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Music, Gossip Wolf Jan 12, 2021
Catalytic Sound launches a streaming service to support improvising musicians

Plus: Rapper-producer Rashid Hadee collaborates with the Primeridian, and the zine Jugo & Rada drops the second EP in its Square Series.
- By J.R. Nelson and Leor Galil
- Tags: Gossip Wolf, Catalytic Sound, Catalytic Soundstream, Ken Vandermark, Paal Nilssen-Love, Mats Gustafsson, Astral Spirits, Corbett vs. Dempsey, Dave Rempis, Damon Locks, Tomeka Reid, streaming service, Patreon, Artifacts, Rashid Hadee, the Primeridian, Prime Diesel, Culture Power45, Neak, Pugs Atomz, Slot-A, Philmore Greene, The Survival Scroll, Jugo & Rada, Square Series, The Over/Under EP, AMS the Nerd King, The Notes, 7Cicadae, Sev Seveer, Cicada

Music, Music Feature Sep 25, 2019
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Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.
- By Leor Galil
- Tags: Music Feature, Open Beats, Push Beats, beat scene, Fess Grandiose, Raj Mahal, Cafe Mustache, Uncle El, open mike, live PA, instrumental hip-hop, Kevin Johnson, Mr. Echoes, the Opus, the Whistler, Makaya McCraven, International Anthem, King Hippo, Boombastic, Twilite Tone, Lokal, Sonotheque, Darkroom, Morseland, Subterranean, Rubberoom, Pugslee Atomz, Nacrobats, All Natural, Tone B. Nimble, Flying Lotus, Brainfeeder, Ras G, Gregory Shorter Jr., Low End Theory, lofi, Marcos Rivera, Cos, Needful Things, Cutoff, Innjoy, Choppin’ Block, Silver Room, Rodolfo, Obehko, Live Beats, Azarias, Kinky Yeti, Loony Is Normal, DJ Skoli, Ramon Norwood, Radius, ETC Records, Now U C Me?, Kenny Keys, Jamila Woods, Legacy! Legacy!, Marco Jacobo, Maker, Systematic Soul, Now-Again, Egon, J Dilla, Slot-A, Daddy Kev, Alpha Pup Records, Daedelus, Samiyam, Dibiase, Nosaj Thing, Alejandro Ayala, Madlib, Ninja Tune, Stones Throw, The Hip-Hop Project, Sev Seever, WLUW, DJ Scend, Jeff Parker, Raws, Junius Paul, Illiac, Brandon Murphy, Ableton, Push Tuesdays, Adam Bowsman, Abyss, Raj Malosh, Jeremiah Jae, House Shoes, MPC 2000, John Utsler, Elaquent, Knxwledge, Rodan, Door No. 3, Roland SP-404, Aaron Smith, Isle of Weight, Dance to the Drummer's DB, Tall Black Guy, ASR-10, Dover Crib, Molemen, Panik, No ID, Red Kiva, Face Melt, Tronic, Joshua Kleckner, Lokua, Moment Sound, Heartbeats, Fresh Roasted, Highly Rare, In the Moment Remix Tape, Timbuck2, Timothy Jones, Beat Lo-fi Social, Hameedullah, College Music, Chillhop Music, ChilledCow, Life in Lo-Fi . . . Vol. 1, Guilty Simpson, Video

Music, Music Feature May 1, 2019
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Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world

The Chicago singer and poet’s new album lovingly details how art can learn from the past as it shapes the future.
- By Tiffany Walden
- Tags: Music Feature, Jamila Woods, Legacy! Legacy!, Heavn, Young Chicago Authors, South Side Community Art Center, Zora Neale Hurston, Nikki Giovanni, Sun Ra, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Octavia Butler, Frida Kahlo, Eartha Kitt, James Baldwin, Muddy Waters, Miles Davis, Sonia Sanchez, Betty Davis, Kevin Coval, VAM Studio, Fatimah Asghar, Peter Cottontale, Ego Tripping, Improvisation, Oddcouple, Diego Rivera, Slot-A, Nico Segal, Kindred, South Side Community Art Center, Video

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Catalytic Sound launches a streaming service to support improvising musicians

Plus: Rapper-producer Rashid Hadee collaborates with the Primeridian, and the zine Jugo & Rada drops the second EP in its Square Series.

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Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.

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Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world

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Catalytic Sound launches a streaming service to support improvising musicians

Plus: Rapper-producer Rashid Hadee collaborates with the Primeridian, and the zine Jugo & Rada drops the second EP in its Square Series.

Video Keeping the beat

Chicago’s beat scene has to do without the attention the city’s rappers get, but it’s a vital incubator for adventurous, ambitious instrumental hip-hop.

Video Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world

The Chicago singer and poet’s new album lovingly details how art can learn from the past as it shapes the future.

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Keeping the beat

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Jamila Woods builds on legacies that shook the world