Slow Bell TRio + Levinson/Mahlmeister
@ Compound Yellow
244 Lake St, Oak Park, IL 60302
Opening Friday, January 28th, from 7PM - 9PM
Join us for this amazing night of experimental ambient, improvisational music! Space is limited to 25 max so you must RSVP, masks and proof of vaccination are required.
Donations to the artists welcome!
Slow Bell Trio:
Slow Bell Trio of Steven Hess, Mike Weis, and Keefe Jackson is a new combination of improvisors which stands out because of the unusual affiliations the members bring to the proverbial musical table. In addition to playing low-key rock music with Zelienople and abstracted folk themes with Scott Tuma, percussionist Mike Weis performs ambient soundscapes with Mirror of Nature and solo material influenced by forms of Korean rituals. Steven Hess hits the drums hard and precise with art-metal combos Locrian and RLYR and combines stark beats with electronic textures in Cleared, but he also explores the resonance of Kentucky caves with the experimental ensemble Haptic on their new CD Ten Years Under the Earth (Unfathomless). And Keefe Jackson is a redoubtable presence on Chicago’s jazz scene, contributing tenor saxophone and bass and contrabass clarinets to his own bands, Greg Ward’s Mingus-themed 10 Tongues band, and Jason Stein’s muscular, swinging quartet as well as plunging into fractious free improvisation in the Urge Trio with Tomeka Reid and Christoph Erb. You can count on the three men to be thoughtful, forceful, and wide open to possibility.”
(Thanks to Bill Meyer, Chicago Reader)
Levinson/Mahlmeister:
Comprised of Jamie Levinson & Donny Mahlmeister, the Chicago duo uses synthesizers in combination with tactile instruments (Levinson is a drummer/percussionist & Mahlmeister a guitarist) to create cinematic snapshots of sonance. While the duo absolutely gives glances toward artists like Eno, Lanois, Reich, Riley & the kosmische places and spaces of Deuter, they are absolutely of the NOW, in step with ambient explorers like Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith, Panabrite, or locals Bitchin’ Bajas, TALsounds or Brett Naucke. They perform their compositions & improvisations live, reacting to each other in conversation (not only with each other’s physical playing, but their respective synth patches), creating a dazzling harmony with the natural & synthetic as well as the tactile & the intangible.
-Courtesy of Bill and Lisa Roe, Trouble in Mind Records
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Tags: Donny Mahlmeister, Jamie Levinson, Keefe Jackson, Levinson/Mahlmeister, Mike Weis, Mike Weiss, Oak Park, Slow Bell Trio, Steven Hess
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