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Offering Chicago jazz mainstays Matana Roberts, Joshua Abrams, and Chad Taylor, Sticks & Rocks is really a collective that first came together as associates from the Sunday-night home band on the Velvet Lounge. They grew a considerable following within the Windy Town and documented their eponymous debut in 2002 for …

Formed like a single outlet for City and Nation guitarist Ben Vida, Parrot Display became the Chicago musician’s primary outlet upon City and Country’s divided. Walking the collection between musique concrète and psychedelic audio collage, with the casual song form tossed in, Vida’s home-recorded Parrot Show releases had been consistently …

Homespun minimalist quartet City & Nation was shaped by guitarist/trumpeter Ben Vida, contrabassist/pianist Josh Abrams, contrabassist Liz Payne, and harmonium participant Jim Dorling, all veterans from the Chicago avant-garde community. The group’s self-titled debut documenting was issued within the Boxmedia label in 1998; the Decoration Day time EP as well …

Natural Information Culture can be an improvisational, religious ensemble assembled by avant-garde jazz bassist/composer Joshua Abrams, a experienced of Chicago’s experimental music picture. The group’s hypnotic sound fuses components of minimalist traditional, Krautrock, drone, free of charge jazz, and several other styles, and their personal performances are extreme and exciting. …