Experimental Sound Studio
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-01744 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-PL-0141. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Ravenswood sound art space
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Ravenswood sound art space
The record
- Also known as: ESS
- City: Chicago
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- Chicago — located in
STRONG EVIDENCE
Sources
- http://www.experimentalsoundstudio.org/ (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Experimental Sound Studio's own official site (tier 2) describes ESS as 'a community supported non-profit dedicated to the curation, evolution, and exploration of sound,' with a full-service recording studio, artist residencies, a Creative Audio Archive and programs presented throughout Chicago, and states ESS is celebrating its 40th anniversary (on October 17) at 'our Edgewater facilities.' ESS's own event pages on the same site (also fetched in full) place its Audible Gallery at 5925 N Ravenswood Ave, Chicago, IL. Establishes existence, sound-art/studio type, Chicago location and the 5925 N. Ravenswood Ave. address. (fetched in full 2026-10-17)
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