Aperiodic began in 1997 when multi-instrumentalist Benjamin Perkins, guitarist Kevin Parrett, and percussionist Matt Schulz, who were feeling bored with the indie rock scenes of which they were a part in southern Ohio/northern Kentucky, decided to construct a form of music based on the discoveries of Cecil Taylor, The Velvet Underground, and John Coltrane (to name a few) –a sort of hybrid of 60’s energy music and noise.
 They only played a handful of shows, and their entire discography up until that point consisted of a self-titled cassette and a song on a compilation featuring other local bands entitled “Rejected Art”. In early 1998 they began an 11 year hiatus with each of them living in different cities- Ben in Chicago, Il, Kevin in Dayton, Oh, and Matt in Brooklyn, NY. Since then their only collective music making has been occasionally sending music to each other round robin-style for the next to improvise over and pass along. Each of them has remained busy musically, however, playing solo or in such groups as Enon, The Exponential, Patterns of Static and Holy Fuck, always carrying with them the underlying idea of freedom within/without any set of rule. For 2009 Aperiodic has come together to release a new 7" and a full length cd of new material to be released for summer 2010. Also reuniting to play the Generate Records Jazz Festival in New York City and a few select shows this fall. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.