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Silent Film and Loud Music Present: Mukqs with a live score for An Optical Poem and more.

  • Comfort Station Logan Square 2579 North Milwaukee Avenue Chicago, IL, 60647 United States (map)

Comfort Film Presents:
Silent films and Loud Music Series

Mukqs with a live score for

The Fall of the House of Usher (1926, Watson, Jr, Webber)
An Optical Poem (1938, Fischinger)
The Telltale Heart (1928, Klein)

Total Program: 45 min
Media: Digital Projection

About Mukqs
Chicago-based musician and Hausu Mountain co-founder Max Allison records under the name Mukqs. He twists elements of noise, techno, video game music, and free-for-all sample collage into rapidly shifting productions united under the banner of his strictly live, hardware-focused practice. Allison performs with the free music trio Good Willsmith and has an ongoing partnership serving as the beatmaker for Chicago underground rap legend Sharkula. Mukqs music has appeared on labels including Orange Milk, Doom Trip, Jacktone, Husky Pants, No Rent, Umor Rex, Unifactor, Midwich, Phinery, and more.
mukqs.bandcamp.com

Screening will be out on the Comfort Station Lawn. Weather Permitting.

Programmed for Comfort Station by Raul Benitez, Emily Perez and Mathew Tapey.

Earlier Event: August 9
Sacred Harp Singers