The New England Phonographers Union is a mix of local sound artists and field recordists who together work with untreated and unprocessed recording of the rich and diverse sounds available in rural and urban environments and everyday life. They perform this Thursday at the Axiom Gallery in JP.

The first part of the event is a live, in-progress investigation of the sound environment in and around Axiom’s locale. There will be a short break and then a second part will commence of edited sound sequences ordered and then sourced in improvisation as an ensemble.

This coming Friday sound artist and unconventional percussionist Jarrod Fowler (not that Jarrod Fowler) will throw a CD release party for his new release “‘percussion’ as percussion”. The Pierre Menard Gallery in Harvard Sq., Cambridge will host this free event: come on by to enjoy works by Fowler, JLIAT, Seth Kim-Cohen and more along with a special DJ set by DeloFi (OH). Tasty refreshments will be provided. And you might run into some of the Megapolis organizers too.

Susanna of Rare Frequency fame conducted this interview with Jarrod in 2007.