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Joshua Abrams & Natural Information Society Residency

November 1, 2016 @ 9:00 pm - 11:55 pm

$10

Joshua Abrams developed his voice in the rich ferment of the 1990s Chicago music world, participating heavily across the city’s jazz, experimental & rock scenes. He co-founded the ‘back porch minimalist’ band Town & Country &, with Matana Roberts & Chad Taylor, the trio Sticks & Stones. In a very busy two decades Abrams recorded & toured with a remarkable range of artists including extended engagements with Fred Anderson, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy, Hamid Drake, Theaster Gates, Neil Michael Hagerty, Nicole Mitchell, Jeff Parker, Mike Reed, Matana Roberts, & The Roots. Abrams appears on over one hundred recordings. A film composer, Abrams has scored the music for five feature length films including the award-winning films Life Itself, The Interrupters and The Trials of Muhammad Ali.

Since 2010 Abrams has toured North America & Europe with a shifting-line up of musicians as ‘Natural Information Society’. The band’s most recent album, Magnetoception, was selected by The Wire Magazine as the #3 record of 2015 & by Pitchfork as the #2 experimental record of 2015. Abrams assembled Natural Information Society around his interests in the Moroccan instrument the guimbri. The band uses traditional & conventional instrumentation to create long-form intricately psychedelic environments, composed & improvised, which join the hypnotic qualities of Gnawa guimbri music to a wide range of contemporary musics & methodologies including jazz, minimalism & krautrock. Current & former band members include Lisa Alvarado, Jason Adasiewicz, Mikel Avery, Ben Boye, Hamid Drake, Emmett Kelly, Jeff Parker, Frank Rosaly & Chad Taylor. Natural Information Society teamed up with Bitchin Bajas on the collaborative album ‘Automaginary,’ released by drag city in 2015.

Natural Information Society
Joshua Abrams- guimbri
Lisa Alvarado – harmonium
Mikel Avery – drums
Ben Lamar Gay -cornet
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
Joshua Abrams Quartet
Joshua Abrams- bass
Mikel Avery – drums
Ben Lamar Gay – cornet
Jason Stein – bass clarinet
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Details

Date:
November 1, 2016
Time:
9:00 pm - 11:55 pm
Cost:
$10
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Venue

The Hideout
1354 W Wabansia Ave, Chicago, IL 60642
Chicago , IL 60642 United States
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Phone:
(773) 227-4433
Website:
http://www.hideoutchicago.com