ALISTER SPENCE
Pianist, Improviser, Composer
SEPTEMBER 2026
I’m excited to be returning to Europe again for a 7-date tour European Tour from 20 September to 6 October performing with Moor Mother in Rotterdam, Tony Buck in Berlin and Lille, Mike Majowski and Khaled Kurbeh in Berlin and some solo piano and Fender Rhodes concerts.
On 19 October, Asteroid Ekosystem head to Melbourne for the Melbourne International Jazz Festival and on 19 November you can hear the Alister Spence Trio at 21 Shepherd St. Marrickville. I hope you can catch these gigs.
My recent solo piano CD Always Ever continues to receive positive reviews.
‘an absorbing journey in the infinite possibilities of sound’ Jazzchill
‘Always Ever reveals his authority and resourcefulness with prepared piano, with a series of concise investigations that frequently construct dialogues between either his two hands, piano and percussion, or prepared and conventional piano gestures.’ Peter Margasak, The WIRE
APRIL 2026
I'm really pleased to announce the release of Always Ever a new solo piano album!
The album is out now and available in CD and digital format (including hi-rez audio) on Bandcamp; and also through Birdland Records.
Solo piano is a special place for me, a place to explore freely and discover. Something fundamental and originary.
‘Improvisation, at its most compelling, is less about freedom than about risk, the willingness to step into the unknown without a map. Few artists embrace that uncertainty as fully as Alister Spence.'
'Because if art has any enduring function, it is not simply to move us. It is to unsettle us, just enough to make us listen again’ Thierry De Clemensat, Paris Move.
On Monday 4th May I'll be celebrating the launch, playing a solo piano set at Church Street Studios, Camperdown, for Monday Night Confessions.
Always Ever is my third solo release following on from Whirlpool (solo piano, ASM009, 2020), and Within Without (solo fender rhodes electric piano, RM4244, 2025)
JANUARY 2026
Asteroid Ekosystem are very pleased to announce our brand new studio album Sounds Have Dreams out Feb 13th via band camp and all good indie stores.
To coincide with this release, Ed, Lloyd, Toby and myself will play two intimate Sydney shows, two sets each night!
March 20 and 21st at 21 Shepherd St, Marrickville.
"It's not jazz, it's not rock…Whatever you want to call it, this is one mighty sonic trip that paints colourful pictures in the mind.”
Noel Mengel
Tickets are also available via feelpresents.com
I acknowledge the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation, the traditional owners and pay my respects to the elders past, present and emerging, on whose lands I live, work and play. Sovereignty was never ceded. It always was, always is, always will be Aboriginal land.