The Necks

The Necks are an Australian piano trio formed in Sydney in 1987, consisting of Chris Abrahams on piano, Tony Buck on drums, and Lloyd Swanton on double bass. Their practice is built almost entirely on long-form improvisation: each album is typically a single, unedited piece lasting around an hour, developed from small repeated cells that slowly accumulate and transform.

Their music resists easy categorization. It draws on jazz, minimalism, drone, and ambient music without fully belonging to any of them. The process of gradual, collective evolution produces music of unusual immersive quality, each performance unique and never repeated.