The French techno stalwart returns to Chicago for a heralded live set at the Mid, alongside cohorts Benjamin Rippert and Scan X. We start the year off with a handful of events we’re supporting at the Mid which we hope to see you at, beginning with a live performance this Friday January 13th from […]
Longtime Perlon staple Sammy Dee returns to Chicago with his new label Ultrastrech in tow as he makes his debut appearance at the venerable SmartBar.
Day 3 of the Avant_MUTEK Chicago events ends the celebrations on a high note with a monster double bill of headline-worthy avant-garde electronics: a rare “Live Surround” performance from Germany’s MONOLAKE, coupled with a Chicago debut of Deepchord’s heralded offspring project, ECHOSPACE. DJ sets from Chicago indie electronic mainstays KARL MEIER & CHRIS WIDMAN round out this line up of international and local pillars!
Immediately following the free opening concert at the Cultural Center, we invite you down to The Mid to continue the Avant_MUTEK Chicago celebrations featuring Denmark’s TRENTEMOLLER, NYC based multi-instrumentalist composer DORIT CHRYSLER, and rising Chicago producer DECIMAL.
The Avant_MUTEK: Chicago series kicks off with a FREE CONCERT at the Chicago Cultural Center’s PRESTON BRADLEY HALL, featuring the US premieres of two brand-new audiovisual works by respected Montreal artists GEMMIFORM FEATURING THE BANJO CONSORTIUM, and sound artist THIERRY GAUTHIER’s NORD/SUD project.
It’s hard to believe it’s been eight years since we booked Matthew Dear for his first solo gig in Chicago back in 2003, just after his first Jabberjaw single was released on Perlon. He had actually dj’d here as part of a couple Ghostly tours in 2001 and 2002, so we had hoped for a live performance, however Matt’s PA wasn’t tweaked to where he was performing it out on a regular basis.
Since we typically have cobwebs and fog from NYE strolling about our brains for a couple weeks after ringing the new year in, we figured several things to be probable truths:
1. There are others who would likely be in the same blurry position.
2. It would be quite nice to get said others together for a quaint and cozy night of warm beats and libations in a not-so-clubby-or-basementy environment.
Just thought we’d get this in now so you can get a jump on marking up your brand spankin’ new 2011 calendars; Chicago will once again be graced by the uncompromising compositional genius of Birmingham UK’s Anthony Child, better known amongst techno aficionado’s as SURGEON.
When Rajko Müller’s BEAU MOT PLAGE (Playhouse) was released to an unsuspecting public in 1998 under his ISOLÉE moniker, little did he know that it would cement him in electronic music lore amongst house and techno connoisseurs worldwide…
Since the early nineties, Jochem Paap (the Rotterdam artist owes the nickname Speedy J to his DJ skills) has been unanimously considered to be one of the first techno producers to come from the Benelux. Together with people like Laurent Garnier, Aphex Twin and Richie Hawtin he helped raising the genre just after it had escaped the Detroit delivery room. He comes to Chicago for one of three exclusive North American dates…
Meiotic, In Your System, and Peoplemuver present the second in the EXPOSITION music and art series featuring the highly acclaimed experimental electronic minimalist composer/producer THOMAS BRINKMANN.
Alongside Mike Ink, the Basic Channel collective and Pole, Thomas Brinkmann is one of the leaders in the ongoing German-born study of isolationist dub-inspired techno.
In celebration of the Chicago arrival of Sonar – Barcelona, Spain’s highly esteemed festival for Advanced Music and Multimedia Art – three longtime Chicago staples (Abstract Science, In Your System and Meiotic) invite you to the SECRET SON@R gallery presentation and musical exposition.
This late breaking exclusive features none other than the world renown techno juggernaut ROMAN FLÜGEL.
“Being an integral part of the Detroit dance scene, he was the man behind the legendary Record Time store and as such gathered an encyclopedic knowledge of music. Mike is one of those rare guys who know all the roots and culture of electronic dance music, who see beyond the hype and divisions in the scene and know exactly what this music is.”
Our favorite dj and yours, the sublime DANIEL BELL returns to Chicago on May 7th as the In Your System — Meiotic — Swing Shift collabs continue over at Green Dolphin Street…
For the first time ever, MUTEK is making a preview stop in Chicago. The MUTEK festival – celebrating it’s 11th anniversary this year from June 2 to 6 in Montreal, Canada – has distinguished itself as an international rendezvous for original and avant-garde programming…
UPDATED Mar 21, 2010 Ok… so this is coming up fast, but to say that we’re pretty thrilled about the Avant Mutek tour making a pit stop in Chicago is an understatement, to say the least. As Mutek is truly one of our favorite festival experiences in the world, we’re hoping to convince our fellow Chicago heads to […]
It’s no coincidence that our first “new” event post of the year is essentially the first event that we’ve been excited about in a really long time. The first 120 party is going down on February 27th, and yea… it’s gonna be the bidness. There’s gonna be a special space setup and a mini cocktail menu, but add Rick Wilhite of the 3 Chairs from Detroit for some proper disco action, and well… sold.
Southside Disco stalwart Rahaan, Still Music impresario Jerome Derradji, and our favorite latin floorrocker Hernan Sanchez on the bill as well… double sold.
Check the 120 website or the facebook event page for tix and rsvp info.