His work centers on exploring sound through improvisation, experimentation, collaboration, as well as a wide array of idiomatic approaches in an ever-changing, always-growing list of projects with diverse focuses and influences.Though varying drastically from group to group, a common thread in his work is the juxtaposition of seemingly disparate elements to create something new: both foreign and familiar. Ishmael Ali is a first generation Filipino-Arab-American cellist, guitarist, improviser, composer, and electronic artist currently residing in Chicago. Mastered by Myles Boisen, Guerilla Recording, Oakland, CA Source material recorded at Experimental Sound Studio, Chicago, IL by Ralph Loza & at Madhouse Studios, Evanston, IL by Dave Zuchowski, One Room Studio Mark Daelmans - Sikkel :: The Haugue, Netherlands This material will be released in two volumes in digital format a physical cd release is on the horizon for the fall of 2021 I am thrilled by the results and I hope you will be too.' My aim is to provide multiple perspectives on the art of remote composition building during this time of lockdown and 'non-togetherness.' I asked them each to construct, reimagine, add to, subtract from.to build a new piece (or set of pieces) using the source material provided. 'I sent over some sounds which I created and recorded on marimba, drums, and percussion, to a list of artists from diverse sound-making backgrounds and geographic locations. REMOTE SOUND COLLABORATION INSPIRED BY A UNIQUE PERIOD IN TIME SOURCE MATERIAL PROVIDED BY CHICAGO DRUMMER AND COMPOSER TIM DAISY IMAGINARY ROOMS VOL 2:: A SELECTION OF NEW COMPOSITIONS CREATED BY ARTISTS FROM VARIOUS SOUND-MAKING BACKGROUNDS AND GEOGRAPHIC LOCATIONS.

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