JOSHUA ABRAMS https://joshuaabramsmusic.com JOSHUA ABRAMS Sun, 03 Apr 2016 19:45:24 +0000 https://joshuaabramsmusic.com en scores http://joshuaabramsmusic.com/scores Sun, 03 Apr 2016 19:45:24 +0000 JOSHUA ABRAMS 54553  scores Abrams has scored numerous feature films, film installations, visual art exhibitions, and a play working with collaborators including award-winning director Steve James (Hoop Dreams), Turner Prize visual artist Simon Starling and NPR.&nbsp; Abrams has scored feature films including the 10 part documentary series America To Me (2018); the 90th Academy Awards® nominated&nbsp;Abacus: Small Enough To Jail (2017);&nbsp;Life Itself (2014);&nbsp;The Interrupters (2011) (all with Steve James); The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013); and the NPR animated series StoryCorps (2015). With Simon Starling, Abrams has created music for the play and film&nbsp;At Twilight (2016), Common Guild, Glasgow &amp; Japan Society, New York; the film El Eco (2014), Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City; and sound installation The Liminal Trio Plays the Golden Door (2017).America To Me (2018), Directed by Steve James10 part documentary series&nbsp; Abacus: Small Enough To Jail (2017), Steve James 90th Academy Awards® nominatedfeature film True Conviction (2017),&nbsp;Jamie Meltzer feature film At Twilight, (2016), Simon Starling play and film installation at&nbsp;Common Guild, Glasgow &amp; Japan Society, New York <img width="831" height="553" width_o="831" height_o="553" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/c488caabbdc564f2296b9497bae46169916d95d33fdc97524b786671ffa57c8c/Screen-Shot-2016-10-07-at-1.18.32-AM.png" data-mid="480548" border="0" /><img width="872" height="557" width_o="872" height_o="557" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f1cfcd3190aa8176b183768865dd0e60714faacd7265eceb861ad98d791c97b0/Screen-Shot-2016-10-07-at-1.18.06-AM.png" data-mid="480547" border="0" /> Life Itself (2014), Steve James feature film El Eco&nbsp;(2014), Simon Starling film installation at&nbsp;Museo Experimental El Eco, Mexico City The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013) feature film The Interrupters (2011), Steve Jamesfeature film Almost There (2015)feature film Unbroken Glass (2016)feature film StoryCorps (2015), NPR animated series StoryCorps (2015), NPR animated series StoryCorps (2015), NPR animated series StoryCorps (2015), NPR animated series StoryCorps (2015), NPR animated series The Value of Work (2014), Steve James Short Doc   scores Abrams has scored numerous feature films, film installations, visual art exhibitions, and a play working with collaborators including award-winning... news http://joshuaabramsmusic.com/news Sun, 03 Apr 2016 19:45:09 +0000 JOSHUA ABRAMS 54552  news Natural Information Society plays the Pitchfork Music Festival July 20 FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS AWARD “Abacus: Small Enough To Jail”Nominationed for 90th Academy Awards®Feature length Documentary by Steve Jameswith musical score by Joshua Abrams&nbsp; "America to Me" an epic 10-part series by Steve James (Hoop Dreams) with musical score by Joshua Abrams premieres at the Sundance Film Festival &nbsp; “Crime + Punishment”Feature Length Documentay by Stephen Maingincludes music by Joshua Abramspremieres at the Sundance Film FestivalJoshua Abrams &amp; Natural Information SocietySimultonality, eremite records &amp; tak:til records #7 The Wire Magazine 50 Best Albums of 2017 #15Uncut Magazine 75 Best Albums of 2017 #2John Mulvey’s 