Haptic

Real Name:

Steven Hess, Joseph Clayton Mills & Adam Sonderberg

Profile:

Electro-acoustic trio from Chicago.

Creating densely textured works that can range from stark minimalism
to violent, carefully directed chaos, Haptic combines a rigorous attention
to sonic detail with restless experimentalism. Formed in Chicago in the
spring of 2005 by Steven Hess (Cleared, RLYR, Innode, ex-Dropp
Ensemble), Joseph Clayton Mills (Maar, Partial, Jonathan Chen, ex-Dropp Ensemble),
and Adam Sonderberg (ex-Dropp Ensemble), Haptic was initially
conceived as a vehicle for live collaboration. To that end, the group has
frequently incorporated a different, rotating fourth member, deliberately
chosen to send the music in unpredictable and challenging directions.
Such collaborators have ranged from Tony Buck (The Necks) and
Olivia Block to Mark Solotroff (BLOODYMINDED).

Individual members of the group have recorded for a multitude of
labels including Kranky, Crouton, Editions Mego, Longbox Recordings,
Relapse Records, Utech, Cathnor, Tonschacht, Absurd, Thrill Jockey,
and BOXmedia among others.

Sites:

Bandcamp

Members:

Adam Sonderberg, Joseph Clayton Mills, Steven Hess

Artist

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Albums
	FSS-5		Haptic	The Medium (Album)	Flingco Sound System	FSS-5	US	2009	Sell This Version
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	E75		Haptic	Trebuchet ‎(CD, Album, Ltd)	Entr'acte	E75	UK	2009	Sell This Version
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	E127		Haptic	Scilens (Album)	Flingco Sound System	E127	UK	2011	Sell This Version
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	E168		Haptic	Abeyance ‎(CD, Album, Ltd)	Entr'acte	E168	Belgium	2013	Sell This Version
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	NTR032		Haptic	Excess Of Vision: Unreleased Recordings, 2005-2014 ‎(Cass, Ltd, Num, C48)	Notice Recordings	NTR032	US	2014	Sell This Version
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	U46		Haptic	Ten Years Under The Earth ‎(CD, Album, Ltd, Num)	Unfathomless	U46	Belgium	2017	Sell This Version
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	NTR062		Haptic	Weird Undying Annihilation ‎(Cass, Album, Num)	Notice Recordings	NTR062	US	2021	Sell This Version
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	9ED024		Haptic	Ladder Of Shadows ‎(CD, Album, Ltd)	901 Editions	9ED024	Italy	2022	Sell This Version
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Singles & EPs
	E37		Mouths / Haptic	Mouths / Haptic - 1V2E / Danjon Scale ‎(12")	Entr'acte	E37	UK	2006	Sell This Version
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	E47, A67		Haptic	Correction ‎(7")	Entr'acte, Absurd	E47, A67	UK	2007	Sell This Version
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	E60		Haptic / Cristal (2)	Haptic / Cristal (2) - Velocimane / Çukurova ‎(10")	Entr'acte	E60	UK	2008	Sell This Version
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Compilations
	-1		Haptic	Uncollected Works (2005-2010) ‎(File, WAV, Comp)	Not On Label	-1	US	2020
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	-2		Haptic	Initials SRH, JCM, AS ‎(File, WAV, Comp)	Not On Label	-2	US	2020
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Miscellaneous
	B!122		Haptic	Repetition ‎(Cass, S/Sided, Ltd, C47)	BloodLust!	B!122	US	2009	Sell This Version