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Sideband Records Sideband Records is a new, Chicago-based label mainly presenting different voices from the city's vibrant New Music scene.

It was was founded by composers Chris Mercer and Hans Thomalla.

Yotam Haber's Bloodsnow released today on Sideband Records! Check out this beautiful new album with recordings by Talea ...
22/09/2023

Yotam Haber's Bloodsnow released today on Sideband Records! Check out this beautiful new album with recordings by Talea Ensemble, American Wild Ensemble, Don-Paul Kahl, and Taylor Ward.
"Yotam Haber’s music encompasses an unusually expansive range of expressions – visceral, sensuous, momentous, and transcendental. It has a beautiful depth and breadth that is rare to encounter. The performances of “Bloodsnow” and “They Say You Are My Disaster” by Talea Ensemble led by James Baker are truly outstanding. Don-Paul Kahl’s saxophone solo is breathtaking." (Lei Liang)
https://www.sidebandrecords.com/sideband-11

Just 10 more days! Yotam Haber's "Bloodsnow" coming out on Sideband Records September 22! With Talea Ensemble, American ...
12/09/2023

Just 10 more days! Yotam Haber's "Bloodsnow" coming out on Sideband Records September 22! With Talea Ensemble, American Wild Ensemble, Taylor Ward, and Don-Paul Kahl!
"Haber has crafted music that is mesmerizing and refined—not a music of moods and transitions, but rather of primal sensations and incongruous juxtapositions, keen sentience and psychic turmoil." (Martin Brody, Composer, Wellesley College)

New album by Yotam Haber coming out in September on Sideband Records! With Talea Ensemble, American Wild Ensemble, and D...
04/07/2023

New album by Yotam Haber coming out in September on Sideband Records! With Talea Ensemble, American Wild Ensemble, and Don-Paul Kahl - Saxophonist!

Available March 3, Sideband 10, ‘Trapdoors and Hidden Passages’ by Chris Mercer. Features electroacoustic works going ba...
17/02/2023

Available March 3, Sideband 10, ‘Trapdoors and Hidden Passages’ by Chris Mercer. Features electroacoustic works going back to 2003.

Today Ben Roidl-Ward's new album "Axis Mundi: New Works for Bassoon" is out! You can order Ben's recording on Bandcamp, ...
06/11/2022

Today Ben Roidl-Ward's new album "Axis Mundi: New Works for Bassoon" is out! You can order Ben's recording on Bandcamp, Amazon, or listen on all major streaming sites! And if you are in Chicago: come to the album-release show tonight at Constellation Chicago! (PS Design as always by the fabulous Ana Maria Bermudez! Cover painting by Leah Asher)

This Sunday!  New from Sideband Records—Axis Mundi: New Works for Bassoon by Ben Roidl-Ward.  Visit Ben’s Bandcamp page....
01/11/2022

This Sunday! New from Sideband Records—Axis Mundi: New Works for Bassoon by Ben Roidl-Ward. Visit Ben’s Bandcamp page.

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24/10/2022

Ben Roidl-Ward, bassoonDaniel Pesca, pianoFeatured on "Axis Mundi: New Works for Bassoon"Releases on Sideband Records, November 6th, 2022https://benroidlward...

16/10/2022

New and experimental chamber music performed with dedication, virtuosity, and an exploratory spirit.

For your GRAMMY® consideration:Sideband Records object/animal are in the first round of voting for Best Chamber Music / ...
15/10/2022

For your GRAMMY® consideration:
Sideband Records object/animal are in the first round of voting for Best Chamber Music / Small Ensemble Performance.
We are very excited for our first nomination! A big shoutout to our friends at Ensemble Dal Niente, and the composers involved: LJ White, Jeff Parker, and Murat Çolak!

This Friday, Live at 2pm ET: Ben Carson discusses his new album ‘By a Moment and a Word’ with Sideband Records cofounder...
12/10/2022

This Friday, Live at 2pm ET: Ben Carson discusses his new album ‘By a Moment and a Word’ with Sideband Records cofounder Chris Mercer.

This Friday, Live at 2pm ET: Ben Carson discusses his new album ‘By a Moment and a Word’ with Sideband Records cofounder...
10/10/2022

This Friday, Live at 2pm ET: Ben Carson discusses his new album ‘By a Moment and a Word’ with Sideband Records cofounder Chris Mercer.

Out today!  New from Sideband Records: ‘By a Moment and a Word’ by Ben Leeds Carson. Vinyl and digital available at Ben ...
29/09/2022

Out today!  New from Sideband Records: ‘By a Moment and a Word’ by Ben Leeds Carson. Vinyl and digital available at Ben Leeds Carson’s Bandcamp page. 

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Sideband Records today releases its first vinyl album, Ben Leeds Carson's "By a Moment and a Day", featuring Dog Trio an...
29/09/2022

Sideband Records today releases its first vinyl album, Ben Leeds Carson's "By a Moment and a Day", featuring Dog Trio and Reidemeister Move. The tracks on the album have been newly mastered, optimizing the quiet and concentrated sound-world of Carson's two works for vinyl playback. The digital download and streaming of "By a Moment and a Day" will continue to be available on all major streaming sites and on Bandcamp.

