INSTANT KARMA
Setting
WE’RE NEW HERE
Cosmic improv folk that flows like the river Eno
Space explorers: (l–r) Joe Westerlund, Jaime Fennelly and Nathan Bowles
WILL WARSILA; RYAN COLLERD
THE pandemic posed problems for everyone, particularly musicians who were used to rehearsing together indoors. Formed during lockdown in 2021, North Carolinabased cosmic improv trio Setting got around these concerns by taking things into the open air – namely drummer/percussionist Joe Westerlund’s backyard. “We only met outside at first, under the carport at my house,” he tells Uncut. “We were set up kind of far apart from each other and there were some rhythmic things that started happening because of the distance.”