150 Best Albums 2017 #17Rolling Stone Magazine Best Avant Albums of 2017 “Joshua Abrams i różne odcienie basu”&nbsp;Joshua Abrams musical retrospective on Public Radio Poland Masters, Mark. “Joshua Abrams &amp; Natural Information Society, Simultonality”, Pitchfork MagazineMeyer, Bill. “Joshua Abrams &amp; Natural Information Society, Simultonality”, Dusted MagazineGotrich, Lars. “All Songs Considered”, NPRLewis, John. “Joshua Abrams &amp; Natural Information Society: Simultonality review”, The Guardian UK Russonello, Giovanni. “Joshua Abrams &amp; Natural Information Society“, New York TimesCotter, Holand. “10 Galleries to Visit Now in the Lower East Side”, New York Times Schube, Will. “Joshua Abrams is a Focused Force in Jazz and Film Scoring”, Bandcamp dailyBucciero, Joe. “Lisa Alvarado : Sound Talisman”, The Brooklyn RailMcDowell, Eric. “Joshua Abrams &amp; Natural Information Society: Simultonality”, The Free Jazz CollectiveLisa Alvarado and Dana Kopel. “Vibrational Aesthetics”, Mousse MagazineSaltz, Jerry. “Lisa Alvarado : Sound Talisman”, New York Magazine “Sound Talisman”, The New Yorker Mulvey, John. “Reviewed: some of the best new music of 2017 so far”, Uncut Magazine UK Smith, Stewart. “Joshua Abrams &amp; Natural Information Society, Simultonality”, The List UKDavis, Barry. “Gnawa grooves and more.” The Jerusalem Post Loerezl, Robert. “Joshua Abrams’ Hideout residency.” UndergroudbeeSharratt, Chris. “Live : Simon Starling.” (At Twilight) Frieze Magazine UK Fischer, Tobias. “Fifteen Questions interview with Rhys Chatham.” Fifteen Questions MagazineMcNutt, Ryan. “Joshua Abrams Natural Information Society : Deep Water Church, Halifax NS.” Exclaim Magazine CAFronta, Goncalo.&nbsp; “Toda a Musica na vida de Joshua Abrams num guimbri.” Publico Magazine Portugal THE WIRE MAGAZINE UK : MAGNETOCEPTION # 3 ALBUM OF 2015PITCHFORK : MAGNETOCEPTION&nbsp; # 2 EXPERIMENTAL ALBUM OF 2015Masters, Marc. " Summer 2015 Experimental Records Roundup." PitchforkLeitko, Aaron, "Automaginary." PitchforkBroomer, Stuart. “Joshua Abrams’ Natural Information Society : by way of the guimbri.” Music Works Magazine CAChinen, Nate. "Notes From Brooklyn, Chicago and the Web." 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THURSTON MOORE THE WIRE MAGAZINE TOP 50 OF 2010 : NATURAL INFORMATION JAZZ TIMES : JOSHUA ABRAMS CIPHER  news Natural Information Society plays the Pitchfork Music Festival July 20 FOUNDATION FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS AWARD “Abacus: Small Enough To... discography http://joshuaabramsmusic.com/discography Sun, 03 Apr 2016 19:35:01 +0000 JOSHUA ABRAMS 54547  partial discography *Joshua Abrams &amp; Natural Information Society Simultonality&nbsp;(Eremite) 2017&nbsp;*Joshua Abrams Excavations, (Feeding Tube Records) 2018 Magnetoception (Eremite) 2015 Represencing (Eremite) 2012 Natural Information (Eremite) 2010&nbsp;Music for Life Itself and The Interrupters (Eremite) 2015 Unknown Known (RogueArt)&nbsp; 2013 Cipher (Delmark) 2003 After (Lucky Kitchen) 2004 Busride Interview (Lucky Kitchen) 2002 *Reminder (Joshua Abrams)&nbsp; West Side Cabin (Easel) 2007 Continuum (Eastern Developments) *Collectives *Natural Information Society &amp; Bitchin Bajas Automaginary (Drag City) 2015&nbsp; *Town&nbsp; and Country &nbsp; Town and Country&nbsp; (Box Media) Decoration Day (Thrill Jockey) It All Has To Do With It (Thrill Jockey) C'mon (Thrill Jockey) 5 (Thrill Jockey) Up Above (Thrill Jockey) *Sticks and Stones Sticks and Stones (482 Music) Shed Grace (Thrill Jockey) *Dave Rempis and Avreeayl