Zelienople is… Matt Christensen Brian Harding Mike WeisTumblr (3.0; @zelienople)http://zelienopleband.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/bf76e7aa0ab4ea6bd185fcc5033d97cd/tumblr_mo1hy4uoVX1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>A Ray Of Light On Western Avenue</em></p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/52402066516http://zelienopleband.com/post/52402066516Fri, 07 Jun 2013 15:22:52 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3c06a9913ebc949e5ee15fa2808ccc7b/tumblr_mnvo0kaKRV1qdl86po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://nprmusic.tumblr.com/post/52147699589/featuring-members-of-the-like-minded-drone-groups" target="_blank">nprmusic</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Featuring members of the like-minded drone groups <a href="http://www.npr.org/artists/155522726/locrian" target="_blank">Locrian</a> and Zelionople, Kwaidan’s “The Sound of This Bell” drifts around your brain like a mist of evaporated blood.</span></p> <p><span><a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/allsongs/2013/06/03/188356275/vikings-choice-the-menacing-ghosts-of-drone?sc=tumblr&cc=tumb_music" target="_blank">Listen, if you dare</a>. <br/></span></p> </blockquote> <p>Kwaidan on NPR.</p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/52165486146http://zelienopleband.com/post/52165486146Tue, 04 Jun 2013 16:10:14 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e451284705958b795053ab8a04da0634/tumblr_mnpuybVSZv1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mike Weis solo show next Thursday in Chicago at Comfort Station on the square in Logan Square. Details <a href="http://comfortstationlogansquare.org/2013/05/june-programming-at-comfort-station/" target="_blank">here</a>. No electricity, just percussion. </p> <p><em>(Photo by my 3 year-old son)</em></p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/51880251969http://zelienopleband.com/post/51880251969Sat, 01 Jun 2013 08:32:35 -0500mike weissolo percussioncomfort stationcomfort musiclogan squarechicagozelienople<p>Location TBA. Friday, June 7th</p> <p>I’ll be on the bill with my/our good friends Odawas, and a third act TBA. Issac and Mike will join me on a couple of songs, and I’ll sit in on a couple of theirs. </p> <p>Please make it out if you can!</p> <p>-Matt</p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/51025505050http://zelienopleband.com/post/51025505050Mon, 27 May 2013 19:13:32 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/35b05afa8a3a6efa944b68e0db1ce509/tumblr_mmynay2cUb1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://zelienopleband.com/post/50674321531http://zelienopleband.com/post/50674321531Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:10 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e1eec429100e8fa34c93962fccea4d68/tumblr_mmr875Lb9t1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><span id=".reactRoot[7].[1][4][1]{comment10201139794436520_3702648}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2]" data-ft='{"tn":"K"}'><span id=".reactRoot[7].[1][4][1]{comment10201139794436520_3702648}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0"><span id=".reactRoot[7].[1][4][1]{comment10201139794436520_3702648}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[0]">this will be a record release show for a split 12” between Zelienople and Mako Sica. The album will be available very soon on Slow Knife </span><a href="http://www.slowknife.com/" id=".reactRoot[7].[1][4][1]{comment10201139794436520_3702648}.0.[1].0.[1].0.[0].[0][2].0.[1]" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><a href="http://www.slowknife.com/" target="_blank">http://www.slowknife.com/</a></a></span></span></p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/50364270639http://zelienopleband.com/post/50364270639Mon, 13 May 2013 15:42:00 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/bcdf20bb56bb472fb80718f438bf923e/tumblr_inline_mmg0yidULo1r0iw4n.jpg"/></p> <p><a href="http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15407-three-empty-rooms-of-light-and-space-gateless-gate/" target="_blank">http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/15407-three-empty-rooms-of-light-and-space-gateless-gate/</a></p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/49871798297http://zelienopleband.com/post/49871798297Tue, 07 May 2013 14:32:49 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/3afd03a6d903255c6831e2a8de48ca91/tumblr_inline_mlk09dGxL01qz4rgp.jpg"/></p> <p>I&#8217;m playing a rare solo show next Friday in Chicago at a little shop on Lincoln Avenue, called <a href="http://www.transistorchicago.com/" target="_blank">Transistor</a>. I&#8217;ll be sharing the bill with supreme sound artist, <a href="http://www.josephcmills.com/" target="_blank">Joseph Clayton Mills</a> (also of Haptic). Following our solo sets, Joseph and I will improvise as a duo. Thanks to <a href="http://www.chienanyuan.com/" target="_blank">Chien-An Yuan</a> for the poster design. </p> <p>-Mike</p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/48432773710http://zelienopleband.com/post/48432773710Sat, 20 Apr 2013 07:38:20 -0500<p><img alt="" height="200" src="http://www.ctatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/12-200x200.jpg" width="200"/><img alt="" height="200" src="http://www.ctatsu.