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Kate Simko

After
reviewing Detalles’ “Shapes of Summer” for the previous issue, I
chatted electronically with the Chicago half of the duo–Kate Simko–
and managed to catch her live performance at Danny’s on Memorial Day
(September 1). After her set, which was executed on a Macintosh running
Abelton Live, we talked briefly about her process as a musician. In
opposition to the stereotypical image of a solo beat jockey hunched
over computers and knobs engaged in a nonverbal discussion with the
machine, Kate welcomes collaboration with other artists. “Shapes of
Summer” was born from the musical rapport she established with Andres
Bucci while studying in the Meditteranean climate of Chile. We followed
up our discussion over email in the following days.