"We are products of our environment - unable to break free of the influences that surround us. We are kept by ideas. Is it possible for us to bend the bars that surround our consciousness?"

"YES!"

On Social Credit, Free Music Ensemble work the edges of improvisation with a deliberate touch. The Portland-based group, an open configuration of players drawn from the city’s experimental orbit, favor spontaneity, letting small gestures accumulate into something larger than the sum of it's parts.

Watch Free Music Ensemble live at Virtua Gallery: hole-recording-gruppe.com/fme-video

Social Credit includes contributions from:
Ana Rodriguez
Cara Swift
Charlie Salas-Humara
Eric Mast
Heather Hankins
Jay Winebrenner
Jeffery Kriksciun
Kevin Tinnell
Sean Pierce

Social Credit was recorded at Hole Recording Gruppe's backyard studio in Portland, Oregon, Summer 2025.

Mixed by Sean Pierce
Mastered by Max Wolf