July Elastro has an incredibly diverse lineup of sounds from outer space, Chicago, and France! Chicago ex-pat Ritwik Banerji’s project The Society for Astromusicology explores another planet’s sound and physics alongside Rob Frye. Shapes of Emergence’s project Water Oraganoid uses a microscope to display self-organizing water structures with accompanying musicians. Finnally we have Brochure, a Chicago improvising super group with Elastic regulars Alex Wing, Jonn Wallen, Julian Otis, and Norman Long.

Artist Bios

The Society for Astromusicology presents a remote interstellar ethnographic encounter with the Maxineans, inhabitants of M9, a deep space region ruled by Maxine, who has rewritten the laws of physics such that all sound was always already motion. Continuing the tradition of astromusicological scholarship, which has uncovered the brilliance and sonic primitivity of planets such as Hindoostan, Java, Papua New Guinea, we humble astromusicologists explore the music of alien races now further removed in the universe with the power of remote vehicle operation, telematics, and Platonic solids. We witness the idiocy of terrestrial musicologists as they are humbled in the sonokinetic Wisdom and Genius of the Maxineans, who laugh silently at the farce of our “musical” cultures. As it turns out, new music is old af in outer space.

Water Organoids is a performance that uses an “immersive microscope” to film and project an invisible reality of self-organizing water structures. Emerging artistic and natural forms are indiscernible in experiments executed in front of the audience using pipettes, syringes, tweezers, and motors. Visuals are unique to every performance, and are improvised with live camera motion and live musicians.

Shapes of emergence is Baudouin Saintyves (live visuals and engineering), Severine Atis (live visuals) accompanied with sound by Ben Kinsinger (piano, organs), Otto Brinner (upright bass) and Andrew Petrak (sound synthesis). For the development of Water Organoids, we acknowledge the support of Council for the Art at MIT, High concept Labs @ MANA Contemporary, Thorlabs, Pixelinx, Jaeger Lab @University of Chicago and Paris Science & Lettre University.

www.shapesofemergence.com

Instagram @shapesofemergence

Brochure

Norman Long – electronics

Julian Otis – voice and electronics

OUI ENNUI – electronics

Alex Wing.- guitar, clarinet, piano, bass, etc.

NORMAN LONG

Norman W. Long’s current practice centers on walking, listening, improvising, performing, teaching, field recording, exploring memory, place, ecology and race. The sounds found in his work has its inspirational roots in the Black music of house and techno,‘free jazz’, Great Black Music, Herbie Hancock’s Mwandishi, Pauline Oliveros, King Tubby, Dub and the sounds of artists outside and inbetween genres. Long’s improvisational and compositional strategies are inspired by Samuel R. Delany’s palimpsest text  “Plague Journal ” chapter of Dhalgren (Science Fiction) and Atlantis: Three tales (Fiction) and Mark Bradford’s survey at the Museum of Contemporary Art: Chicago in 2011 featuring Bradford’s process of collecting and collaging materials sourced from his community in Los Angeles.  Return and Recovery is Norman’s latest solo release on LINE.

JULIAN OTIS

Julian Terrell Otis is a genre defying musician dedicated to the advancement of Black Music in America. His fusion of styles brings new perspective to the creative music, jazz, commercial, and contemporary classical worlds. He has performed with Angel Bat Dawid & Da Brothahood, Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble, George E. Lewis, Renee Baker, & Lisa E. Harris among many others.

OUI ENNUI

Oui Ennui’s work builds sonic mazes that lead listeners on a dizzying chase through instrumental hip hop, synth explorations, drones, zones, and everything in between. He’s a chameleon at times, shifting modes depending on where the muse lands, but always finding the magic touch that produces vivid images through sound.

ALEX WING

Alex Wing is a guitarist, bassist and creative musician living in Chicago. In addition to leading his own groups (Alex Wing Group, People In Trouble) He has played with Nicole Mitchell, David Boykin, Shanta Nurullah, Wanees Zarour, Magic Carpet, Hanah Jon Taylor, Douglas Ewart, Avreeayl Ra and many more. He is a co-founder with David Boykin of Sonic Healing Ministries, which has facilitated free improvisation jam sessions on and off in Chicago for 20 years.

$15 – Tickets Available at the Door