Sonnenzimmer Presents: Free Jazz Bit Maps Vol. 1

Sonnenzimmer Presents: Free Jazz Bit Maps Vol. 1, a set on Flickr.

Take a look at the collaborative images from Sonnenzimmer that will be adorning saki's walls starting tomorrow. Come celebrate Free Jazz Bitmaps exhibit and record release show this Friday, May 4th at saki. RSVP on Facebook. Details after the jump!



saki, Logan Square’s premiere record store, art gallery, and performance space, is excited to present the release of Sonnenzimmer's process-based music publication, Free Jazz Bitmaps Vol. 1. The night will include live performances and an exhibition of large-scale scores based on the album, created by the musicians involved in the recording and Sonnenzimmer (Nadine Nakanishi & Nick Butcher). The exhibit will run through the month of May.

Free Jazz Bitmaps Vol. 1 (a collaborative release with Hometapes) consists of 6 original songs by Nick Butcher and reinterpretations of those songs by local jazz musicians Jason Adasiewicz, Tim Daisy, Keefe Jackson, Mike Reed, Jason Roekbe, Jason Stein. The musicians involved in the record have created musical notations or scores of their interpretations, which Nadine & Nick have turned into large-scale screen prints with artistic additions of their own.

Nick Butcher (Sonnenzimmer) will start off the musical set of the night with a brief introduction and will be followed by group led by Katherine Young. Young, along with Jenna Lyle and Joann Cho, will perform music based on the scores created by Sonnenzimmer and the musicians involved in Free Jazz Bitmaps Vol. 1. Katherine Young is a composer and bassoonist who creates acoustic and electro-acoustic music that uses curious timbres and kinetic structures to explore suspended time.

Sonnenzimmer’s work has been exhibited nationally and internationally, with a recent exhibit at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and an exhibit in Thessaloniki, Greece. Their work has been published in books by Gestalten, Princeton Architectural Press, Gingko Press, The Pepin Press, and Rockport Publishers.

Please join us Friday, May 4th from 6 - 9pm to view Sonnenzimmer’s new printed works, enjoy music by Nick Butcher, Katherine Young, Jenna Lyle, & Joann Cho at 6.30pm, and pick up a copy of the album Free Jazz Bitmaps Vol. 1. Enjoy cool beverages from Cellar Rat and food provided by saki. This event is FREE.