Chicago Underground Duo

Chicago Underground Duo is the long-standing collaborative project of trumpeter, multi-instrumentalist and electronic experimentalist Rob Mazurek with drummer and percussionist Chad Taylor - also known as the rhythmic force behind Jaimie Branch's "Fly or Die" and Marshall Allen's "Ghost Horizons".

In their duo, named after their hometown where electric blues and jazz once emerged, the two musicians explore the sonic possibilities of collective improvisation: piccolo trumpet, live sampling and modular synthesizer meet virtuosically layered rhythmic textures.

"Hyperglyph" is their eighth album and the first since "Locus" eleven years ago. The three movements of Mazurek's "Egyptian Suite" are dedicated to his mentor Bill Dixon, who passed away in 2010.