a field far beyond form and emptiness
jamie drouin | lance austin olsen
2026
drouin and olsen have produced distinct bodies of artworks together across both visual and sound over the past three decades, with this latest album focusing on stringed acoustic instruments paired with their signature palettes of amplified objects and silence.
reviews
“Deliberation, intention and wonder. Kettles, contrabass, piano and crushed papers, among other things, jockey for supremacy in this fascinating construction by Messrs Drouin and Olsen…the rich palette on offer here shows both at the peak of their endeavours”
Honest Music For Dishonest Times
“The latest in a long and wonderful series of collaborations between Lance Austin Olsen and Jamie Drouin, ‘a field far beyond form and emptiness’, as thoughtful as ever with an exceptional sense of space and small actions within quiet. Give a listen.”
Brian Olewnick
“Silence is always present, either through implication in the sparseness of the sounds and the low dynamics throughout, or the extended pauses which separates the work into chapters. It’s both the strangest and the most conventional work I’ve heard by the duo; an extended composition of endurance and restraint which is never passive or fully at rest, even in its most subdued moments.”
Boring Like A Drill