Sympathetic Sounds
12.09.25
Natural Information Society (NIS) — the ensemble led by Joshua Abrams that’s established itself as “a driving force in Chicago’s vibrant jazz, post-rock, indie, and creative music scene” (NPR Music) — release Perseverance Flow, their “energetically nutritious” (The Wire) new album out now via eremite Records (North America), Aguirre Records (EU), and New Soil Music (streaming), along with a new edit, “Perseverance Flow (Slo-Mo Edit).”
After a trilogy of double LPs by expanded manifestations of the band — including 2018’s Mandatory Reality, 2021’s Descension (Out Of Our Constrictions), and 2023’s Since Time Is Gravity, Perseverance Flow finds NIS returning to its core formation: Lisa Alvarado on harmonium, Mikel Patrick Avery on drums, Jason Stein on bass clarinet, and composer/multi-instrumentalist Joshua Abrams on guimbri.
For this guest session, Natural Information Society’s Joshua Abrams shares a mix of sounds for & from living.
Tracklist:
George Lewis & Douglas Ewart – The Imaginary Suite – pt2 The Phoenix Grupo Oba-Ilu – Elegguá Laurie Spiegel – Drums Plux Quba – Wask Omar S – 003 Miles Davis – Nem Un Talvez Natural Information Society – Perseverance Flow pt two Robert Hood – Minus DJ Rashad – Leaving Mansulu – Oka Mi Yin Oba Orun Drexciya – Darthouven Fish Men Kraftwerk – Dentaku Moody Mann – i can’t kick this feelin’ when it hits Charles Earland – Leaving This Planet Melvin Gibbs – Gullah Jack Style Jay Dee – Fly Charles Stepney – In The Basement Hermeto Paschoal – Plin Jeff Parker – Change (Live) Mohammed Ben Mohammed al Majdoob – Rih ash Sheikh al Kamal Natural Information Society & Bitchin Bajas – Always 9 Seconds Away Ben Vida – Who’s Haunting Who Here Ensemble Ndut Tree Pül – Flat gong sets, cing Eliane Radigue – CHRY-PTUS I (1971) Gerald Cleaver – The Process, Pt 2 Mura-be – Ommura Iyavati