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/22-200x200.jpg" width="200"/></p> <p>Your moms says to check out Zelienople member Brian Harding&#8217;s new release &#8220;Wire &amp; Air&#8221; here: <a href="http://www.ctatsu.com/portfolio/ill-professor/" target="_blank">http://www.ctatsu.com/portfolio/ill-professor/</a></p> <p>Guitarist Matt Christensen appears on this release from the Constellation Tatsu label.</p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/48154068519http://zelienopleband.com/post/48154068519Tue, 16 Apr 2013 18:14:31 -0500<iframe width="400" height="300" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/AYn1RjOFj7o?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Fred Frith- No Birds (1974)</p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/47574949784http://zelienopleband.com/post/47574949784Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:32:11 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/7340b80eaa76ed09daf9ef100145ce7b/tumblr_mkunimSCNw1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://zelienopleband.com/post/47300184882http://zelienopleband.com/post/47300184882Sat, 06 Apr 2013 14:59:10 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/748848135c08b9951bf275ed1d56e275/tumblr_mkc4iojVeT1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://zelienopleband.com/post/46440944274http://zelienopleband.com/post/46440944274Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:52:00 -0500<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/62513019" width="400" height="225" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Zelienople’s cover of Talk Talk’s The Rainbow. </p> <p>Donald Prokop created this video for our version of The Rainbow, which was used for a tribute CD called, <a href="http://spiritoftalktalk.com/the-cd/" target="_blank">The Spirit of Talk Talk</a>. Our cover of the song was too long so Depeche Mode’s, Alan Wilder made the final edit. Mike also contributed an essay for the <a href="http://spiritoftalktalk.com/" target="_blank">book</a> by the same name, which I highly recommend picking up. </p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/46107197173http://zelienopleband.com/post/46107197173Sat, 23 Mar 2013 17:20:00 -0500Vimeozelienopledonaldprokopspiritoftalktalktalktalkmusicvideo<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c36e8cb611c58e3eb152e326b26d03a0/tumblr_mk2tbxeTwb1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><em>Frosty Morning Window</em></p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/46006582632http://zelienopleband.com/post/46006582632Fri, 22 Mar 2013 14:11:57 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/c9a49d7eb7a188e6906ebc9986f56202/tumblr_mgnd5le4Ch1qcya21o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://philipdembinski.tumblr.com/post/40573117926/zelienople-last-night-at-saki-records-so-so-good" target="_blank">philipdembinski</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Zelienople last night at Saki Records…so so good</span></p> </blockquote> <p>Since we don’t tour, for those of you who don’t live in Chicago or New York, here’s an indication of what we sound like live. Epitonic recorded our in-store performance at Saki Records a couple of months ago. Nice sound-quality, get it <a href="http://www.epitonic.com/features/epitonic-saki-sessions/#/features/epitonic-saki-sessions/zelienople-epitonic-saki-session/" target="_blank">here</a>. Thanks to Philip Dembinski for this great photo.</p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/45853317210http://zelienopleband.com/post/45853317210Wed, 20 Mar 2013 14:59:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e557c3a5df11dd56b9857afc8b0a5e59/tumblr_mjvi36CcwO1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chicago show this Saturday.</p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/45694228611http://zelienopleband.com/post/45694228611Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:25:54 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/473259ed438622bc45f8349f591b2778/tumblr_mj1cvqg0Oh1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Grounded: Migratory Birds who’s trip was cut short by Chicago windows. Collection of the Field Museum of Natural History.</p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/44367941296http://zelienopleband.com/post/44367941296Sat, 02 Mar 2013 07:45:00 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/18898de03d111ffa276ced2392cd7dbd/tumblr_misonjEq6e1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://zelienopleband.com/post/44005999412http://zelienopleband.com/post/44005999412Mon, 25 Feb 2013 15:21:19 -0600<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/3cd3b803393adbd827233ba72f8c6283/tumblr_miofnjidYy1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://zelienopleband.com/post/43802352048http://zelienopleband.com/post/43802352048Sat, 23 Feb 2013 08:16:31 -0600<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/f6586d0043eb4bf4ba62b41d97244d95/tumblr_min2yr1ycE1r3e0uwo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Catalpa Seed Pod in the snow.</p>http://zelienopleband.com/post/43743625168http://zelienopleband.com/post/43743625168Fri, 22 Feb 2013 14:44:51 -0600