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Justin Humphries

Justin is an accomplished and experienced percussionist, sound engineer, composer, and educator living in Melbourne Australia. With a rich and varied career spanning over 35+ years, Justin has performed and recorded as a percussionist and operated as a sound engineer with numerous bands and artists.

Gear

Yamaha Maple Custom Drums

Yamaha Recording Custom Drums

Sabian Cymbals

Nick Freer: Apperceptions

Read "Apperceptions" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
April 27, 2026

Australian guitarist Nick Freer makes no secret of his admiration for Allan Holdsworth, and Apperceptions wears that influence proudly, like a sharp suit cut from familiar cloth. Legato runs that melt note boundaries, chord voicings that wander through restless harmonic territory, and melodies approached sideways rather than head-on--it is all there, executed with clear devotion. As a guitar trio with bassist Anton Davidyants and drummer Justin Humphries, the album unfolds as a through-composed suite, each track designed to ...