Chicago Sound Bath will feature 12 innovative experimental sound artists and performers based in Chicago, each presenting their work in a continuous, immersive experience. Over the course of an hour, the artists will perform together, blending their unique sounds into a seamless auditory tapestry.
The event is designed as an open, flowing experience where attendees can come and go at any time. This format allows for a dynamic and unpredictable auditory journey, with each artist contributing to a collective soundscape that shifts and transforms throughout the night.
The showcase invites the audience to experience the fluidity and spontaneity of live experimental sound making each visit a unique and personal encounter with the sonic possibilities of Chicago's creative community.
Artists include:
Hedra Rowan - computer music
Nick Meryhew - found sound sculpted by the elasticity of time and absurdity of the mundane
Meenakshi - nostalgic, fragmented, textured-glitch, ambient-drone
Fabian Gutierrez - Ambient Guitar Drones Tutorial: Techniques & Settings [Ambient Guitar Tutorial #2]
Jake Leech - granulated and stringed instrumentation
Melon Sprout - scintillating ceramic textures and lively kinetic activation
Allen Moore - experimental turntablism
Pete Pappas - granularly garbled speech and twinkly synthesis
Sarah Lutkenhaus - layered compositions using modular synthesis, field recordings, and vocal improvisation
Gordon Fung - experimental audiovisual performer
Levi Dayan - (mostly) improvised electronic music
Nicole Alonso - Reverb purchases and overdue Affirm payments