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Music, Concert Preview Jul 19, 2021
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Versatile instrumental trio Bitchin Bajas unspool new material at their first concert since 2019
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Concert Preview, Bitchin Bajas, Constellation, Cooper Crain, Rob Frye, Daniel Quinlivan, Sailing a Sinking Sea, instrumental, Natural Information Society, Exoplanet, Jackie Lynn, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Review Apr 20, 2021
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Natural Information Society reaches a new ecstatic peak with Evan Parker
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Review, Descension (Out of Our Constrictions), Natural Information Society, Evan Parker, jazz, improvised music, London, Cafe Oto, John Coltrane, Joshua Abrams, England, guimbri, Mikel Avery, Jason Stein, Lisa Alvarado, Gnawa, Recommended

Music, Concert Preview Jan 17, 2020
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Free-jazz piano great Dave Burrell plays a rare Chicago show
- By Steve Krakow
- Tags: Concert Preview, Dave Burrell, Echo, Hamid Drake, piano, jazz, Windward Passages, Monica Larsson, 1.11.18, Natural Information Society, Chicago Jazz Festival, Amiri Baraka, Recommended, Video

Music, Music Feature Apr 17, 2019
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Natural Information Society make the stage a home—and vice versa

Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado help give this Chicago collective’s transcendent minimalism a family feeling.
- By Bill Meyer
- Tags: Music Feature, Natural Information Society, Joshua Abrams, Mandatory Reality, Simultonality, guimbri, gimbri, guembri, sintir, Gnawa, Lisa Alvarado, Eremite Records, Drag City, Thrill Jockey, Don Cherry, Hamid Drake, Nicole Mitchell, Mike Reed, Prefuse 73, Roots, Dave Rempis, Will Oldham, Steve James, Kartemquin Films, The Interrupters, Life Itself, America to Me, Bridget Donahue, Ari Brown, Monika Cherry, Moki Cherry, Ornette Coleman, Organic Music Society, Bitchin Bajas, Jason Stein, Ben LaMar Gay, Mikel Patrick Avery, Frank Rosaly, Emmett Kelly, Ben Boye, Nick Mazzarella, Fred Anderson, From the River to the Ocean, Bindu, Natural Information, Jason Adasiewicz, Nori Tanaka, harmonium, Represencing, Magnetoception, Jeff Parker, Autoimaginary, Constellation, Finite, Electrical Audio, In Memory’s Prism, Simon Starling, Project for a Rift Valley Crossing, Frieze New York, Video

Music, Concert Preview Feb 28, 2019
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Chicago jazz hero Joshua Abrams and his Natural Information Society bottle hypnosis on Mandatory Reality
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Concert Preview, Joshua Abrams, Natural Information Society, Mandatory Reality, Recommended, Video

Music, Concert Preview Jun 1, 2017
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With Natural Information Society, Joshua Abrams expands his sonic palette while remaining locked-in on modal trance
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Concert Preview, Joshua Abrams, Natural Information Society, Simultonality, Recommended

Blogs, Bleader Jul 3, 2014
Reader's Agenda Thu 7/3: Eyes to the Skies festival, International Festival of Life, and Singleman Affair

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, July 3.
- By Cat Adamson
- Tags: Do This, Arts, Eyes to the Sky Festival, festival, carnival, parade, craft fair, hot-air balloons, hot air balloons, International Festival of Life, Reggae, Union Park, Lisle Community Park, salsa, R&B, Singleman Affair, Joshua Abrams, Natural Information Society, Daniel Schneider

Music, In Rotation Jun 6, 2013
In Rotation: MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete on Constellation

Plus: Painter Lisa Alvarado on Esteban "Steve" Jordan's Echoplex accordion, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Afro-rockers Colomach, and more
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: In Rotation, Esteban Jordan, Esteban "Steve" Jordan, conjunto music, accordion, Tumba Francesa, Noh, Noh theater, The Otolith Group, film, CoDoNa, Ole Morten Vagan, Rudi Mahall, Nigerian Afro-rock, Gneni Mamadou, Takahiro Kawaguchi, Aaron Zarzutzki, Nick Hoffman, Green Pasture Happiness, Graham Stephenson, improvisation, Collin Walcott, Don Cherry, Nana Vasconcelos, gongs, Karlheinz Stockhausen, James Tenney, Sotantar Simrat Singh, Frank Perry, MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lisa Alvarado, Natural Information Society, painting, Dieter Roelstaete, AACM, Roscoe Mitchell, Mike Reed, ECM, Constellation, Josh Abrams, Hamid Drake, Douglas Ewart, Deciders, Colomach, Axel Dörner, Fredrik Ljungvkist

Music, Gossip Wolf Oct 17, 2012
Gossip Wolf: White/Light has something to show you

The drone duo's Face the Strange concerts return to the MCA. Plus: Gossip Wolf illustrator Keith Herzik gets engaged, and half of Rabid Rabbit gets Cramps for Halloween
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, White/Light, Face the Strange, Natural Information Society, Joshua Abrams, Bill Orcutt, Jeff Parker, Lucky Dragons, Keith Herzik, Gina Eccher, Galactic Inmate, Blue Ribbon Glee Club, Rabid Rabbit, Andrea Jablonski, Mike Tsoulous, Velcro Lewis, Get Up With the Get Downs

