Artist Interviews SiP​/​Prezzano Interview

This week for the CHIRP Radio Artist Interview Series, we caught up with Jimmy and Pete of the Chicago-based electronic production duo SiP​/​Prezzano. We talked about how they met and decided to start working together, the overlap between their individual styles, and their debut, self-titled album. Interview by Mick R. 

SiP​/​Prezzano's album is out on Moon Glyph. 

"We definitely have some different ideas and always want to try different approaches." - Jimmy Lacy

Produced by Mick R. 

Image Credit: Drew Ryan

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Artist Interviews Lakshmi Ramgopal Interview

This week, Features co-director Jessi D speaks with Chicago- and New York-based artist Lakshmi Ramgopal. They discuss how her experience as a professor of history at Columbia University shapes her collaborative and storytelling skills as an artist, her shift to longer-term sound installations and site-specific ensemble performances, her previous work in Love and Radiation, how the death of her grandmother caused her to move towards working through her personal life in her art, and her familial and cultural legacy.

"This has been a really important way for me to understand my changing relationship with my family and also my cultural heritage over the course of my life and all the tensions that come from being a second-generation Indian woman and growing up in a bicultural household; I think it has helped me think on what kind of legacy I want to have." - Lakshmi Ramgopal 

Produced by Jessi D.

Photo Credit: Stephanie Jense

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Artist Interviews Eris Drew Interview

Rave and house artist Eris Drew proves that she is the High Priestess of the Motherbeat on her debut LP Quivering In Time, released on her own T4T LUV NRG label. She talks with features co-director Mick R about the influence of Terence McKenna on her work, the magic and science behind dance music, and the importance that safety plays in clubs and at festivals.

Quivering In Time is out on T4T LUV NRG.

"There's something really magical about dance events. And the kinds of experiences I've had at some of them can only be described as life changing or mystical or spiritual on some level."  - Eris Drew

Production by Mick R.

Photo Credit:  Eris Drew. 

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Artist Interviews St. Marlboro Interview

This week, Features contributor Mike Nikolich speaks with Kyle Paulin, Anthony Cook, Garrett Campbell, and Derek Dare of Chicago's St. Marlboro. They discuss their punk roots and how it shows through in the indie country they play today, their recent release show at Schuba's for their LP Photo Album, and how spending time at Anthony's grandmother's empty house during the pandemic served as the visual inspiration for their series of singles and album.

"I find a lot of inspiration when I'm playing live. Sometimes when a song hasn't been recorded yet, I'm kind of developing it during the live shows, trying different things, and seeing what feels right." - Anthony Cook

Produced by Mike Nikolich.

Photo Credit: Bobby Serwa

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Artist Interviews RP Boo Interview

Legendary Chicago DJ and pioneering footwork producer RP Boo talks about the music that inspired him to start producing, how his fourth album Established! got its name, and why music is the key to understanding and why it will outlast everything else. Interview by Features Co-Director Mick R. 

"We are all part of music and that's the greatest thing that I've learned... I have all the days until I'm no longer here to keep creating something unknown and to inspire others to keep going." - RP Boo

Established! is out via Planet Mu. 

Produced by Mick R. 

Photo Credit: Matthew Avignone 

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