Creative Audio Archive

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Home Founded by Dawn and Lou Mallozzi in 1986, Experimental Sound Studio (ESS) has occupied its Edgewater location since 2006. The facility is home to a full-service recording, mixing, and mastering studio for hire; Audible Gallery, a small public space for exhibitions, meetings, workshops, performances,...

Hal Rammel working his sonic magic!

That moment when Thurston Moore drops by to peruse the CAA's Sun Ra / El Saturn Collection w/ John Corbett. NBD.

Tony Conrad live at Galvin Auditorium, Loyola University 11.17.01 11/17/2001 Performances Solo Performance, Tony Conrad Galvin Auditorium, Loyola University Performance [Roughing up Rameau] (0:00-34:18) [break] (34:18-35:42) [Selling Short] (35:42--65:31) [148

: Summer is fast approaching, and this Throwback Thursday, we thought we'd dive into the ESS Collection to bring you back to SUMMERSONIC 2014. It was a muggy day, with the reported possibility of a rain that never came. Insects and birdsong mingled with the lush sounds of Quicksails, the solo electronic project of Ben Baker Billington (ONO). Click below to stream the performance on Soundcloud:

QUICKSAILS live at SUMMERSONIC 08.30.14 2014 SummerSonic performance Quicksails is Ben Baker Billington https://soundcloud.com/quicksails

We are pleased to announce that we are now a participating member of Chicago Collections—a consortium of libraries, museums, and other institutions with archives that collaborate to preserve and share the history and culture of the Chicago region.

Creative Audio Archive | Chicago Collections Consortium Creative Audio Archive The Creative Audio Archive (CAA) is a Chicago based center for the preservation and investigation of innovative and experimental sonic arts and music. CAA is an initiative of the Experimental Sound Studio (ESS), formed in response to growing concerns over the general state of…