Join us on Saturday, March 29, 2025 as the Creative Audio Archive collaborates with Asian Improv Arts Midwest to present a free, public Listening Party and Screening of rarely seen archival footage documenting a live performance by the Fred Anderson Trio in Osaka in 1999. The screening will be followed by a live discussion with Aoki. 

We’re trying something new! This Friday, July 12th, we’re hosting a CAA Archive Listening Party & Jam session in our studio from 7-10 PM.

Join us in the ESS garden for a listening party featuring work created by Circles & Ciphers and the recordings that inspired them from the Creative Audio Archive. Free, refreshments provided.

Experimental Sound Studio and AIRMW present a listening party and evening with Tatsu Aoki to share his stories about and experiences with Fred Anderson. This program was made possible in part by a grant from Illinois Humanities.

As "Archive Artists in Residence" at the Experimental Sound Studio, Every house has a door will premier a new short film 5 Beginnings ESS. Every house has a door director Lin Hixson and dramaturge Matthew Goulish selected five works from the ESS archives and invited collaborating artists to remake their beginnings, sequencing them into a five-part performance, a lyrical trajectory and a live mini-essay for the camera.

Archive Dive Broadcast: featuring recordings from the Studio Henry Collection and an exclusive interview with Wayne Horvitz.

Join Interdisciplinary Artist and Educator, Kamau Patton, with Experimental Sound Studio or a presentation of work from his post as Archive Artist in Residence – engaging the Sun Ra / El Saturn collection in the Creative Audio Archive at ESS.

Join us for a VIP EXCLUSIVE day 3 of the epic DREAMSTREAM, a special online fundraiser honoring Laetitia Sonami.