Experimental Holiday Market
Sunday, December 8, 2019
12-6pm
Twisted Hippo, 2925 W. Montrose
Admission: $5 suggested donation, or pay what you can, includes 1 raffle ticket per $1 donated
Experimental Sound Studio is holding Chicago’s only sound and music themed holiday market in collaboration with Twisted Hippo in Albany Park. Featuring some of the Midwest’s finest instrument makers, record labels, audio equipment purveyors, and craftspeople of all kinds. Enjoy music, food and drink from Twisted Hippo, and one of the most interesting shopping opportunities this season.
Open to all ages.
LIVE MUSIC SCHEDULE:
1:00-1:30 - Rob Frye (Flux Bikes)
1:45-2:15 - Ben Billington w/ Andrew Scott Young
2:30-3:00 - Devin Flower
3:15-3:45 - Daniel Wyche
4:00-4:30 - Daniel Fromberg
4:45-5:15 - Ralph Loza
VENDORS INCLUDE:
American Dreams & American Damage
Bat Sarah Press
Chicago Research
Dark Matter Coffee
Delmark Records
Featherproof Books
Gregory O’Drobinak
Gwyneth Zeleny Anderson
HOMEROOM
Jason Roebke
Love All Day
Mississippi Records
Mocrep
Orindal Records
Parlour Tapes+
Patient Sounds
Public Collectors / Marc Fischer
Smashed Plastic Pressing
Sonnenzimmer
Synth City
Żłób Modular
And more!
Interested in being a vendor? Contact Olivia Junell at olivia@ess.org for more information.
American Dreams & American Damage
American Damage started out selling hard to find audio from all over the world before moving into releasing tapes. American Dreams is their new vinyl imprint focused on electronic instrumental music. Their goal is to seek something hidden, and try to dig it out, little by little, sharing it with others along the way.
More info at: https://american-dreams.zone/about/
Bat Sarah Press
From painting, to printmaking, to performance art, and now back to making objects and prints, the Bat Sarah Press creator Rachel Ellison processes the world through materials and metaphors. Items at the market include ritual items, some for Jewish customs and others that are more mainstream. Menorahs, candle holders, prints, wall hangings, mezuzah covers, zines (recipes of the Jewish Diaspora and holiday how to guides) and more!
More info at: https://www.batsarahpress.com/
Chicago Research
This steadfastly Chicago-centric industrial/electronic label will be selling records, tapes, prints, and used vinyl.
More info at: https://chicagoresearch.info/music
Dark Matter Coffee
With locations throughout the city, this homegrown Chicago coffee roaster is known for its music and art collaborations. They’ll have coffee as well as a selection of music from their Press Pot Recordings.
More info at:
https://www.darkmattercoffee.com/
Delmark Records
Delmark Records is the oldest continuously operating jazz and blues independent record label in the United States. More info at: https://delmark.com/about/
Featherproof Books
Featherproof Books is an independent press based in Chicago with a history of publishing whatever they want—which is frequently something related to music. From Jessica Hopper's The First Collection of Criticism By a Living Female Rock Critic to Tim Kinsella's tour diaries to Devendra Banhart's first book of poetry to the mystical writings of Daniel Higgs to satirical novels about young suburban rock bands to the true story of a teenage musical talent sent to a mental asylum by his North Shore parents. If you love music & reading, Featherproof has something for you.
More info at: http://www.featherproof.com/
HOMEROOM
Homeroom is an independent, non-profit resource for creative Chicagoans to develop and produce new and original arts programming. They' will be selling prints and music from their ongoing Ten x Ten series.
More info at: http://homeroomchicago.org/
Love All Day
Love All Day is a boutique record label releasing limited editions from experimental artists since 2011. More info at: http://loveallday.com/
Ordinal Records
Founded in 2011, Orindal Records is a Chicagoland DIY music label specializing in vinyl & tape releases for experimental songmakers, gentle weirdos & melancholic introverts from Arizona to Maine. Orindal's roster includes Chicago's own Gia Margaret, Advance Base & Gordon Ashworth.
More info at: orindal.com
Patient Sounds
PATIENT SOUNDS (intl) is a carefully curated independent publishing house. They make and distribute sound objects, print editions, and digital media. Founded in Fort Collins, Colorado, 2009. Currently based in Chicago, Illinois and Denver, Colorado.
More info at: https://www.patient-sounds.com/
Public Collectors / Marc Fischer
In 2007 Marc Fischer started Public Collectors as a project to elevate sub-cultural, underground, marginal and collective perspectives that many museum and institutional collections neglect. Public Collectors has gradually shifted toward an emphasis on artist book publishing on a range of topics from underground music to obscure public library holdings and the criminal justice system. He’ll be bringing the whole range of Public Collectors publications as well as a stash of hard to find used books, records, and paper ephemera.
More info at: http://www.publiccollectors.org/
Smashed Plastic Record Pressing
Chicago’s first vinyl pressing plant in over 30 years!
More info at: https://smashedplastic.com/
Sonnenzimmer
Sonnenzimmer is the collective output of artists Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi. Their work explores the contemporary and historic impact of the graphic impulse through publishing, exhibitions, graphic design, and performance. They’ll have books, records, posters, and prints available at the market.
More info at: https://www.sonnenzimmer.com/where
Synth City
A part of Rock N Roll Vintage, Synth City boasts one of the largest selections in Chicago.
More info at: https://rocknrollvintage.com/pages/synth-city/
Żłób Modular
Analog Modular instruments handmade in Chicago. Eurorack Analog Synthesizer Modules, DIY Kits, and Printed Circuit Boards
More info at: https://zlobmodular.com/