recent

we have moved into a new a new space in the caverns of the music garage here in Chicago.
this is one of many videos documenting experiences within.
(shot by Reid)




_bill

photos

the ep is back from the printer.
here are some snapshots of it as well as the details:


if you would like to purchase one
contact us at: zikrmusic@gmail.com
or contact ryan at: info@quanrecordings.com

the ep is $5 for 3 songs and all original artwork by myself.
all proceeds go to the funding of the next disc.

_bill

our lament: a silent suffocation

hi,

I'm Joseph George, and I think I'm on the right track.

There is nothing more that I wish to accomplish with this seemingly self-indulgent sludge of constructed cacophony than to bring together the disparate stir of an deprived cultural community, which continues to exist latently and in isolation in front of computer screens and television sets around the world. Albeit, no one mortal individual should ever be responsible for a singular global culture (and I see any such attempts as pure imperialism), I myself would find ultimate life fulfillment in the success of connecting with even the most concentrated of locale.

Music is a language that never says anything more than, "Listen to my humanity."

We found a special place, more than just a building, here in Chicago, where we will try our share at articulating this message.

Love.

flyer, photos, more to come

hello,
first off (as Joseph already mentioned) we are headlining a show at Subterranean with Chicago electronic acts Silences Sumire and Aphorism. here is a flyer i drew up for it:
and here are some photos i recently took on the trip to master our EP.
more news on that very very soon.




_bill

ZiKR LIVE @ Subterranean

Zikr is performing with Silences Sumire (myspace.com/silencessumire)

Sunday August 9, 2009

Doors: 8 PM, 17+

$8

Subterranean

2011 W. North Ave. Chicago, IL 60647

[located in Wicker Park, steps from the Blue Line Damen stop]

phone: 773-278-6600

>>Tickets<<

Online pre-sale available here:

http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&eventId=2188844

3rd act TBA

the antidote for slow sundays

afternoon!

ZiKR is performing this Sunday 5/31.  We're opening up for Chicago bands Big Science & Skybox.  DePaul friends also playing: Face Time Police, The Girly Drinks.  

Cortelyou Commons (the alleged filming location of the fencing scene from the Macaulay Culkin classic "Richie Rich")

2324 N. Fremont

Chicago, IL 60614

DePaul University

Downbeat: 7 PM sharp.

Admission: 1 positive, galvanizing attitude [$0]

Open to "general public".

That means you.

[we'll also have a limited supply of a pre-release of our first EP, available for any kind of donation -monetary or not so.] 

april showers, may flowers : first CD release emerges out of the horizon

hi,

this is joseph.  you may remember.  i felt like letting anyone who's mindful enough to check this blog from time to time, or those who happened to accidentally end up here (which is no less a valid excuse to read these rants)  that i and my dear friend Lachlan A. Fletcher (now of Montreal) will be doing a mix of a session now nearly a month old.  despite the uncomfortable length of time between these dauntingly spaced stepping stones, it is healthy for me to rest my ears from songs i have devoted much of my energy to rendering these past weeks.  i can re-approach with a cleansed palate, perhaps.

we recorded this material in a single 18 hour session at Strobe Recording in Chicago with a personally inspirational figure of mine: Jeremy Lemos (White/Light, Semaphore Recording).  though grueling, draining, frustrating as it was, it was nevertheless enlightening and life affirming.  in attendance were the backbone and QB: my brother Reid Garrison Miller, and Ryan Jedlicka, respectively. i cannot wait to do this again. but i should probably finish this project before beginning another, which only leads me back to paragraph one.

bill has made beautiful sleeves for these compact discs. his work speaks for itself (though in an eerie child-like whisper). as usual. 

many happenings.  much excitement.  hence my overwhelming desire to share it with you.  whoever you are.

April showers shall truly bring May flowers... if you wait to watch them bloom.

joseph_george

p.s. Zikr will play a short set opening for Chicago bands Big Science and Skybox at DePaul University Sunday May 31st at 6:30 PM.  it's free.  and we're playing in the building they filmed the fencing scene in "Richie Rich", so i'm told.  why wouldn't you want to be there?