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 (Pan American, Dropp Ensemble, On,
Fessenden), 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, Other Electricities, and BOXmedia, among others.
DISCOGRAPHY:
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.
Forthcoming:
Trebuchet | CD (Entr'acte, UK) 2009
Haptic Trailer from Flingco Sound System on Vimeo .
Haptic (as duo) - From a private concert held in Skokie, IL. (Hess not present in performance).
