Sam Wenc is a composer, improviser, and interdisciplinary artist working with sound, text, performance and installation. He has released music on Longform Editions, Where to Now, Moone Records, Noumenal Loom, Sweet Wreath, and Obsolete Staircases, amongst others. His work has been supported by Elektronmusikstudion (Stockholm, Sweden), Art OMI (Ghent, NY), Foundation for Contemporary Arts and has performed throughout the US, Canada, Peru, and Japan.
He is one-half of Lobby Art Editions, a record label that highlights and releases works by artists exploring boundaries of genre and media.
He manages Mississippi Records, an independent archival record label that has been releasing music by overlooked artists for nearly 20 years.
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"the singular music of pedal steel guitarist, Sam Wenc...takes an instrument that is usually associated in a cliche way and turns it into something very atmospheric and expansive" - John Schaefer, WNYC
"New Avant-Americana horizons from Sam Wenc’s Post Moves, meshing folk music with aspects of spiritual jazz, post-rock and avant minimalism in a way that beautifully transcends the sum of its parts." - Boomkat
"Composer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Wenc (aka Post Moves) deconstructs folk and film music idioms on this dense, beautiful new LP" - Bandcamp
"New Avant-Americana horizons from Sam Wenc’s Post Moves, meshing folk music with aspects of spiritual jazz, post-rock and avant minimalism in a way that beautifully transcends the sum of its parts." - Boomkat
"Composer and multi-instrumentalist Sam Wenc (aka Post Moves) deconstructs folk and film music idioms on this dense, beautiful new LP" - Bandcamp
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