FREE MONDAY in Chicago
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Venue: Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
Performer: FREE MONDAY
Doors: 8PM / Show: 9PM / 21+ RSVP DOES NOT GUARANTEE ENTRY Hélène Barbier seeds melodies that ferment and blossom in the shadows, pairing hummable lines with alien tunes conjured in someone else's psyche across time and space. Siamese fragments. She creates an imbalance through juxtaposition. Four simple notes become evocative alongside four disorienting, different notes, and this simplistic rule has become a basis for complex play. Barbier enlists musicians based on willingness to break from tired chords, worn fills, and needless flourish---expertise aside. She switches between English and…
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