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levi dayan

@ldayan.bsky.social

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Chicago based music writer, bylines include The Wire, The Quietus, Bandcamp Daily, Chicago Reader and more

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levi dayan @ldayan.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

2nd edition of Cottage Industry, my newsletter highlighting small press experimental music labels, just dropped on Substack. Today I delved into the weird and wonderful world of 29 Speedway, a label and performance series founded by Ben Shirken (Ex Wiish, Beshken, Nu Jazz). Read it here:

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Cottage Industry Vol. 2 - 29 Speedway

A glimpse inside the world of small-operation experimental labels

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David Menestres @abstracttruth.northsky.social · 10/03/2026

Cecil Taylor - Piano Sunny Murray - Drums Henry Grimes - Bass Jimmy Lyons - Saxophone

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frozen reeds @frozenreeds.com · 12/03/2026

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Mika Vainio - DubMix 1

Bit of a mad one this, a lost dub mixtape recorded by Mika Vainio in the 1990’s and recently discovered in a box of DAT tapes by Sähkö legend Tommi Grönlund with a little help from Frozen Reeds’ Ian F...

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levi dayan @ldayan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Any examples of artists who are so idiosyncratic in their greatness that you don’t listen to them as much as you should because it makes everything else pale in comparison? Think I read a Jim O’Rourke interview once where he described Luc Ferrari along those lines.

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levi dayan @ldayan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Morton Feldman, Earle Brown and David Tudor all being born in 1926 is the avant-garde equivalent of Clinton, Dubya and Trump all being born in 1946.

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levi dayan @ldayan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Harry Styles recreates his favorite movie The Shout

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levi dayan @ldayan.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

New edition of The Wire includes my coverage of the Company 2025 event at @cafeotodalston.bsky.social , two beautiful nights of improvisation in tribute to Derek Bailey and Company week. Give it a read.

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extempufo.bsky.social @extempufo.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

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levi dayan @ldayan.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

Off the top of my head

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ceej @ceej.online · 28/02/2026

our government combines the impulse control of pete hegseth, the intellectual rigor of rfk jr, and the attention span of donald trump with elon musk’s signature sense of humor

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Patrick Cosmos @veryimportant.lawyer · 27/02/2026

Bill Clinton when he gets to lie under oath

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a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of the word yeah .

Alt: John wick saying “yeah im thinking im back”

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graham in chicago @rosnerisland.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Playing an improvised music gig on 3/8 that is highlighted in the local experimental music roundup by Levi D. "The boyz" and I will be laying down some laminal sounds at Constellation using amplified trumpet, wooden flute, clarinet, and sine waves.

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levi dayan @ldayan.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

finally caved and joined this platform, let's hope i don't regret my decision. if you're looking for shows to go to in Chicago next month, give this a read.

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Chicago Calling - March 2026

Takaat, Luke Martin, Twixx and more come to town

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