July 26 | Sustentacula & The Foster/Jenkins/Eubanks Trio

The Foster, Jenkins, Eubanks trio celebrates 25.5 years of playing music together in 2026 and will convene on July 26 in their musical hometown of Portland, Oregon for a rare trio concert. The FJE trio originally began in PDX and was a central participant in the nearly forgotten millennial explosion of improvised music that occurred around 2000-2003 on the streets, within traffic circles and in bars, galleries, houses, basements, and at least one Chinese restaurant in Portland. Its members also served as 3/4ths of Linda Austin’s original “Boris and Natasha Dancers”. Shortly after this period they all moved to other shores (Foster to Seoul, Eubanks eventually to Berlin, and Jenkins to LA and Joshua Tree before returning to Portland a few years back). From the Trio’s (somehow still existing) 2001 Blogspot:

We play freely improvised music, relying on each other and our ears to guide us into fruitful & useful conversation. No plans, no agreements; no structures exist to catch us if we fall. We are both light-hearted and life-serious, because this music is like the air we wish to breath. We are known for relishing unusual performance situations: playing outdoors, at open-mic nights, in stairwells, on bicycle rikshaws, in inflatable plastic bubbles, public parks, busy intersections, and rock clubs. We also tend to avail ourselves of a variety of performative behaviors, as they occur to us. In our improvisations we are like spheres balancing on spheres, actively conversing with/reacting to each other and telling our own truest stories in our original voices.

https://alwayspartyperfect.bandcamp.com/album/pp-12-the-brunt

Sustentacula is a 20-years-young songwriting project facilitated by noted techno-yeoman and poet of the cubicles DJ Yub. All songs are patiently crafted by Mr. Yub at YubCorp Global headquarters and performed by the legendary local mountain hermit known only as Ronnie of the Crags. Topically, the songs range across many fields. Common themes include: love, revolution, and undying solidarity with the fine and diverse beings of a gloriously animated universe. Songs also feature unique tunings on the electric guitar and unexpected odd time-signatures to emphasize the generalized ebullience. 

Silent partner, irreplaceable percussive warlock, and always spiritually present bandmate and collaborator Mr. IFSH usually plays drums, but for this particular performance will be heard only in our minds.

https://sustentacula.bandcamp.com/