Chicago ensemble Fulcrum Point will be joined by Ben Neill to perform La Monte Young's The Second Dream of the High-Tension Line Stepdown Transformer.
Read MoreA preview of Macie Stewart’s concert at Epiphany by Block Club Chicago
Read MoreA preview of Macie Stewart’s concert at Epiphany.
Read MoreA Review of Ben Hall and Kaleigh Wilder at Experimental Sound Studio
Read MoreLily Glick Finnegan, drummer and OPTION series curator
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 MoreThis October ESS partners with the Cultural Office of the Embassy of Spain for a residency exchange with Spanish artist Clara de Asìs and Chicago artist Veronica Anne Salinas. Clara and Veronica are working together at the ESS studios over the next two weeks. Stay tuned for more updates on public presentations of this exciting collaboration!
Read MoreMost musicians make music for other people. Some make music for themselves. One University of Chicago Library staff member recently faced the unique challenge of making music for plants.
Read MoreMost musicians make music for other people. Some make music for themselves. One University of Chicago Library staff member recently faced the unique challenge of making music for plants.
Read MoreEven in a city full of talented artists with their fingers in a half dozen projects at once, Marvin Tate stands out as a Renaissance man. The west-side native is extraordinarily industrious as a singer-songwriter, poet, visual artist, playwright, and activist, with a richly diverse body of work, and he’s been a local legend for decades. This month, Tate seems to have kicked his activity into an even higher gear!
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