Martin Escalante

Martín Escalante is a Mexican alto saxophonist, photographer and filmmaker based in Los Angeles. He plays an alto he has modified to produce noise, multiphonics and vocal-like sounds, working at the meeting point of free improvisation and harsh noise. He is known for duos and small groups with improvisers from Japan, Norway, Peru and the United States. Escalante recorded The Sound of Raspberry live in Tokyo with drummer Tatsuya Yoshida, and the solo Playing Harsh Noise on the Saxophone since 2012 in Oita in November 2023, both on Wash and Wear.