StretchMetal is a nonprofit music platform, label, and concert series promoting emerging artists in the ever-evolving landscape of abstract sound. Initially formed from the roots of drone-making and ambient traditions of intentional duration and genre-bending sound, we strive to nurture any performers who facilitate holding space for both performers and audiences sensitive to sound and performance style.
StretchMetal’s work is realized through record releases, live music programming, audio/visual immersive experiences, and music educational workshops that foster unique environments for artists to develop in community via social and aural dynamics that welcome all. StretchMetal operates as an ethereal presence across multiple locations, anchored by our flagship programming in Chicago and satellite events in New York, Vancouver, and Seattle.
Gray Schiller, Executive & Artistic Director
Magritte Nankin, Production Manager
Olive Haugh, Booking Coordinator
landscape
Experimental Sound Studio
Hideout Chicago
Comfort Station
Grace Episcopal Church of Chicago
Cafe Mustache
Floating
VIVO Media Arts Centre
Augstana Luthern Church of Hyde Park
Fremont Abbey
Timothy Doan, Video Production
Ricardo Adame, Photography
Freddie Wyss, Audio Engineer
Ian Tucker, Audio Engineer
Grace Schmidhauser, Audio Services
Nat King, Design
Lauren Gallagher, Design