American composer Luke Garrigus has released his new EP Inkjaw, a striking contemporary music statement that pushes restlessness, precision, and sonic tension to the foreground. Released on 6 January 2026 via Sound Ecologies, the five-track EP unfolds across 18 minutes of uncompromising musical architecture.
Inkjaw is not background listening. The music is demanding, refusing comfort or passive absorption. Sudden shifts of texture, sharp percussive eruptions, and volatile harmonic language dominate the EP, creating an atmosphere that shocks and unsettles while remaining meticulously controlled. Garrigus moves confidently along the borders of avant-garde and experimental music, yet never relinquishes compositional intent, nothing here feels improvised, accidental, or decorative. Every gesture is placed with purpose.
Across tracks such as Angler, Ink in the Wake, and The Sea, Though Changed, Garrigus constructs distinct sonic worlds, each governed by surprise and tension. Contemporary harmonic progressions collide with abrupt structural turns, producing a listening experience that is as intellectually rigorous as it is visceral. This is music that challenges the listener not through abstraction, but through clarity sharpened into confrontation.
Luke Garrigus is a contemporary concert music composer, conductor, and arts administrator, currently serving as President of the 501(c)3 new-music organization Sound Ecologies. His works have been performed and commissioned by ensembles including the Ronen Chamber Ensemble, Circle City Orchestra, Sound Ecologies Orchestra, Sunset Syndicate Saxophone Quartet, and the JCA Composers Orchestra, with performances spanning the United States and extending to Oxford and Falmouth, England.
He holds a Master’s degree in Music Composition from Butler University, where he studied with Michael Schelle and Frank Felice, and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Indianapolis, studying composition with John Berners. Alongside his compositional work, Garrigus serves as Director of Music at University Heights United Methodist Church in Indianapolis, balancing artistic leadership with community engagement.
Inkjaw stands as a compelling example of contemporary classical and experimental music that values structure as much as intensity. It is rigorous, confrontational, and exacting, music that does not ask for attention, but demands it.
The EP is available as a digital album on major streaming platforms.
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