Percussion Tim Barnes is best known for playing on Jim O’Rourke’s legendary Drag City releases, and he’s logged time with artists such as Wilco, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Silver Jews, Tony Conrad, John Zorn, Faust, Tower Recordings, and Alan Licht, among others. In 2021, he was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, which sparked a years-long effort to capture some more brilliance while Barnes was still able. He embarked on sessions with many of his greatest collaborators, yielding recordings that now add up to two new albums, Lost Words and Noumena, set for release on the same this summer through Drag City.
