Argonautica is a new project that combines elements of aleatoric and minimalist compositional aesthetics and forces them through the prism of early fusion. Designed as an homage to Nate Wooley s early trumpet hero Ron Miles, Argonautica seeks to find a new way to tell a story begun on the latter s My Cruel Heart from the early 90s. The group is a double trio, with Wooley and Miles on trumpets, new music firebrand Cory Smythe on piano, avant-electro keyboard whiz Jozef Dumoulin, and Rudy Royston and Devin Gray on drums. The compositions set up swirling asymmetrical hockets and soundspaces that give flexibility to the musical personalities of each member of the band. It is an organism, moving in part or in tandem, sometimes in two directions at once, but always with purpose.