a musician and curator active in Philadelphia. His improvisational practice is drawn from early atonal music, the playful spirituality of the AACM, and a South Florida childhood spent in synagogues and swamps. His scholarly pursuits center the universal aesthetic structures of spirit possession and the marking power of ritual. Aaron wishes to find himself in the turbulent seas of sensation.
As a performer and thinker, he has closely collaborated with Thomas Patteson, Toshi Makihara, Melinda Rice, and Dan Blacksberg. Pond leads groups BORBS, Inverse and Obverse, and Argyle Torah, all known for emotionally laden yet highly technical spontaneous composition. His work and scholarship has been showcased at The Kimmel Center, The Discovery Center, and the University of Pennsylvania. He is president of the People’s Music Supply and proud of it.
