Mute Duo + Dave Rempis/Tyler Damon Duo

Name: Mute Duo + Dave Rempis/Tyler Damon Duo
Start: 2025-06-27T21:00:00-05:00
Location: 2319 W Belmont Ave Chicago IL 60618

Schedule

Fri, 27 Jun, 2025 at 09:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

2319 W Belmont Ave Chicago IL 60618 | Chicago, IL

21+. 9pm.

9 pm : Dave Rempis/Tyler Damon Duo

Dave Rempis - saxophones
Tyler Damon - drums

10 pm : MUTE DUO

Sam Wagster - pedal steel guitar
Skyler Rowe - drums

The Duo of Dave Rempis and Tyler Damon encapsulates the hard-working Chicago improvised music scene in a nutshell. Tyler Damon's extensive vocabulary behind the kit has positioned him as an important figure in the American underground. Whether he’s working with improvised stalwarts like Mars Williams and Joshua Abrams, or indie acts like Eli Winter and Circuit Des Yeux, he remains deeply invested in spontaneous playing. Rempis' ubiquity matches his prowess — in addition to longstanding bands like Rempis Percussion Quartet, Ballister, and Rempis/Abrams/Ra, he’s also performed and recorded with the likes of Joe McPhee, Peter Brötzmann, Tomeka Reid, Joshua Abrams, jaimie branch, Chris Corsano and Nate Wooley. The pair comprise two thirds of the trio Kuzu alongside guitarist Tashi Dorji, and have released albums on Astral Spirits and Rempis' own Aerophonic imprint. Their relationship deepened even further over the course of the pandemic, when these Chicago neighbors hosted a weekly duo concert in a park near both of their homes on Friday afternoons through the warmer months. This regular and rare performance opportunity in that time, usually featuring a different guest each week, furthered their already simpatico musical relationship in a profound way.

Mute Duo’s music is emblematic of their deep roots in Chicago. Pedal steel guitarist Sam Wagster and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Skyler Rowe draw on the city’s long legacy of omnivorous instrumental music, with a sound that is slow and wide open, incorporating elements of free improvisation, ambient music, and Americana.