Published January 19, 2012 in the Chicago Reader’s “Show us your [____]” section, by Kevin Warwick.

Photo by Andrea Bauer

9:00 PM Friday, September 23

Annette Krebs / Eric Leonardson Duo
Aaron Zarzutzki / Brent Gutzeit Duo
Brian Labycz / Daniel Fandino / Jim Baker Trio
Annette Krebs / Julia Miller Duo

Annette Krebs studied music and concert guitar in Frankfurt/Main, and has lived in Berlin since 1993. She has worked intensively in the crossover area between improvisation and composition, exploring the possibilities of the prepared guitar with regard to sound, structure, noise, the mixing of materials, and space.
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Eric Leonardson joins Berlin-based turntablist/sound artist Ignaz Schick, and many others, performing in two nights of experimental music @ Enemy. Doors open at 8:00 p.m. Music starts at 9:00 p.m.

Sunday, March 13 at Enemy

Seeded Plain is Bryan Day (Decorah, Iowa) and Jay Kreimer (Lincoln, Nebraska), two experimental instrument makers who have been performing with new and unusual sounds on instruments made from everyday objects and materials. Their Entry Codes CD on Creative Sources (Portugal) was described as “playfully cranky and enjoyable…well worth the listen.” See their March 2011 Mini-Tour schedule here.

Also on the bill:

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I hope you will join me at 7PM this Friday evening, Feb. 18 for a special presentation by sound and media artist Jay Needham, at The (New) Corpse, 1511 N. Milwaukee Ave., 2nd floor, Chicago, Illinois 60622.

Jay will present selections from recent works in a lecture titled Ars Memoria: Several Alternate Histories of Place. Jay will be finishing a chapter on the sounds of Mashinima and planning an evening of radio art and surround sound works for the April 2011 Out of the Box Contemporary Music Festival in Carbondale, Illinois. Jay is an Associate Professor in the Communications Department at Southern Illinois University, and a member of the Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology (MSAE).

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8 PM, Tuesday January 18

A large ensemble performance by…

Christopher Preissing, flute
Guillermo Gregorio, clarinet
Jonathan Chen, violin
Jamie Kempkers, cello
Brian Labycz, electronics
Eric Leonardson, springboard

7:00 PM Sunday, January 16, 2011

Celebrating Art’s Birthday with Christian Pinock and Guillermo Gregorio at…

Albuquerque-based composer Christian Pinock performs original improvised compositions on electric valve trombone. Using a computer-based instrument of his own creation (using MAX/MSP) and a system of sensors attached to the trombone, he creates solo performances that are dynamic and subtle, drawing from diverse styles such as improvised experimental music, contemporary classical, avant-garde jazz, noise, and electronica.

Christian will perform a solo electric trombone set and a trio improvisation with Guillermo Gregorio (clarinet, saxophone) and Eric Leonardson (experimental instruments, electronics).

Guillermo and Eric will open the concert at 7:30 PM with a duo set.

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Medium 2011.01.01 at Enemy on New Year’s Day by eleon

January 1, 2011, from 11 a.m. until 11 p.m on New Year’s Day at Enemy, musicians and sound-makers are invited to celebrate the new year with a mind clearing 12 hour drone.

Medium is open invitation as long as you don’t disturb the drone. If you can, please some food to share.

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Medium 2011.01.01 at Enemy on New Year’s Day by eleon

Friday, December 3, 2010 at 8:00 PM (sharp)

Jason Soliday (electronics) and I perform on a bill with Ben Miller (Degeneration), Dan Burke (Illusion of Safety), and Wyoming (Andrew Young and Riley Walker).

Ben Miller: www.benmiller.info

Dan Burke: soundcloud.com/bzurke/retrograde-motion-daniel-james-burke

Jason Soliday: cranksatori.net
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November’s Midwest Society for Acoustic Ecology / World Listening Project meeting features a special presentation by Chicago artist and filmmaker Deborah Stratman.

Sunday, November 21, 1:00 pm

Attendance is free and open to the public

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