Haptic
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, Absurd, Other Electricities, and BOXmedia among others.
See also Triptych
Discography
System Failure cassette (E88)
Entr’acte, 2010
Trebuchet CD (E75)
Entr’acte, 2009
The Medium 12"/MP3
Flingco Sound System, 2009
Repetition cassette
Bloodlust!, 2009
Velocimane/Çukurova 10" (E60)
Split with Cristal
Entr’acte, 2008
Repetition mp3 EP
Deleted
Crouton, 2008
Correction 7" (E47/A67)
Entr’acte/Absurd, 2007
1V2E/Danjon Scale 12" (E37)
Split with Mouths
Entr’acte, 2006
‘Indifference —> Building On Fire’
Two Million Tongues Festival CD
Bastet, 2005
Left to right: Hess, Sonderberg, Mills