Ra Aphelion 2014 *Compilations*Joan of Arc Don't Mind Control (Polyvinyl)&nbsp; *Collaborations&nbsp; *The Roots Organix (Remedy) 1992 *Bonnie “Prince” Billy Beware (Drag Ciy) 2008Plays Susanna 7" (Drag City) 2009 *Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble Intergalactic Beings (FPE) 2014 &nbsp; Black Unstopable (Delmark) Afrika Rising (Dreamtime) Xenogenesis (Firehouse 12) *Nicole Mitchell’s Ice Crystal Quartet Aquarius (Delmark) 2013 *Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Strings Renegades (Delmark) 2009&nbsp; &nbsp; *Roscoe Mitchell and Nicole Mitchell’s Black Earth Ensemble Three Compositions (RogueArt) 2012*Fred Anderson and Hamid Drake From the River to the Ocean (Thrill Jockey) *Hamid Drake‘s Bindu Blissful (RogueArt) 2009 Reggaeology (Rogue Art) 2010 *Mike Reed's Loose Assembly Last Year's Ghost&nbsp;(482music) The Speed of Change&nbsp;(482music)*Mike Reed's Loose Assembly with Roscoe Mitchell Empathetic Parts (482music) 2010 *Neil Michael Hagerty The Hildreth Tapes&nbsp; (Golden Lab Records) 2013 *Rob Mazurek Sound Is (Delmark) 2009 *Exploding Star Orchestra Stars Have Shapes (Delmark) 2010Sao Paulo Underground*Jason Stein Quartet The Story This Time (Delmark) 2011 *Josh Berman and His Gang There Now (Delmark) 2012 *Matana Roberts The Chicago Project (Central Control) *Makaya McCraven In the Moment (International Anthem) 2015 *Sam Prekop Sam Prekop (Thrill Jockey) Who's Your New Professor? (Thrill Jockey) *Iñigo Ugarteburu For the Unknown (Talo) 2013*Savath and Savalis Apropa't (Warp) 2004 Golden Pollen&nbsp; (Anti) 2007*Prefuse 73&nbsp; Surounded by Silence&nbsp; (Warp)*David Boykin Outet Evidence of Life on Other Planets Vol 1 (Thrill Jockey) Evidence of Life on Other Planets Vol 2 (BoxMedia) *David Boykin Expanse 47th Street Ghost (Dreamtime) Big and Fine Ultra Sheen (Sonic Healing Ministries) 2010 Love Power Magic&nbsp;(Sonic Healing Ministries) 201*Ernest Dawkins’ Chicago 12 Shade of a Charade&nbsp; The Murder of Fred Hampton Until Emmett Till *Alexandre Pierrepont and Mike Ladd Maison Hauntée (RogueArt) 2008*John Dikeman The Double Trio (Astral Spirits) 2014*Rhys Chatham Guitar Trio is My Life *David McDonnell Group The Dragon and The Griffin (New Atlantis Records) 2014 (Delmark) 2015(The Whistler) 2016*Dream Weapon&nbsp;*The Cairo Gang Twyxt Wyrd Goes Missing (God) 2015*Edith Frost It's A Game (Drag City) *Mia Doi Todd&nbsp; Gea *David Grubbs The Thicket*Joan of Arc Boo Human (Polyvinyl) *Loren Mazzacane Connors and Alan Licht Hoffman Estates (Drag City) *Birdshow Band Birdshow Band (Omish)*Ben Vida Mlps (Boxmedia) *Jeb Bishop 98 duets (Wobbly Rail) *Daniel Givens Age (Aesthetics) 2000&nbsp; The Ideas of Space (Aesthetics) 2002 Freedom’s Myth&nbsp;(Aesthetics) 2003 Dayclear and First Dark (Aesthetics) 2005 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;*Chris Conelly The Episodes&nbsp;(Dutro) 2006 Forgiveness and Exile (Dutro) 2008 &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; *Tortoise Beacons of Ancestorship (Thrilljockey) 2009 &nbsp; Gamera (duophonic) 1995*Diverse Move (Chocolate Industries) *Icy Demons Miami Ice (Obey Your Brain) *Bobby ConnThe Golden Age (Thrill Jockey) *Life On Earth There is *Godspeed You Black Emperor Yanqui u.x.o (Constellation)*The Spinanes Arches and Aisles (Sub Pop) *Marc Helner Marriages (Peace Frog)   partial discography *Joshua Abrams &amp; Natural Information Society Simultonality&nbsp;(Eremite) 2017&nbsp;*Joshua Abrams Excavations, (Feeding Tube... info http://joshuaabramsmusic.com/info Sun, 03 Apr 2016 02:47:03 +0000 JOSHUA ABRAMS 54254  bio Joshua Abrams is a composer, bassist, and improviser. His early formative musical experiences include performing in a chamber group conducted by Earle Brown, and busking on the streets of Philadelphia as an original member of The Roots. Since the mid-1990s, Abrams has been a key figure in Chicago's creative music communities and an international touring musician with artists across genres. In 2010, Abrams formed the project Natural Information Society (NIS), a group that creates long-form psychedelic environments that join the hypnotic qualities of the guimbri, a Gnawan lute, to a wide range of contemporary musics and methodologies including jazz, minimalism, and experimental rock. Abrams has toured internationally with Natural Information Society, including performances at Endless Shout, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia; Festival International de Music Actuelle de Victoriaville (Vico), Canada; Fylkingen, Stockholm, Sweden; Guelph Jazz Festival, Canada; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Pritzker Pavillion, Millennium Park, Chicago; Sant'anna Arresi Jazz Festival, Sardina, Italy; Serralves em Festa, Serralves Museum, Portugal; Stanser Musiktage Festival, Stans, Switzerland; Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon, Portugal; and Kaleidophon Festival, Ulrichsberg, Austria. Natural Information Society's recorded works include Simultonality (eremite, 2017); Magnetoception (eremite, 2015); Represencing (eremite, 2012); Natural Information (eremite, 2010); and Cipher (Delmark, 2003). Abrams has scored numerous feature films, including The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013), and several projects with award-winning director Steve James: the films Abacus: Small Enough To Jail (2017), Life Itself (2014), The Interrupters (2011); and the documentary series America To Me (2018). Abrams' collaborations with visual artists include sound projects and exhibitions with Lisa Alvarado, Theaster Gates, and Simon Starling. Abrams has appeared on over 100 recordings, including those by Fred Anderson, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, David Boykin, Hamid Drake, Neil Michael Hagerty, Nicole Mitchell, Roscoe Mitchell, Mike Reed, Matana Roberts, The Roots, and Town and Country. His performances include work with The Fred Anderson Trio, Sean Bergin, Ari Brown, Earle Brown, Peter Brötzmann, Rhys Chatham, Gerald Cleaver, Tony Conrad, Toumani Diabaté, Bill Dixon, Axel Dörner, Von Freeman, Jandek, Kidd Jordan, Oliver Lake, Joe McPhee, Joe Morris, Evan Parker, Jeff Parker, William Parker, Ballaké Sissoko, Damo Suzuki, Craig Taborn, Chad Taylor, and Kurt Vonnegut. He was an artist in residence at Fred Anderson Park (2017) and at The Hideout (2016), both in Chicago.&nbsp; Abrams was awarded the Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists award (2018). -“it’s patient, layered music that’s always heading somewhere, sometimes spare and sometimes complex and shimmering.” -- Ben Ratliff, New York Times “Abrams discovers new levels of mood and tone; his pieces seem to escape time completely.”&nbsp; — Marc Masters, Pitchfork “It feels startlingly new, in terms of how the music is extrapolated, how the players relate, even as it feels like an ur-music, primal, body-centered, essential.” -- David Keenan, The Wire   bio Joshua Abrams is a composer, bassist, and improviser. His early formative musical experiences include performing in a chamber group conducted by... 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