TQC (formerly known as The Quarantine Concerts) is evolving and continuing on! As always, TQC will remain an open call format, welcoming program ideas from curators and artists throughout the world.
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Interviews, audio, press releases and more content about ESS and the artists we work with.
The Chicago Reader highlights the addition of the Fred Anderson Collection to Experimental Sound Studio’s Creative Audio Archive.
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On what would have been his 93rd birthday, the Creative Audio Archive is ecstatic to announce the Fred Anderson Collection. Thanks to generous donations by longtime friend and Velvet Lounge associate Andy Pierce; Sharon Friedman, Fred's partner in his first club Birdhouse; and including a forthcoming donation of photographs from Lauren Deutsch - as well as, we hope, future donations from the experimental and jazz music communities of Chicago - the Fred Anderson Collection features rare unheard recordings going back to the 1970s, live performance videos from the '80s until well into the 2000s, hard to find documentaries on Fred, his collaborators, peers, and inspirations, and photographs and ephemera from throughout his extraordinary life in music.
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Sonic Transmissions announces the premiere of a commissioned video work by Irreversible Entanglements, a liberation-oriented free jazz collective formed in early 2015 by saxophonist Keir Neuringer, poet Camae Ayewa (a.k.a. Moor Mother) and bassist Luke Stewart. The video premiere on ESS’s YouTube runs parallel to their solidarity with those affected by the horrific war in Ukraine. In this spirit, we are asking for donations to be directed to The Federal Refugee Agency (UNHCR) that works to give help to the refugee crisis in Ukraine and neighboring countries right now. Tune in and donate!
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In this October 2018 conversation with Tim Daisy, Gerry Hemingway discusses the under documented New Haven sound scene, the active differences between listening and hearing, and touches on his background as a videographer.
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Experimental Sound Studio is searching for a sound engineer to be part of an inaugural Engineer Fellowship. The primary role of this position will be to provide artist tech support for the 2022 season of our virtual performance series
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ESS is looking for a new Marketing Intern for Spring 2022 to join our expanding marketing department and help us realize some long-term goals for engagement and community development
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In this 2016 duo performance and conversation with Ken Vandermark, Christof Kurzmann discusses making music about the second Iraq war, using the laptop in improvised music, and working as a concert organizer.
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In this April 2017 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Ingebrigt Håker Flaten talks about his upbringing and schooling before becoming a musician, discusses the techniques and practices that inspire him, and his personal relationships with different cultures between Norway, Chicago and Austin.
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ESS Co-Directors Olivia Junell and Alex Inglizian sit down with Mike Sugarman on his podcast Reimagining the Internet, which is part of the Initiative for Digital Public Infrastructure at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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An Archive Dive playlist of things to watch, sifting through some choice - mainly music documentary - viewing from within, or related, to our collections.
In this March 2018 conversation with Andrew Clinkman, Ingrid Laubrock discusses the role of the room in solo playing, working on an orchestral scale, and moving to New York from London.
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