Evan Caminiti is a Bay Area-based experimental musician with a focus on processed and prepared guitar. Caminiti began the arid improvisational duo Barn Owl with like-minded guitarist Jon Porras in 2006. While recording, performing, and touring with Barn Owl, Caminiti also began the similarly drony Higuma with vocalist Lisa McGee, exploring familiarly hazy guitar textures augmented by McGee's submerged, gothy vocals. Caminiti began a foray into solo material with 2009's full-length Psychic Mud Shrine. The album featured Caminiti's signature sprawling guitar experimentation and was followed by 2010's West Wind and 2011's more soundtracky When California Falls Into the Sea. The instrumentalist had a productive year in 2012, with the release of two albums, Night Dust and Dreamless Sleep. In the ensuing years, Caminiti refocused his energies toward exploring production and musical possibilities of synthesizer based compositions. The end result was Meridian, released in 2015. ~ Fred Thomas