Hieroglyphic Being
An American Sound Artist & Experimental Composer having recorded for a variety of labels (including Sony Europe - Axis/6277- Ghostly - NINJA TUNE - RVNG Intl - Soul Jazz Records) - Mathematics Recordings -Voted URB Magazines Top 100 of 2004 in a Group act & Top 100 as a solo artist, Jamal Moss has long been a part of the Chicago house/techno scene as both a Promoter/Producer & DJ. Moss’s first creative endeavors were as part of a crew that created industrial soundscapes / Art Noise for the Liquid Love parties at the famed Powerplant in Chicago from 1989-90. When the Powerplant was closed, Moss and his cohorts started Liquid Sex, which became a magnet for many well-known house artists such as Steve Poindexter, who put Moss in touch with future collaborators the Chicago Bad Boys collective. From the Fall of 1993 - to the Summer of 1996 was Host/DJ for WNUR'S 89.3 StreetBeat Program Showcasing a segment named JACK-FM( Thank U Shaun Fahey ). He was also taken under the wing of house legend Adonis, who became a key mentor figure in Moss’s life and an inspiration for his moniker: "I decided to give myself meaning and purpose, to honor my father (who gave me life) and my mentor Adonis (who gave me knowledge); I named myself Hieroglyphic Being ( Performed Live at 2004 DEMF'S Underground Stage / A Featured Artists In Germany's DE:BUG Magazine issue 92 in 2005 / Voted URB Magazines Top 100 in 2005 & has Composed Works Featured On Time Out Magazines The Other side of Paris DVD Guide Along with Bauhaus/Front 242/Black Strobe & Featured in other MAGAZINE PRINT + DIGITAL COVERAGE: The Wire – The Guardian – Bomb Magazine – Chicago Reader – Chicago Tribune – Washington Post – Resident Advisor – Fact Magazine – Vice – Mixmag – The Georgia Straight – XLR8R – The Quietus – South Side Weekly – Crack Magazine – Electronic Beats – Groove Magazine – The Fader – Pop Matters – Financial Times – Village Voice – Time Out – Spin – Noisey – Pitchfork – Vogue . Composed works for a Tribute to Robert Moog Benefit Compilation & a Featured Artist in Xlr8tr's 100 Aniversary issue aug 2006 & has done Analog Composition Covers & Analog Editing For Alexander Robotnick - Miles Davis - Sun Ra in 2007 & 2008 ).”
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HAS OPENED FOR: The Sun RA Arkestra – Kamasi Washington – Shabazz Palaces – Chris & Cosey – Holly Herndon – William Basinski – Actress – Silver Apples – Senyawa – Morton Subotnick – Vatican Shadow – Dean Blunt – Mala - John Maus - Shabazz Palaces - Joachim Hans Rodelious - Wolf Eyes - Silver Apples - Morton Subotnick & many More.
PERFORMED/COLLABORATIONS/LECTURES WITH: Mark Sanders – Orphy Robinson – Adonis – Evan Parker – Shabaka Hutchings – Marshall Allen – Jean-Francois Pauvros – Danny Thompson – Hamid Drake – Steve Poindexter – Jean-Marc Foussat – Wolf-Eyes – Reggie Watts – Janelle Monae – Shazad Ismaily – Greg Fox
CLUBS + VENUES PERFORMED: Berghain – Corsica Studios – Cafe OTO – University Of Chicago – Oberlin – Tate Modern – Zoo – MOMA PS1 -HKW : Art Institute In Berlin – Palazzo Re Enzo – Barbican – EMPAC – Royal Albert Hall – Paradiso – Rex Club – Jazz Cafe – The Art School – Trafo : House of Contemporary Arts – Exploratorium of San Francisco – Smart Bar – Panther Room – Dude Club – Lux Fragil – House Of Electronic Arts Basel
FESTIVALS PERFORMED: ADE – Big Ears – BEMF – Moogfest – Bestival – Dance City – Unsound – Le Guess Who – Phono Festival – Free Rotation – New Forms Festival – Roskilde Festival – Melbourne Music Week – Milhoes De Festa – Donau Festival – Dimensions Festival - Dekmental
And the last of the line of producers directly influenced by Ron Hardy at the Music Box, which he is uniquely qualified to write a new chapter of Chicago's Rich Musical history.
Their Resident Advisor profile, in full and unedited.
Records out on Sony, Ninja Tune, Axis Records, Warp Records, Soul Jazz Records, LMD, Rvng Intl., Mathematics Recordings, Midnight Shift and ALLEY VERSION. — their own list on Resident Advisor
The nights
2026
- Sat 22 Augpublic recordsfirst time
- Sat 20 JunSignalfirst time · Signal NYC
- Thu 19 FebParagonfirst time · dweller
- Tue 17 FebTBA - Various Venuesdweller
2024 — 3 nights
- Sat 21 Dec 2024Nowadaystheir 3rd night
- Thu 4 Apr 2024Nowadaystheir 2nd night · Dripping
- Fri 5 Jan 2024Nowadaysfirst time
Their rooms
One tick a night, on the one axis this page has — Aug 2023, where the listings start, to Jan 2027, the last night anybody has announced. The shaded end has not happened yet.
- NowadaysJan 2024 – Dec 20243 nights
Once each: public records, Signal and Paragon. One of the 7 listings never named a room, and is not counted as one.
Who they play with
Counted from the bills themselves, over bills of twelve names or fewer. A pair's count includes a night that is announced and not yet played; where there is one, the row says when.
- DevoyeNowadays ×1, Signal ×1 · Dec 2024 – Jun 20262 nights
The nights, the rooms and the bills are the listings themselves. The biography, the labels and the photograph are Resident Advisor's. Nothing on this page was written for it.