Tess Said So

Tess Said So is the creative partnership of musicians Rasa Daukus and Will Larsen. Adopting a pop sensibility to a classical format, Rasa and Will write and perform all their own material. More like a band than a traditional classical ensemble, they are influenced by a shared interest in new music and blurring the lines that define musical genre.

Although most easily described as contemporary classical, their music is infused with pop, jazz, technology and electronica. Their sound explores the sonorities of piano and percussion, and employs a strong metric drive, beats, loops, clarity, motion and atmosphere.

Rasa and Will first began working together when they met as music undergrads. Since forming Tess Said So, their combined output has focussed on composition of new works, incorporating electronics and laptop, performance of exclusively original material, and building connections between artistic disciplines.

Tess Said So also collaborates with dance companies, filmmakers, designers, street artists, visual and conceptual artists, in a variety of different settings; from concert halls to laneways and public spaces. Equally, as composers and producers, Rasa and Will devise and record music to function within the context of the partnering art form.