The ESS staff did some digging in the Creative Audio Archive this past month, and everyone pulled out a few items that caught their ear. Enjoy listening below, and come out tonight to listen in person at middle brow as part of our CAA DJ Nights!
Read MoreA DJ Night hosted by ESS Archives Manager James Wetzel at middle brow. Featuring selections from the Creative Audio Archive.
Read MoreIn the recent passing of Peter Brötzmann, we’ve selected some various Brötzmann recordings from the Malachi Ritscher Collection to share with you on our Soundcloud as we process the sad news.
Read MoreA DJ Night hosted by ESS Archives Manager James Wetzel at middle brow. Featuring selections from the Creative Audio Archive.
Read MoreToday's Dive is a special one as we memorialize the life of Harrison Bankhead, the Chicago musical legend who passed away earlier this year. Bankhead was a friend within the ESS community, and his work is archived across a number of collections in the Creative Audio Archive.
Read MoreAn Archive Dive featuring the works of Liof Munimula, an experimental music trio (Michael Zerang, Don Meckley, and Daniel Scanlan) who performed regularly from 1982 until 1997.
Read MoreSpecial Edition Archive Dive: Staff Picks. To kick off a new era of Archive Dives we're bringing you a few favorites from the ESS staff, including selections featuring Vernon Reid & Laraaji; Isotope 217; Julia Holter & Olivia Block; Jim O'Rourke; Joe McPhee & Tomeka Reid; and AJ McClenon, Amina Ross, & Jared Brown.
Read MoreAn Archive Dive playlist of things to watch, sifting through some choice - mainly music documentary - viewing from within, or related, to our collections.
This Saturday, December 4th, 2021, our current Archive Artists in Residence Every House Has a Door - led by director Lin Hixson & dramaturg Matthew Goulish - will present 5 Beginnings ESS, a new work made utilizing materials found within the Creative Audio Archive's ESS Collection.
Matthew, Lin, and I exchanged emails this past week to discuss 5 Beginnings: ESS, the culmination of their CAA residency project…
Read MoreOn December 4th, via ESS' The Quarantine Concerts livestream, Every house has a door will present 5 Beginnings ESS - a new work made utilizing materials found within the Creative Audio Archive's ESS Collection. Read on for a feature by Archive and Media Manager Matt Mehlan about the Every house tenure as Archive Artist in Residence, led by performance group director Lin Hixson & dramaturg Matthew Goulish.
Read MoreThis edition of Archive Dive brings you five tapes from the Malachi Ritscher Collection tied together by nothing else (well, no other curatorial premise...) than being housed in the same box (New Box #11) within the collection...
Read MoreThe Creative Audio Archive at ESS seeks your idle outdated technologies in need of a good home. We are in need of some (functional) transfer decks, and will graciously accept donations of (or funding towards) a Worldwide VHS Format VCR (Samsung SV-5000W or similar); Hi8 Video Deck; MiniDisc player; Video8 Deck; 8mm or 16mm telecine / transfer units; Mini DV Deck; Hi-Fi Cassette Deck.
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