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Hello, This event will feature invented instruments in an experimental improvised music context. There'll be a couple Echoplexs in use, perhaps some software looping, mixed with other forms of electronic and electroacoustic processing, and so this Saturday evening may be the closest thing to a "Midwest Loop Fest" at this time, at least for the start of 2002... "5 by 5" An evening of electroacoustic music performed on new and unusual instruments... Grant Strombeck (electronic pick-up sticks on drums and cymbals) Eric Leonardson (Springboard, electronics) Greg O'Drobinak (Number 4 instrument) Nick Sondy (bass, electronics) Bob Falesch (laptop) 9:30 p.m. Saturday January 19th, at The Nervous Center, 4612 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago (773) 728-5010). The evening begins with five consecutive 15-minute solos, concluding with one piece by the entire group. Oh, and the tickets are real real cheap... About the artists... Born (1938) in Chicago, Illinois, Grant Strombeck has a wide background in jazz and performs regularly on drum-set, homemade invented instruments, marimba and electronics. He has constructed homemade instruments and has modified instruments to suit a timbre-favored penchant for unfixed musical themes. He was an invited artist to Sound Symposium 2000 in St. Johns, Newfoundland and has performed locally in clubs, galleries and on national radio. Strombeck also performs works using mixed-means. In his "Suite for Sonic and Lumens" he combines computer generated rotary machines and lights with live sounds. Greg O'Drobinak is an instrument inventor, improvisor and electronics engineer. He has played in the FROG Gamelan Ensemble at the University of Chicago for the past fourteen years and has improvised with a variety of groups including the ESS Big Band, the Garage Orchestra and ensembles led by David Hunter and Tom Paynter. Over the past eleven years Greg has built and performed with a number of unique electro-acoustic instruments which include the Trapazaws, the Arc of the Oven and the Toaster Tower. He has also designed and constructed a number of custom sound processing devices for other artists and his own personal use. His current projects include the recording and processing of various natural and artificial soundscapes, the design of new electro-acoustic instruments, performance controllers and computer controlled signal processors. Nick Sondy is an improvisor, bass player and a composer of analog tape compositions. He plays regularly with the Sacred Baboons. He has performed and recorded with Jack Wright and Grant Strombeck. Nick's work was recently featured on a CD/zine compilation produced by Pittsburgh-based IBOL Records: http://www.geocities.com/IBOLrecords/ Bob Falesch <http://homepage.interaccess.com/~raf/zeggz/index.html> has been an active performer and producer in Chicago's new music scene for many years. His work with computer and electronics can be heard on releases with Chris Heenan, Bob Marsh, Sue Wolf, Jack Wright, and Michael Zerang. Thank you and... Best regards, Eric -- Eric Leonardson: http://pages.ripco.net/~eleon Upcoming Performances: Saturday January 19, 9:30 pm. "5 by 5" at The Nervous Center, 4612 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago. Grant Strombeck (electronic pick-up sticks on drums & cymbals); Eric Leonardson (Springboard & electronics); Greg O'Drobinak (Number 4 instrument); Nick Sondy (bass & electronics); Bob Falesch (laptop). The Nervous Center phone: (773) 728-5010. Opening February 23, 2002: Plasticene's "And So I May Return" at the Viaduct, 3111 N. Western Ave., Chicago. For more info call (312) 409-0400.