Music, Music Sidebar Oct 3, 2012
Adventures in Modern Music 2012

Five diverse lineups that include black metal, juke, experimental R&B, sound art, spiritual jazz, and ambient electronics
- By Luca Cimarusti
- Tags: Music Sidebar, Nguzunguzu, R. Stevie Moore, Sao Paolo Underground, Demdike Stare, Vattnet Viskar, Joshua Abrams, Natural Information Society, Supreme Cuts, Shit & Shine, Duane Pitre, Traxman, Sylvain Chavaneau, Micachu & the Shapes, Holy Other, Lee Noble

Music, Three Beats Sep 24, 2012
Three Beats: The WZRD DJ lockout grinds on

Plus: Joshua Abrams goes full guimbri, and Emperor finally introduce their amp heads
- By Leor Galil, Peter Margasak, and Monica Kendrick
- Tags: Three Beats, WZRD, college radio, Tasha Neumeister, Peter Enger, Joshua Abrmas, Natural Information Society, trance music, guimbri, Morocco, Gnawa, Emperor Music, amp heads

Blogs, Bleader Jul 30, 2012
The Reader's Agenda: Mon 7/30

What's on the Agenda for Monday, July 30, 2012
- By Drew Hunt
- Tags: Do This, SMOD, Pritzker Pavilion, Millennium Park, M.A.K.U. Soundsystem, Empty Bottle, Philadelphia, Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang, Peter Margasak, Natural Information Society, Jamaican Queens, Park Schreck Gallery, Wicker Park, Into the Void, Steve Amos

Blogs, Bleader May 31, 2012
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Drag City unveils its Soccer Club Club on Friday

Drag City celebrates a new space with paintings by Lisa Alvarado and music by Natural Information Society and Azita
- By Peter Margasak
- Tags: Music, Visual Art, Post No Bills, Drag City, Soccer Club Club, Lisa Alvarado, Joshua Abrams, Azita, Natural Information Society, I Can't Touch the Sun, Video

Music, Music Feature Sep 15, 2011
Our guide to the World Music Festival

Eight days, 22 venues, 52 shows—and music from more than 30 countries
- By Peter Margasak, Monica Kendrick, and Miles Raymer
- Tags: Music Feature, Chicago World Music Festival, Sidi Toure, Canoziere Grecanico Salentino, Brilliant Corners of Popular Amusements Festival, Bomba Estereo, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Fool's Gold, Benda Bilili, Dikanda, Natural Information Society, Kultur Shock, Kutumba, Ballake Sissoko, Vincent Segal, kora, romany, Mad Professor, dance, gamelan, world music

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Versatile instrumental trio Bitchin Bajas unspool new material at their first concert since 2019

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Natural Information Society reaches a new ecstatic peak with Evan Parker

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Free-jazz piano great Dave Burrell plays a rare Chicago show

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Natural Information Society make the stage a home—and vice versa

Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado help give this Chicago collective’s transcendent minimalism a family feeling.

Recommended Video
Chicago jazz hero Joshua Abrams and his Natural Information Society bottle hypnosis on Mandatory Reality

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With Natural Information Society, Joshua Abrams expands his sonic palette while remaining locked-in on modal trance

Reader's Agenda Thu 7/3: Eyes to the Skies festival, International Festival of Life, and Singleman Affair

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, July 3.

In Rotation: MCA curator Dieter Roelstraete on Constellation

Plus: Painter Lisa Alvarado on Esteban "Steve" Jordan's Echoplex accordion, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Afro-rockers Colomach, and more

Gossip Wolf: White/Light has something to show you

The drone duo's Face the Strange concerts return to the MCA. Plus: Gossip Wolf illustrator Keith Herzik gets engaged, and half of Rabid Rabbit gets Cramps for Halloween

Adventures in Modern Music 2012

Five diverse lineups that include black metal, juke, experimental R&B, sound art, spiritual jazz, and ambient electronics

Three Beats: The WZRD DJ lockout grinds on

Plus: Joshua Abrams goes full guimbri, and Emperor finally introduce their amp heads

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What's on the Agenda for Monday, July 30, 2012

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Drag City unveils its Soccer Club Club on Friday

Drag City celebrates a new space with paintings by Lisa Alvarado and music by Natural Information Society and Azita

Our guide to the World Music Festival

Eight days, 22 venues, 52 shows—and music from more than 30 countries

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Joshua Abrams and Lisa Alvarado help give this Chicago collective’s transcendent minimalism a family feeling.

What's on the Reader's Agenda for Thursday, July 3.

Plus: Painter Lisa Alvarado on Esteban "Steve" Jordan's Echoplex accordion, the Reader's Peter Margasak on Afro-rockers Colomach, and more

The drone duo's Face the Strange concerts return to the MCA. Plus: Gossip Wolf illustrator Keith Herzik gets engaged, and half of Rabid Rabbit gets Cramps for Halloween

Five diverse lineups that include black metal, juke, experimental R&B, sound art, spiritual jazz, and ambient electronics

Plus: Joshua Abrams goes full guimbri, and Emperor finally introduce their amp heads

What's on the Agenda for Monday, July 30, 2012

Drag City celebrates a new space with paintings by Lisa Alvarado and music by Natural Information Society and Azita

Eight days, 22 venues, 52 shows—and music from more than 30 countries

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