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Lampo Winter / Spring 2015 Schedule

English: Tony Conrad at the DeStijl/Freedom Fr...
Tony Conrad

From Chicago’s Lampo:

ARNOLD DREYBLATT
SAT FEB 7 8pm
Graham Foundation
Madlener House
4 West Burton Place
Admission FREE; RSVP here

American composer Arnold Dreyblatt performs two works—Turntable History / Spin Ensemble, created from recordings of an MRI machine, and Nodal Excitation, a 1979 work for amplified “excited strings” bass, strung with piano wire. Lampo and the Graham Foundation are pleased to welcome him for his first Chicago performance since ’08 and only his third since the late 1990s.

JENNIFER WALSHE & TONY CONRAD
SAT FEB 28 8pm
Graham Foundation
Madlener House
4 West Burton Place
Admission FREE; RSVP info soon.

Jennifer Walshe and Tony Conrad perform together as Ma La Pert—using voice, violins, viola, bass, autoharps, auto-tune, keyboard, shells, broken plastic, words, parts of words, stories, chanting, jigs, screaming, shouting, broken drum skins, bells, green furry outfits, breastplates, wire, bird calls, and old lady dresses.

C. SPENCER YEH
SAT APR 11 8pm
The Renaissance Society
Bond Chapel, 1050 East 59th Street
Admission FREE; No RSVP required.

Ordinarily you record a gig and then release the live recording. Tonight, C. Spencer Yeh turns the tables (turntable?) and performs his new long-player, Solo Voice I – X, presented for you in its entirety.

CM VON HAUSSWOLFF
SAT MAY 16 8pm
Graham Foundation
Madlener House
4 West Burton Place
Admission FREE; RSVP info soon.

Rich dronics in quad sound—and maybe something rufescent from CM von Hausswolff.

WILL GUTHRIE
SAT JUN 13 8pm
Graham Foundation
Madlener House
4 West Burton Place
Admission FREE; RSVP info soon.

The great Will Guthrie offers his powerful solo percussion work in a rare U.S. appearance.


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