Birdshow

Formed as a solo outlet for Town and Country guitarist Ben Vida, Bird Show became the Chicago musician's primary outlet upon Town and Country's split. Walking the line between musique concrète and psychedelic sound collage, with the occasional song form thrown in, Vida's home-recorded Bird Show releases were consistently adventurous. Using Bird Show as a platform for invention, Vida created immersive electro-acoustic scenes, mixing field recordings with a wide range of instruments, including Moroccan castanets, mbira, organ, violin, and accordion. On 2005's Green Inferno, he f...