Performing Bands and Musical Acts

DJ Spooky (a.k.a. Paul D. Miller) is a writer, conceptual artist, and pioneer in the field of mashups and mixing; a politically-minded musical archivist who works at the borders of performance art and musical statement. Spooky connects soul music's "then" and "now," cutting soul-inspired vinyl with video footage from Wattstax, Mel Stuart's acclaimed documentary. Wattstax chronicles the monumental 1972 concert — featuring Isaac Hayes, the Staples Singers, and Richard Pryor — Stax Records staged in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles.

PERFORMING LIVE CLOSING NIGHT, MARCH 7th, 2010 @ LINCOLN HALL "VIDEO SOUL: WATTSTAX TO THE AVANT GARDE"

Also Performing: RISK of SOUL SUMMIT CHICAGO

The influence of English singer/songwriter Robyn Hitchcock may be felt throughout the music world. Hitchcock’s career began in 1976 with punk/new wave band The Soft Boys before moving into solo work in 1981. Surrealist, melancholic themes dominate his work, though always balanced by a sense of whimsical and wry humor.

-Though the concert is sold out, there is limited admittance for Festival Pass holders on a first come, first served basis

LIVE PERFORMANCE -playing in conjunction with the screening of Robyn Hitchcock: I Often Dream of Trains, A Concert Film

TICKETS FOR THE SCREENING STILL AVAILABLE!

Thee Majesty began in 1998 as a spoken word project, originally founded by Genesis Breyer P-Orridge of Psychic TV and Bryin Dall of 4th Sign of the Apocalypse, A Murder of Angels and Dream Into Dust. Featuring P-Orridge, Thee Majesty is made up of a revolving group of members including Morrison Edley of PTV3 and The Toilet Boys. Thee Majesty’s music is a mix of spoken word performance art against Dall’s free-flowing guitar rhythms.

LIVE PERFORMANCES by Thee Majesty are uncommon, but CIMMfest will be host to a special OPENING NIGHT presentation, following the Chicago premiere of the documentary, WILLAM S. BURROUGHS: A MAN WITHIN, featuring Genesis Breyer P-Orridge, who also appears in conjuction with Marie Losier's screening of Papal Broken-Dance.

Thursday MARCH 4th @ St. Paul's Cultural Center

Everyone’s favorite Chicago punk-rock-marching-band features slide trombones, marching drums, and an assortment of other odd instruments as the never-predictable troupe takes over St. Paul’s after the films are done.

PERFORMING LIVE Saturday, MARCH 6th @ 9:30pm @ St. Paul's Cultural Center

Also Performing: THE LAWRENCE PETERS OUTFIT

Named after the seminal novel by William S. Burroughs, Austrian band Naked Lunch was formed in 1991 as an alternative rock band. They moved into a more experimental electronic sound with 2004’s "Songs for the Exhausted." Oliver Welter and Herwig Zamernik remain the central members of Naked Lunch and are today joined by Alex Jedinsky of Angelika Express on drums and Stefan Deisenberger on keyboards and synths. In 2008, Naked Lunch composed the film score for Thomas Woschitz’s film Universalove.

OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE, Thursday March 4th @ 6:30pm @ St. Paul's Cultural Center - Performing the soundtrack to Universalove synchronous with the film's screening for CIMMfest audiences.

CIMMfest scores! JIm Becker of Califone fame performs live with Jillian Lisee for one night only. Take advantage of this special performance-in-a-church-that-only-norwegians-could-build show.

PERFORMING LIVE @ St. Paul's Cultural Center Friday, March 5th

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