Photay w/ justindemus
Sleeping Village
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Chicago
Wednesday, October 23 at 8 pm CDT
Electronic
Nightclub
Wednesday, October 23 at 8 pm CDT
Electronic
Nightclub
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$20 Adv + Fees | 21+
From the perspective of people who categorize music by genres and types, Evan Shornstein, better-known under his production moniker Photay, has created lots of different kinds of sounds over the past decade. There’s the Hudson Valley-raised, Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist composer’s quasi-IDM and electronic almost-pop tracks with the occasional vocal; the improvised organic and and experimental music sessions he participates in alongside new age giants, Laraaji and Carlos Niño; the diaspora electronic folk-jazz he makes with veteran musicians from all over the globe; and the disco and house adjacent records he tag-team DJs with Brooklyn producer Cesar Toribio and engineer Phil Moffa (who also masters all of Photay’s records — and those of dance-music dons around the world). But if you’ve listened closely to Shornstein’s prodigious output, you know that separating and classifying the work is actually contrary to the energy of Photay music.
justindemus is a lifelong experimental sound artist with an emotive body of work that blurs the lines between dance, dream pop, and shoegaze.
Their music has been described as “genius”, “hypnotic”, and “genre-defying”, garnering local and international praise from publications like the Chicago Reader, Tribune, and 5 Magazine.
Presented by Sleeping Village.
This is an 21+ event