A living archive of where we’ve been and a lens on how we got here.

experienceaws.com traces the history of Alarm Will Sound from its earliest sparks to the present day, charting 25 years of concerts, collaborations, experiments, risks, and friendships. It’s not a static retrospective. It’s a journey to be explored, scrolled through, and revisited.

A Timeline You Can Travel Through

At the heart of the site is an interactive timeline that moves year by year through Alarm Will Sound’s evolution. From the proto-AWS concerts at Eastman in the late ’90s, through landmark performances, residencies, recordings, and turning points, the timeline connects moments that shaped the ensemble’s sound and identity.

It’s less about milestones as trophies, and more about decisions, curiosity, and momentum—the things that actually build an ensemble over time.

A Photo Gallery Full of Memory (and Mischief)

Alongside the timeline is a photo gallery drawn from across AWS’s history: onstage intensity, backstage rituals, rehearsals that got weird (in the best way), and moments of joy that happened between the notes.

These images don’t just document performances—they capture the human side of the ensemble: the trust, humor, exhaustion, and exhilaration that make ambitious music possible.

Why This, Why Now

As we mark 25 years, we wanted to create something that felt true to how Alarm Will Sound actually works: collaboratively, experimentally, and with an eye toward what’s next. experienceaws.com isn’t an endpoint. It’s a platform, one we’ll continue to expand as new chapters are written.

We hope it’s a place longtime listeners can reminisce, and new listeners can discover how this ensemble became what it is today.

👉 Explore the journey at experienceaws.com
Scroll through the years. Click into the moments. Stay a while.