Published 11:30 am Wednesday, October 21, 2026

The “Listen” section of Carl Royce’s website is a cornucopia of interesting sounds from different corners of the interesting-sound universe.

There are audio sketches of song ideas and album tracks from Royce’s old experimental jazz bands, DBC:Unit and Baker’s Brew. There’s a recording of an improvisation for percussion and contrabass, as well as a beautiful cover of a Radiohead song.

There are a handful of songs sung in Spanish, reflective of Royce’s upbringing in Puerto Rico and his time touring Latin America with the nueva canción group Aires Bucaneros. There are pop-rock songs sung in English, too.

And at the top of the page are 12 tracks grouped together and labeled as demos for Royce’s Chewtoy project — conceptually, an out-there jazz quartet consisting of keyboard, drums, bass and horn.…