We have been working together as improvisers since the late 70's and as the Green Room since the mid 90's. Our musical aims have not always been easy to define. Certainly, improvisation is at the heart of it. There is however a balance between pre-prepared material, sequenced fragments, lyrical piano interludes and minimalist detuned riffs in a shifting combination of electronic and acoustic instruments.
In a way we are aiming at a music which obeys it's own precepts, that is not about the skill of an individual improvising voice but rather, the creation of a web of sound using discreet elements which are subject to careful juxtaposition and placement, always seeking to serve a coherent whole.

From a Green Room Review by Chris Kelsey (All Music Guide) :

"... their music falls into that loosest of categories, "electro-acoustic," but aside from that faint appellation, the group is impossible to classify. Suffice it to say that they create formidable music. Green Room utilizes a variety of sound sources, including tape, prepared piano and dulcimer, digital (and perhaps analogue) synthesis, bamboo flute, and something called a rotalodien. The members display a familiarity with 20th century classical forms, including serialism and the electronic experiments of composers such as Stockhausen and Cage. One suspects a free jazz influence, but it's not particularly obvious; Green Room's wholly improvised music is ultimately non-idiomatic. The band has apparently been around a while, and the musicians do indeed exhibit a focus and shared vision that bespeaks a long-term creative commitment to one another. The improvisations are mostly direct and to the point; there's little aimless rambling."

" ... really, to single out any one of them for praise is silly; this is the consummate group enterprise. Certainly, working in Glasgow has done little to make them a more visible presence on the world's soapbox-sized free improv stage. Perhaps they should be more famous, but that can be said of hundreds if not thousands of artists. They make compelling art for art's sake, and that's something everyone should appreciate."

Also available on CD Baby:

GREEN ROOM (Chick Lyall~David Garrett) ~ 'UNDERTOW'

GREEN ROOM (Chick Lyall~David Garrett) ~ 'TIN MAN'

CHICK LYALL ~ with JOAKIM MILDER, MIKE DUNNING & TOM BANCROFT ~
'BROKEN POEMS'

ROB HALL & CHICK LYALL ~ 'THE BEATEN PATH'