Mike Weis

SOUND PRACTICE is the third solo album by Chicago percussionist/sound artist Mike Weis. SOUND PRACTICE follows 2014’s DON’T KNOW, JUST WALK on Type Records and LOOP CURRENT / RAFT on Barge Recordings in 2011. Weis may be best known as the drummer in the decade- plus band, Zelienople as well as other acts including Kwaidan and Good Stuff House. He has also collaborated with Scott Tuma, Mind Over Mirrors, Jasper TX, Black To Comm, Xela, The North Sea and Haptic. In addition to his experimental projects, Weis has studied and performed West African rhythms with Ghanaian master musician and High priest of the Yewe cult, Gideon Foli Alorwoyie. More recently, he has been studying Korean shaman ritual music with the Korean-American group Ilkwanori and with master drummer Sora Kim from Seoul, Korea.