In Sheep’s Clothing x ESP Institute presents Chee Shimizu + miku-mari, colllaborating live. Raymond Richards joins the night with a live set, and Lovefingers DJs.

Globally recognized as the author of the influential Obscure Sound disc guide, Chee Shimizu has worked as a musical guide in a variety of capacities including DJ, music selector, compiler, writer, producer, record shop and label owner, and remixer. Shimizu is also involved in live sessions with improvisers, and his EP “Reconstructions” was released in 2021 on ESP Institute. For this rare stateside appearance, Chee will perform an improvised sound collage piece combining field recordings and synthetic sounds in collaboration with experimental guitarist miku-mari.

Raymond Richards is a producer, pedal steel guitarist and multi-instrumentalist, originally from Idaho Falls. After a making his way playing guitar and pedal steel in several different psych-rock and modern country groups over the last two decades (including Slowdive side project Mojave 3), Richards’ solo debut was unleashed into the world in 2020 on ESP Institute. The Lost Art of Wandering plays like a dream-state ambient country trip through empty versions of cities.

DJ, producer, promoter, label and A&R manager, Andrew “Lovefingers” Hogge has worn practically every hat there is to wear in the underground dance music industry over the past two decades. Andrew’s pre-social media, daily unfolding mix site lovefingers.com was a crucial resource for uncovering a world of music without boundaries and his label ESP Institute expands on that mission.