Jim O'Rourke
Jim O'Rourke, born in Chicago in 1969, is one of the most important figures in music today in many different roles. He has produced records for Smog, John Fahey, U.S. Maple and Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, remixed Merzbow, played in Gastr del Sol with David Grubbs, in Loose Fur and in Sonic Youth from 1999 to 2005, and made solo albums on Drag City, Bad Timing and Eureka among them, that mix Fahey, Bacharach and the Chicago underground. First known as a guitarist, he has been just as active in improvisation, with Mats Gustafsson and many others, and in electroacoustic composition.
Jim O'Rourke, born in Chicago in 1969, is one of the most important figures in music today in many different roles. He has produced records for Smog, John Fahey, U.S. Maple and Wilco's Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, remixed Merzbow, played in Gastr del Sol with David Grubbs, in Loose Fur and in Sonic Youth from 1999 to 2005, and made solo albums on Drag City, Bad Timing and Eureka among them, that mix Fahey, Bacharach and the Chicago underground. First known as a guitarist, he has been just as active in improvisation, with Mats Gustafsson and many others, and in electroacoustic composition.
