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This page was last updated on June 25, 2002. Contact Eric Leonardson at eleon@ripco.com
Upcoming Performances & Broadcasts:
9:00 pm Saturday, June 29 trio with Jim Baker and Kevin Drumm
- ...at The Candlestick Maker, 4432 N. KEDZIE AVE, Chicago (Just north of Montrose. Kedzie stop on the Brown Line, 3 blks. south.) {The sign above the door reads "PERFECT rubber stamps"}
Jim Baker: electronics
Jim Baker has been playing in and around Chicago as a pianist and synthesist
for more than two decades, mostly in improvisational contexts, some of
which have been documented in recordings and some of which have not. Current
ongoing collaborative activities include performing in Ken Vandermark's
Territory Band; David Boykin's Expanse; Guillermo Gregorio's MADI Ensemble;
Fred Lonberg-Holm's Lightbox Orchestra; Janet Bean's Concertina Wire; and
various other trios, quartets, and duos with, among others, Josh Abrams,
Harrison Bankhead, Kyle Bruckmann, Tim Daisy, Steve Hunt, Nicole Mitchell,
Avreeyal Ra, Jason Roebke, Dave Rempis, Damon Short, Tony Suto, and Michael
Zerang; and probably also some other things too speculative or presumptive
to mention, or which he has simply forgotten.
Kevin Drumm: electronics
Says the Chicago Reader's Peter Margasak, “Drumm has developed a guitar
analogue to the computer-generated minimalism of Finland's Mika Vainia
(of Panasonic) or Cologne's Pita and General Magic, exploiting intentional
and accidental elements in disturbingly disjointed, highly abstract, chillingly
beautiful soundscapes-and erasing the already tenuous line between 'real'
and 'artificial' music.”
Kevin Drumm lives in Chicago, and has quickly risen to prominence since
the release of his debut self-titled record (Perdition Plastics) in 1997.
He's released superb duo records with Taku Sugimoto and Martin Tètreault
(Particles and Smears), as well as an upcoming one with Ralf Wehowsky.
Press Release download here.
July 13—August 1, Oddstruments Exhibition
- A gallery exhibition on experimental musical instruments and the strange people who make them. At Artscape 2002, Baltimore, Decker Galleries, Maryland Institute College of Art. Aritists include Dan Conrad, Neil Feather, Colin Hinz, Bradford Reed, Q. R. Ghazala, among others. Curated by John Berndt. More info at http://www.johnberndt.org/oddstruments/
Friday—Sunday, July 26—28 Soundshift, Baltimore
- Over 50 experimental musicians from Baltimore and the rest of North America are coming together to play
a freely improvised twelve-hour piece of music each day. The music will be continuous each day from 10 AM to 10 PM.
The musicians are extremely varied and unique. They will play in overlapping shifts, with densities ranging from solo to bigband. More info:http://www.johnberndt.org/soundshift/
For a listing...
- ...of other Chicago-area jazz, creative, experimental, improvised music and sound events, visit the Chicago Now calendar. And don't forget to visit the "sound thinking links page."
- CD Releases
Winter Construction (dceo003)
- A signed and numbered, limited edition CDR compilation of Chicago artists with accompanying zine. Featuring tracks by MORA, Kyle Bruckmann, Eric Leonardson/Yasuhiro Otani, Rosenberg Skronktet, Fred Lonberg-Holm, the Flying Luttenbachers, Ernst Karel/ Brent Gutzeit/ Jason Soliday, Lozenge, Metallux, TV Pow, and others... available on-line from dead ceo.
Radio Reverie in the Waiting Place traces Eric's diverse interests and activities in electroacoustic composition, radio art, sound design, and improvised music between 1992 and 1998. "Fascinating... Intriguing stuff"— The WIRE.
 Visit the Justice Matters Store to listen or purchase Radio Reverie... and Eric's 1998 release, Animus with experimental vocalist Carol Genetti.
Radio Reverie...is also available at Tower Records and Reckless Records in Chicago.
- Chicago Sound Opportunities and Resources:
A quick word or two from Experimental Sound Studio...
NEED SOUND? ESS offers you two recording studios at more than reasonable rates in an artist-oriented environment. We provide services for live music recording, soundtrack postproduction for film and video, audio recording for installations, etc.
NEED INFORMATION? Our Technical Workshop Series offers intensive two-day workshops in Microphones, Recording Techniques, Inside the Digital Audio Workstation, Deeper Inside the Digital Audio Workstation, and Mixing Techniques. Call for dates, times, prices, and registration. www.expsoundstudio.org, or by calling 773-784-0449.
SPECTRA a monthy open forum for composers and audio artists...
...to present and discuss their work. SPECTRA is held on the first Wednesday of each month from 7:30pm to 9:30pm CST at splinter group Audio Studio, 450 N. Leavitt. For more information and to hear work presented in past meetings, visit the SPECTRA website, or phone splinter group (312) 829-5650.
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