Two intense solo acts full of cascading distortion take the stage of Elastic’s long-running Improvised Music Series: Ben Zucker performs music vibraphone and feedback from their new album Alike Untils, and NYC-based guitarist, writer, and “punk hero” Erica Dawn Lyle stops through Chicago to melt minds.

8:30 pm – Ben Zucker
Vibraphone, electronics

9:30 pm – Erica Dawn Lyle
Guitar

$15 / $10 w/ Student ID –
Tickets Available at the Door

About The Artists

Ben Zucker engages in acts of creative juxtaposition and speculation as a composer, audiovisual artist, and multi-instrumentalist. Acclaimed as a “master of improvisation” (IMPOSE Magazine), and “more than a little bit remarkable” (Free Jazz Blog), they have contributed to experimental music scenes across North America and the UK with “stirring compositions…built on a lifetime of musical curiosity” (Chicago Reader), as well as albums, multimedia situations, and frequent performances on vibraphone, brass, voice, and electronics. They currently live in Chicago. Alike Untils (Out October 18 on 1473 Records) is Zucker’s latest solo project, produced with an interactive software setup ready to re-erupt at a moment’s notice through the collaboration of vibraphone and digital improvisation.

Erica Dawn Lyle is a writer, curator, experimental musician, and cultural instigator who lives in New York City and Florida. The former touring guitar player for Bikini Kill, as a solo performer, Lyle has released musical collaborations with Kim Gordon, The Raincoats, Bernadette Mayer, Kathleen Hanna, Brontez Purcell, and many more. Lyle is the author of Streetopia(Booklyn, 2015) and On The Lower Frequencies: A Secret History of The City (Soft Skull, 2008) and has written for Artforum, Art in America, Frieze, and NPR’s This American Life. Her most recent book is The Knight of Cups (Belladonna Press, 2023).