Mixer: Aadam Jacobs

Mix Titles (2):  Analog & Digital

Each one of these mixes have a distinct theme - For "Analog", Aadam explains: "Less than a month ago I was given an amazing record collection.  My girlfriend's mother and stepfather had a flood in there basement and I was enlisted to rescue the LPs.  This mix is entirely from that collection."

Digital is similarly limited in its parameter - "This compilation is limited to CDs I bought within the last month.  Between thrift stores, garage sales and a sale at Reckless, I had over 100 cds to choose from.  Some of these were bought on a whim and were not heard by me until the making of this collection"

Aadam Jacobs has been a Chicago most notable concert archivist since May 1984 when he taped legendary British experimental improv collective AMM performing at the Arts Club of Chicago.

For the two decades since, Jacobs has been talking his way into about 15 gigs a month, setting up his microphones and deck and taping the performances for his private collection. He'd already passed 3,000 volumes when he stopped updating his show log two years ago. The living room of his Ukrainian Village condo is filled floor to ceiling with boxes and cases of tapes. Aadam is also an organizer of the Indiepop music festival.

My passion is really to document something that's otherwise not being documented," he says. "It's more a desire to collect and archive this stuff. I'll make copies for the band if they ask for it, but a lot of the time I'll listen to something once and put it away for good."

 

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