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$Photo recap of Rob Mazurek's Exploding Star Orchestra performing "The Astral Pastorales" at Yerkes Observatory this past weekend. Thank you to everyone involved who helped make this extraordinary event a reality. "The Astral Pastorales," a large-scale suite composed by Rob Mazurek, was composed in-residence at Yerkes Observatory specifically for presentation in the The Great Refractor Dome. The Exploding Star Orchestra's two sold-out performances on Oct. 2 & 3 were informed by research that Mazurek and the orchestra conducted on-site at Yerkes Observatory. Lineup: Rob Mazurek – compositions, trumpets, bells Damon Locks – voice, samplers Jason Adasiewicz – vibraphone Kalia Vandever – trombone, electronics Mikel Patrick Avery – drums, percussion Steve Marquette – guitar Tomeka Reid – cello Victor Vieira Branco – vibraphone Co-produced by Experimental Sound Studio & Instigation Festival, with support from International Anthem. (Photos: @katesin___ & @alex_inglizian)$

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@contact.artprojectspace in residence making Radical Chimeras (Rome). Process shot. Beginnings .. maybe Endings… Although there are no endings. Only beginnings… gratitude. @marfaexperimentalstudio Finding ways to balance, unbalance, push, pull, stretch a thing. Too many contained things which may have the capacity of obstructing. Maybe we need obstructions to understand the opposite … and what about all the in between? Attempting to blow it open while at the same time keeping this equilibrium of gratitude and love. Imbued with a feeling that pushes towards a more inclusive and utopian future. We just played in a celestial cosmic dome…. EXPLODING STAR ORCHESTRA!!! @yerkesobservatory …What the hell. Love is all. Let’s lift each other. @roma_diffusa

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Rob Mazurek Prismatic Trio #roofboltshows @androidlovecry @vvb___ #jasonadasiewicz #hydeparkjazzfest

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$ASTRAL PASTORALES: ROB MAZUREK EXPLODING STAR ORCHESTRA YERKES OBSERVATORY 373 W. GENEVA ST., WILLIAMS BAY, WI 10.02.26 07:30 PM - 10.03.26 07:30 PM DESCRIPTION The Astral Pastorales is a large-scale suite composed by Rob Mazurek and performed by Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra that unfolds as a celestial pastorale—an expansive sonic landscape where composition, improvisation, electronics, and spoken word merge into a single evolving field. This work is composed in-residence at Yerkes Observatory specifically for presentation in their awe-inspiring refractor telescope dome on October 2 and 3 (SOLD OUT). Moving between luminous textures, deep rhythmic currents, and moments of open-ended sonic space, Astral Pastorales evokes a kind of cosmic ecology—music that imagines the pastorale not as earthly nostalgia but as a vast astral terrain shaped through the orchestra’s restless creativity and shared exploration of sound, image, and mythic atmosphere, informed by research that Mazurek and the orchestra will conduct at Yerkes Observatory. Co-produced by Experimental Sound Studio and Instigation Festival. Support from International Anthem. LINE-UP Rob Mazurek – compositions, trumpets, bells Damon Locks – voice, samplers Jason Adasiewicz – vibraphone Kalia Vandever – trombone, electronics Mikel Patrick Avery – drums, percussion Steve Marquette – guitar Tomeka Reid – cello Victor Vieira Branco – vibraphone Alex Inglizian - electronic treatments ABOUT Rob Mazurek is a multidisciplinary artist/abstractivist, with a focus on electro-acoustic composition, improvisation, performance, painting, sculpture, video, film, and installation, who spent much of his creative life in Chicago, and then Brazil. He currently lives and works in Marfa, Texas. Exploding Star Orchestra Over the past two decades, Exploding Star Orchestra (ESO) has become one of the most significant large-ensemble projects in contemporary creative music. The first iteration of the orchestra was assembled by trumpeter and composer Rob Mazurek as a 14-member ensemble that encapsulated the breadth of Chicago’s improvised music community,$

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