Available this Thurs 9/29.  We’re proud to release our first vinyl project, ‘By a Moment and a Word’ by Ben Leeds Carson...
26/09/2022

Available this Thurs 9/29. We’re proud to release our first vinyl project, ‘By a Moment and a Word’ by Ben Leeds Carson ! Visit Ben’s Bandcamp site to get your copy.

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01/06/2022

New from Sideband Records! Ben Leeds Carson’s ‘By a Moment and a Word.’ Available now at Ben’s Bandcamp page. Vinyl coming in August!

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Out today!  New from Sideband Records: ‘By a Moment and a Word’ by Ben Leeds Carson. This digital pre-release will be fo...
26/05/2022

Out today! New from Sideband Records: ‘By a Moment and a Word’ by Ben Leeds Carson. This digital pre-release will be followed in August by an LP version, Sideband’s first vinyl release. Visit Ben Leeds Carson’s Bandcamp page.

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Tomorrow!  New from Sideband Records: ‘By a Moment and a Word’ by Ben Leeds Carson. This digital pre-release will be fol...
25/05/2022

Tomorrow! New from Sideband Records: ‘By a Moment and a Word’ by Ben Leeds Carson. This digital pre-release will be followed in August by an LP version, Sideband’s first vinyl release.

https://www.sidebandrecords.com/sideband8

Ensemble Dal Niente’s Sideband Records album Object/Animal is on Bandcamp “Best of Contemporary classical music”!
29/04/2022

Ensemble Dal Niente’s Sideband Records album Object/Animal is on Bandcamp “Best of Contemporary classical music”!

Coming this Friday from Sideband Records!  Visit  at Bandcamp.
23/03/2022

Coming this Friday from Sideband Records! Visit at Bandcamp.

19/02/2022

We got so many fantastic pitches this month, it seemed rude to review only one

Aiyun Huang's album 'Resonances' just got an excellent review in The Whole Note:https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/b...
19/02/2022

Aiyun Huang's album 'Resonances' just got an excellent review in The Whole Note:

https://www.thewholenote.com/index.php/booksrecords2/moderncontempo

ResonancesAiyun HuangSideband Records 06 (sidebandrecords. com) Virtuoso percussionist Aiyun Huang has recorded a selection of new works that challenge the performer in different ways. In each, the

Sideband Records new CD is coming out March 25th: Ensemble Dal Niente's Object/Animal, with pieces by LJ White, Murat Ço...
16/02/2022

Sideband Records new CD is coming out March 25th: Ensemble Dal Niente's Object/Animal, with pieces by LJ White, Murat Çolak, and Jeff Parker! A wild musical ride featuring Chicago's celebrated new music ensemble.
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With Ben Melsky, Carrie Henneman Shaw, Amanda DeBoer Bartlett, Tom Snydacker, Mabel Kwan, Matthew Oliphant, Andrew Nogal, Katherine Schoepflin Jimoh, Kyle Flens, Ammie Brod, Tara Lynn Ramsey, Chris Wild, Laura Adkins, Mark Buchner,
Michael Lewanski, Ana María Bermúdez

20/01/2022

Aiyun Huang premieres Chris Mercer’s ‘Concerto Chamber.’ Check out the album ‘Resonances’ at Aiyun’s Bandcamp page.

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Very excited for our new release coming out in March! Dal Niente's Object/Animal!
19/01/2022

Very excited for our new release coming out in March! Dal Niente's Object/Animal!

Our newest album is hitting the streets on March 25th! "object/animal" showcases some pieces that have been close to our hearts for years now: Jeff Parker's Water on Glass, LJ White's We Don't Eat Dead Things, and Murat Çolak’s SWAN. Drawn from a myriad of inspirations including pre-existing pop, trance, film music, and musique concrète, "object/animal" is a sort of map of where we've traveled together, as a group and with our collaborators.

You can pre-order the digital album on bandcamp here: https://dalniente.bandcamp.com/album/object-animal

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Check out the world premiere by Aiyun Huang of Chris Mercer's 'Concerto Chamber.'  You can hear the recorded version on ...
11/01/2022

Check out the world premiere by Aiyun Huang of Chris Mercer's 'Concerto Chamber.' You can hear the recorded version on the album 'Resonances' from Sideband Records. Visit Aiyun Huang's Bandcamp page.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SK6eIrQK-Fg

World Premiere at We Are the World of Percussion, Taiwan. Online concert July 23, 2021.[Zoom recording = mono audio]Check out the full concert here:https://w...

17/11/2021

Here’s Aiyun working on the percussion-guitar part of Chris Mercer’s ‘Concerto Chamber.’ Hear it with the Mercer Studio Orchestra on Aiyun’s new album ‘Resonances’ now available from Sideband Records.

The album is a collection of pieces for percussion solo and percussion with electronics and it presents a broad display of contemporary percussion writing: from classic works of the genre, such as Roger Reynolds' ‘Autumn Island’ to works written specifically for the artist. ‘Resonances’ will be available as a digital download from Bandcamp, as well as all major online retailers, and it streams on all major streaming services. Physical CDs are available on our website.

https://aiyunhuang.bandcamp.com/releases

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08/03/2020
Bagatelle 1 – Hans Thomalla

A brief excerpt from Hans Thomalla’s Bagatelle 1 - played by the Spektral Quartet. Enjoy!
(Sideband Records 1 - release date April 15!)

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