Tashi Dorji + Jonas Meersmans

Tashi Dorji

Tashi Dorji is a Bhutan-born, Asheville-based experimental guitarist whose highly intuitive improvisations have carved out a unique place for themselves in the contemporary avant-garde. His extensive discography includes deeply evocative solo works such as *Stateless* (2020) and *We Will Be Wherever the Fires Are Lit* (2024), and his forthcoming electric album *Low Clouds Hang, This Land Is on Fire* (2026) on Drag City.

Dorji is one half of Manas, the dynamic duo featuring drummer Thom Nguyen, and is one of the founders of the free jazz trio KUZU, alongside saxophonist Dave Rempis and drummer Tyler Damon. 

In both his solo and group projects, Dorji’s playing – rooted in alternative tunings, prepared guitar and spontaneous gestures – expresses an aesthetic of resistance, deep listening and collective transformation. 

Jonas Meersmans

Meersemans creates instrumental, cinematic soundscapes in which delicate fingerpicking, layered arrangements and psychedelic guitar lines come together.

On his fourth studio album, due for release in March 2027, the Antwerp-based guitarist and composer opts for a broader and fuller sound. His distinctive fingerpicking remains the foundation, complemented by an energetic rhythm section, brass and electric guitars.

In live performances, he is accompanied by Anke Verslype on drums, Gerben Brys on double bass and Thomas Jillings on saxophone and clarinet.

Jonas Meersmans

Jonas Meersmans (guitar), Anke Verslype (drums),  Gebren Brys (double bass), Thomas Jillings (clarinet)

For fans of Marc Ribot, Loren Connors, Sir Richard Bishop, Colin Stetson, en James Blackshaw.