Cornetist Rob Mazurek and percussionist Chad Taylor have been at this Chicago Underground thing for a long time now, yet they still sound refreshingly bizarre. Did you know that Rob Mazurek and Chad Talyor have been inflating and deflating the Chicago Underground balloon for 15 years now? It's honestly hard to keep track of. Sometimes they were a duo. Other times they were a trio. Sometimes that trio would have a fourth member but they wouldn't get around to calling themselves a quartet until a few albums later. Then at one point Mazurek and Taylor said "screw it, we're [...]
A five-track Rorschach test, Age of Energy , the astounding new album by the Chicago Underground Duo , elicits visions. 1. "Winds Sweeping Pines"- Ignore the selection's title. I see a riot by discontented assembly line workers at a Chinese industrial plant. This is everything I'd hoped for but didn't get from internet sensation BadBadNotGood. 2. "It's Alright"- Once again, the title is grossly misleading. It's most definitely not alright. This is the sound of Miles Davis attempting to claw his way [...]
Undead Music Festival (May 9-12, 2012) Win Tickets to May 9 LPR Show | Buy Tickets Lovers of eclectic jazz music rejoice, the 2012 Undead Music Festival is almost upon us. The festival runs from May 9-12 and kicks off on Wednesday with a marathon night of concerts in the village. FOUR NIGHTS celebrating the incredible, dynamic, explosively creative jazz, instrumental, and adventurous music being made in New York City. May 9th: [...]
Chicago Underground Duo have a history of talking the foundation of modern Jazz and experimenting with textures and layers. Chad Taylor and Rob Mazurek recently released their sixth album as the Chicago Underground Duo and first for the label Northern Spy. The album is called Age of Energy and the duo just released the second single from the album, "Castle in Your Heart".
Have a moment, or two, with "Castle In Your Heart" from Chicago Underground Duo's album, Age of Energy .
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it's creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosphere hopes to pull back the curtain on a wealth of sights and sound from luminaries such as Chicago Underground Duo . For 15 years, the output of Chad Taylor and Rob Mazurek has come to represent the underground of Chicago from which the [now] duo [...]
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The Chicago Odense Ensemble are readying the release of their self-titled album and while there isn't a solid date set , I do know it will be out via Adluna . As for the group, it consists of Rob Mazurek (Exploding Star Orchestra, Chicago Underground Duo, Isotope217), Dan Bitney (Tortoise), Jeff Parker (Tortoise), Matt Lux (Isotope 217), Brian Keigher (DJ Warp), Jonas Munk (Causa Sui) and Jakob Skott (Causa Sui). While I am not wholly familiar with all these artists, I do know that I enjoy Tortoise a lot and can pretty much assume a delicious, [...]
ihr fünftes album als duo, das elfte als kollektiv steht auf dem plan, die improvisationsgiganten, die ihre heimat im namen tragen, "boca negra" erscheint auf thrill jockey : chicago underground duo - spy on the floor hier lohnt es immer vorbeizuschauen und sei es nur, um die toll aufbereiteten releases zu bewundern, sustain release ist seit 2005 sein baby und was es alles zu entdecken gibt, bleibt geheimnisvoll offen, nur richard skelton, bloß der [...]
Tortoise Holy smokes! This might be the best weekend for live music in Chicago outside of Pitchfork Fest and Lollapalooza weekends. So many shows. So little time. Read on for previews of Evan Dando at the Double Door , Tortoise at Lincoln Hall , Scott Lucas and the Married Men at Schubas and that's just scratching the surface. But before we get to the shows, a reminder that Loud Loop Radio will be back on the air tomorrow, Saturday, February 20, at [...]
Cornet player Rob Mazurek and drummer Chad Taylor comprise the Chicago Underground Duo, and they just returned after a four-year hiatus with fifth album Boca Negra (Thrill Jockey). Its title (meaning "black mouth") is a term coined in the Tenerife Canary Islands, evoking both the image of the Mount Tiede volcano and the concept of [...]
Chicago Underground Trio Rollo & Grady Recommended New Releases – Tuesday, January 26th Chicago Underground Trio - Boca Negra (Buy) Label: Thrill Jockey Chicago Underground Duo - Spy On The Floor Citay – Dream Get Together (Buy) Label: Dead Oceans Citay - [...]
Such a Shame from Uniform Motion on Vimeo . Creeping up from behind, kind of like last year's Noah and the Whale album, Uniform Motion's aptly titled new album Life may catch you off guard. Releasing on the 9th of February, Life is memorable and modest folk record with obvious nods to Talk Talk and Broken Social Scene . Keep an eye out and remember the name. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] [...]
Every week we bring you our newest batch of uploads from the past 7 days. Download all the songs that went up 1/18-1/24 right here, right now. You can download the following mp3s individually OR play them all in a row. Click on the artists at the right under Related Downloads to learn more about each band and see similar music suggestions. [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] Play All [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] [...]
I must admit that while I attended a respectable number of concerts, I didn't do terribly well at keeping up with jazz records last year. Only a trickle of new releases reached my ears, and most of those right towards the year's end; impressive albums by young artists like Steve Lehman, Tyshawn Sorey and Vijay [...]
Being that I'm not exactly the biggest jazz-head on the scene, I had some trepidation about giving a review of Boca Negra , the new Thrill Jockey album from the post-bop Chicago Underground Duo . I know my basics when it comes to jazz – Coltrane , Miles , Bird – but I don't venture their way that often anymore so I felt a little rusty going in. Add "post-bop" to the mix and I had no idea what to expect. Alas, what I found was much more "in there" than "out [...]
So kit and kittens, are you making it through another week? The day job has me pulling 12 hour days, plus a Saturday, so I'm in need of some excellent mood music. Let's get rolling with the best in background noise. Our friends at Lefse Records , clearly not satisfied with already running one of the best labels around, have started up an offshoot imprint Waaga Records . To celebrate they've sent out a free sampler album , full of delightful ambient tunes (there's some [...]
So kit and kittens, are you making it through another week? The day job has me pulling 12 hour days, plus a Saturday, so I'm in need of some excellent mood music. Let's get rolling with the best in background noise. Our friends at Lefse Records , clearly not satisfied with already running one of the best labels around, have started up an offshoot imprint Waaga Records. To celebrate they've sent out a free sampler album , full of delightful ambient tunes (there's some non-ambient tracks [...]
So kit and kittens, are you making it through another week? The day job has me pulling 12 hour days, plus a Saturday, so I'm in need of some excellent mood music. Let's get rolling with the best in background noise. Our friends at Lefse Records , clearly not satisfied with already running one of the best labels around, have started up an offshoot imprint Waaga Records . To celebrate they've sent out a free sampler album , full of delightful ambient tunes (there's some [...]
The Chicago Underground Duo featuring Rob Mazurek (Cornet) and Chad Taylor (Drums), have returned with their first release since 2006 and will be playing their first tour in almost as many years. See below for details Boca Negra is the 5th release of the critically acclaimed Chicago Underground Duo and 11th release by the Chicago Underground Collective. As with the previous four Duo records it contains both composed and improvised music. The recording contains powerful grooves along with ambient sound structures, folk song simplicity and polyrhythmic bursts of energy with lyrical melodic [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Bear Hands : several tracks [mp3] other Bear Hands posts at Largehearted Boy Chicago Underground Duo : "Spy on the Floor" [mp3] from Boca Negra (out January 26th) other Chicago Underground Duo posts at Largehearted Boy Dum Dum Girls : "Jail La La" [...]
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