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[cinchel]

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Here is the live set from transistor a few weeks ago. Record by Jon Monteverde. It was a really great night. akosuen and I are planning on working together more in the future. 

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April 24, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: Synthpop trio WINGTIPS and psychedelic-electronic power trio Mystery Crash. Sound by Jon Monteverde. [view photos]

WINGTIPS is Vinny Segretario’s synthpop dreamscape. Having produced under the pseudonym since 2012, he aims to fabricate an alternative by combining cosmic synth atmospheres with a perpetually inventive dance pulse, all making way for a glowing maximal pop paradise.

For this Transistor show WINGTIPS performed songs from their forthcoming album, ULTRAVISION, as well as material from previous releases.

Visit WINGTIPS' Bandcamp page.

Listen to a previous Transistor performance:

Mystery Crash is an independent three-piece group based out of Chicago. It began with the release of "Year of the Rabbit" in the summer of 2012. The latest EP, "Gimp Nation," was released in the late fall of 2013. Their music comes from a desire for experimentation stemming from electronic-influenced psychedelic rock. For Mystery Crash's performance at Transistor, they expressed the musical desire for ambient stillness bridged to a positive upbeat dance floor atmosphere, while somehow finding a way to visit the jungle along the way.

Visit Mystery Crash's website and Soundcloud page.

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Transistor Radio Weekly Webcast

It's Tuesday and we've got a fresh slate of shows, adding up to about seven hours of music programming!  

This week "15 Songs" could be renamed "2015 Songs," as Andy Miles presents an all-new-releases edition of the show, with music from Thom Yorke and Bjork, Dan Deacon, Panda Bear, Dengue Fever, Liam Hayes, Sleater Kinney, Mark Ronson (with Kevin Parker of Tame Impala), Will Butler of Arcade Fire, Sam Prekop of The Sea and Cake, and Bob Dylan.  We've also got plenty of Jon Monteverde, who this week not only hosts his weekly show "In Store: Selections From Transistor's Live Performance Archive," but makes a fantastic contribution to "Bring Your Own Beat," the show in which Transistor Radio invites sound artists of all kinds to create an original piece for the webcast.  Elsewhere, DJ Tashtego creates a new Chicago genre, Hibernation House, with a 76-minute mix of underground house and minimal techno tracks that have "the twin virtues of deepening the chill while also bringing in glints of sun."   Andrea Garces is back with her "Gems of the Week," Lechstafari gets down with vintage soul, funk and disco, and the "Good Music Show with Scott & Odie" returns with an hour of indie and underground rock.  And don't forget to check out Charlie Crane's "Stereo Hysteria," at the bottom of the player!   

Transistor Radio for the week of February 24-March 2, 2015

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Gems Of The Week

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The Good Music Show

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February 13, 2015

Friday night live at Transistor: a quadruple bill featuring noise solo bassoon from Katherine Young, minimalist solo double bass from Rob Lundberg, minimalist solo viola from Jessica Pavone, and drum improvisation from Joe Adamik with multi-instrumentalist Steve Dorocke. Sound by Jon Monteverde. 

Composer, bassoonist and improviser Katherine Young creates acoustic and electro-acoustic music that has been described by The New York Times as "raw, wailing, coloristic," and New Music Box has noted "her visceral approach to sound...her attentiveness to the smallest details of timbre; her adventurousness in using instruments in unexpected ways." Ensemble Dal Niente, Talea Ensemble, Flux Quartet, String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Spektral Quartet, Fonema Consort, Till by Turning, and others have performed her compositions. Her debut solo album garnered praise in Downbeat ("seriously bold leaps for the bassoon"). About her 2012 release with her quartet Pretty Monsters, All About Jazz stated: "a sonically audacious record documenting the development of a bold young artist whose arresting improvisations are as remarkable as her engaging compositions." In 2014, her duo with violist Amy Cimini released its third record, which was recorded in residency at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s EMPAC, on Carrier Records, and her multi-movement installation-performance piece "Diligence Is To Magic As Progress Is To Flight," written in close collaboration with violinist Austin Wulliman, is out on Parlour Tapes+.

In her solo project, Young amplifies her bassoon and employs a flexible electronics set-up in order to enhance the acoustic power of the instrument, bring out interior resonances, and create monolithic soundscapes. Labeled “Bassoon colossus” by The Wire, her project was documented on the 2009 Porter Records release Further Secret Origins. For this Transistor set she incorporated effects pedals, amplification, and prerecorded materials into a continuous set.

Visit Katherine Young's website.

Rob Lundberg studied with Mark Helias at New School University and has since been performing, touring and recording with a range of groups, including killer BOB, In One Wind, and others. His solo project brings together backgrounds in classical music and improvisation, as well as a keen interest in minimalism and the timbral extremes possible with bowed, stringed instruments. Additionally, he draws on his passion for conceptual and contemporary art in the construction of his pieces and pairings with his photographs.

At Transistor, Lundberg debuted a new collection of pieces for live and prerecorded amplified double bass, paired with and inspired by his recent photographic series 'Bearings'.

Visit Rob Lundberg on Bandcamp.

Jessica Pavone (composer, viola, violin, el.bass) has performed in countless improvisation, avant jazz, experimental, folk, soul, and chamber ensembles since moving to NYC in 2000. She currently plays with Normal Love, in a duo with guitarist Mary Halvorson, with Anthony Braxton's ensembles, and as a solo violist. As a composer, The Wire magazine praised her "ability to transform a naked tonal gesture into something special," and The New York Times described her music as "distinct and beguiling...its core is steely, and its execution clear."

Pavone's recent works for solo viola and voice stem from years of concentrated long tone practice and an interest in repetition, song form, and sympathetic vibration. She combines her long tone rituals with delay, understated melodies, and sparse lyrical content while continuously experimenting with new forms. She is interested in the physicality of performing her somewhat larger-than-comfortable instrument and believes that cultivating physical bodies as a strong container for her thoughts is part of the creative process.

Pavone has toured extensively throughout the U.S., Canada and Europe, performing in venues ranging from international music festivals, universities, and art galleries, to community centers and basements. Her music has premiered in venues in New York City such as, Roulette, Issue Project Room, and The Kitchen, and at the Klangbad Festival in Sheer, Germany. In 2011 she was featured in NPR's "The Mix: 100 Composers Under 40." She has received grants and commissions from the Aaron Copland Recording Fund, the American Music Center, The Kitchen, MATA, The Jerome Foundation, Experiments in Opera, and the chamber music collective, Till By Turning. Her 2014 release Knuckle Under, available through Taiga Records, features five pieces for viola and effects.

Visit Jessica Pavone's website.

Joe Adamik is a multi-instrumentalist performer and composer from Chicago. He plays with Iron & Wine, Lanzón, Sonoi, The Jim Becker Group, The Bob Dogan Trio, and others.

For this performance at Transistor, Joe was joined by Steve Dorocke; they performed a combination of improvised and composed pieces utilizing bass clarinet, contra alto clarinet, violin, oud, drums and electronics.

Visit Joe Adamik's website.

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while i wait for the master recording of last night's set from Jon at Transistor, here is a mixdown of what i captured on my laptop. it was pretty loud. thanks everyone for coming.

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And here's Airline-X's show-closing set at Transistor on April 12th.

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A month ago, New Missionaries played our first gig at Transistor Chicago. Even though we weren't able to play as loud as we do in practice and I kept breaking strings, this video of the full set turned out pretty well. If you're in Chicago, be sure to come out to Reggie's May 25 - we get to kick out the jams at full volume!