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HAPTIC
Electroacoustic

build it and go there and wait.



CHICAGO, Illinois
United States

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   HAPTIC: General Info
Member Since4/17/2007
Band Websitewww.entracte.co.uk/haptic
Band MembersSteven Hess/Joseph Clayton Mills/Adam Sonderberg
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HAPTIC -- The Medium LP/MP3/DVD (FSS)

"I am reminded of a Turner sky when I listen to this music. Everything is rich, layered, full of powerfully emotive depth, and yet all about the overbearing atmosphere that grips you firmly and pulls you into the work, as if trying to drown you." - Richard Pinnell, The Watchful Ear

"...the most enjoyable new release I've heard thus far in 2009... Rich, ringing, growling and gorgeous." - Brian Olewnick, Just Outside

"...molasses-thick, slowly-mutating drones of spellbinding character... positively nightmarish." - Textura



HAPTIC / MOUTHS -- Danjon Scale / IV2E split 12" (entr'acte, UK) e37

"The trio's piece Danjon Scale is among the most striking displays of sustained texture in recent memory. The sound they create together is hypnotic and seamless." - Peter Margasak, Chicago Reader.

"Class stuff, prime rib dark, rich drone music" - Dan Warburton, Paris Transatlantic

"The thing broods... sits there and ruminates, slowly uncoiling and re-clenching, maybe getting a little pissed off. Though it gradually becomes massive, the payoff... is the final couple of minutes where the central drone dissipates and you're left with only the ashes and echoes, a wonderfully chilly sense of desolation."- Brian Olewnick, Bagatellen



HAPTIC -- Correction 7" (entr'acte / absurd) e47 / a67

"Awesome music which is both sharp-minded and unclassifiable. A 70-minute CD of stuff like this after such a taster is not “desirable” - it’s demanded." - Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes

"Great music... Quite enjoyable." - Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly

"Two brief but exceedingly dense works by this trio... wonderful stuff."- Brian Olewnick, Bagatellen



HAPTIC / CRISTAL -- Velocimane / Çukurova split 10" (Entr'acte, UK) e60

"Haptic contribute dark, strong work ("Velocimane"), structured in long waves of bowed metals and electronics that develops a fine, brooding feel"- Brian Olewnick, Just Outside


"Haptic's side of the 10" is even deeper and more palpable. Beats, each surrounded by a ripple of echo, loom like craters; electric buzzes seem to come at you from their far-off invisible edge and slam you against the wall... Meditate upon this stuff at your peril." - Bill Meyer, WIRE.

Record LabelEntr'acte, FSS, Bloodlust!, Absurd.
Type of LabelIndie


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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Nov 17 2009 7:00P
HAPTIC + LISA SLODKI @ the MCA Chicago, Illinois
Nov 24 2009 7:00P
HAPTIC + LISA SLODKI @ the MCA Chicago, Illinois
Dec 1 2009 7:00P
HAPTIC + LISA SLODKI @ union theatre Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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   About HAPTIC

Creating densely textured works that can range from stark minimalism to violent, carefully directed chaos, Haptic combines a rigorous attention to sonic detail with restless experimentalism. Formed in Chicago in the spring of 2005 by Steven Hess (On, Pan American, Dropp Ensemble), Joseph Clayton Mills (Jonathan Chen, Dropp Ensemble), and Adam Sonderberg (Dropp Ensemble, Civil War), Haptic was initially conceived as a vehicle for live collaboration. To that end, the group has frequently incorporated a different, rotating fourth member, deliberately chosen to send the music in unpredictable and challenging directions. Such collaborators have ranged from Tony Buck (The Necks) and Olivia Block to Mark Solotroff (BLOODYMINDED).
Individual members of the group have recorded for a multitude of labels, including Kranky, Crouton, Longbox Recordings, Utech, Cathnor, Tonschacht, Entr’acte, Absurd, Type, and BOXmedia, among others.

DISCOGRAPHY:
Trebuchet | CD (Entr'acte, UK) 2009
The Medium | LTD ED 12" / digital album (FSS-005, US) 2009
Repetition | C-47 (Bloodlust! B!122, US) 2009
Velocimane | Split 10" w/ Cristal (Entr'acte E60, UK) 2008
Correction | 7" (Entr'acte E47, UK / absurd 67, GR) 2007.
Danjon Scale | Split 12" w/ Mouths (Entr'acte E37, UK) 2006.
Indifference -> Building On Fire | v/a Two Million Tongues Festival. CD (Bastet 006, US) 2005.


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Haptic (Trebuchet promo) from Entr'acte on Vimeo.






   HAPTIC's Friend Space (Top 12)
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DJ Rapid Phelbs

DJ Rapid Phelbs



Nov 6 2009 7:12 PM

Hello !!!

This is my last progressive techno mix available on free download !!!

DJ Rapid Phelbs - The Deleted Mix by DJ Rapid Phelbs



Enjoy Sound !!!

www.myspace.com/DjRapidPhelbs
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HER(M)ETIC - HELCOME UNDERCOVER SLUT

Hermetic Lodge



Nov 4 2009 3:20 PM

ucs

 

electroton

electroton



Oct 18 2009 9:45 AM

many thanks for the contact.
greetings back.
martin
Red Electric Rainbow

Red Electric Rainbow



Aug 29 2009 11:32 AM

Why thank you
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