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ESS PRESENTS: Elliott Sharp

ESS is pleased to present American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer Elliott Sharp in his first solo appearance in Chicago in over a decade at Constellation

A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City for over 30 years, Elliott Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from orchestral music to blues, jazz, noise, no wave rock, and techno music. He leads the projects Carbon and Orchestra Carbon, Tectonics, and Terraplane and has pioneered ways of applying fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic metaphors to musical composition and interaction. 

ESS is pleased to present American multi-instrumentalist, composer, and performer Elliott Sharp in his first solo appearance in Chicago in over a decade. The concert will take place at Constellation (3111 N Western Ave.) at 9:30pm.

A central figure in the avant-garde and experimental music scene in New York City for over 30 years, Elliott Sharp has released over eighty-five recordings ranging from orchestral music to blues, jazz, noise, no wave rock, and techno music. He leads the projects Carbon and Orchestra Carbon, Tectonics, and Terraplane and has pioneered ways of applying fractal geometry, chaos theory, and genetic metaphors to musical composition and interaction.

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