In anticipation of alter ego albums *Hav/Stena* to be released on Drag City in September 2024, Matchess (AKA Whitney Johnson) enlists Haley Fohr (AKA Circuit des Yeux), Jenny Pulse, and claire rousay to turn down the energetic temperature and settle into a mellow expansion of sound. With three marimbas, sine waves, viola, voices, electronics, and drums, the quartet will invite us to experience sonic doubles in our bodies and minds. Their individual practices in experimental music, sound art, and performance will alchemize a fresh collaboration on this tour of the American South and West.

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Whitney Johnson is an artist based in Chicago who uses sound to explore relationships between bodies and minds. As Matchess, she composes, performs, and installs multi-channel sound from the viola, sine waves, vocalization, tape looping, and field recording. In tandem with her sound practice, she received her doctorate in the sociology of sound from the University of Chicago in 2018 and begins as Assistant Professor of Sound Practices at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in August 2024. ~

Haley Fohr is a vocalist, composer and singer-songwriter based in Chicago, Illinois. Her musical endeavors focus around our human condition, and her 15-year career as Circuit des Yeux has grown into one of America’s most successful efforts to connect the personal to the universal. She is most distinctly identified by her 4-octave voice and unique style of 12-string guitar. Fohr has released 5 commercially released albums to international acclaim. Her stage performance as Circuit des Yeux has won her slots at world renowned music festivals such as Roskilde (DK), MOOG Festival (US), Pitchfork Festival (US), OFF Festival (PL), Sydney Festival (AUS) and more. She is currently represented by Matador Records. ~

Jenny Pulse is a producer and performer based in Chicago. Her current collaboration with Tim Kinsella draws on years spent making thoughtful and unpredictable art, whether musically as Joan of Arc or Spa Moans, or under their given names as writers and visual artists. As a painter, performance artist, and electronic producer, she brings an interdisciplinary perspective to each aspect of her practice. Catch Jenny on tour in 2024 in support of the recent release "Giddy Skelter" on Kill Rock Stars. ~

claire rousay is a singular artist, known for challenging conventions in experimental and ambient music forms. rousay masterfully incorporates textural found sounds, sumptuous drones and candid field recordings into music that celebrates the beauty in life’s banalities. Her music is curatorial and granular in detail, deftly shaped into emotionally affecting pieces. The confessional nature of sampled fragments of conversation give her pieces a specificity and sense of intimacy that is both immediate and curious. rousay’s innate ability to conjure pure feeling from sound derives from her delightful embrace of pop forms, the vulnerability found in field recordings, minimalistic arrangements and innovative sound choices.

*Matchess photo credit: Marzena Abrahamik*

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Matchess feat. Haley Fohr, Jenny Pulse, and claire rousay + Itasca

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