American post-classical composer Jim O'Rourke has been a key component in the increasing overlap of the American andEuropeanexperimentalmusic avant-garde, working in everything from jazz and rock to ambient and electro-acoustic andbuilding many a bridge inbetween. A Chicagonative, his work has found equal luck with experimental jazz and noise fanatics,chill room denizens, and bedroomexperimentalists, and has hadthe resultant effect of cross-pollinating many otherwise isolatedcompositional communities. Dealing most oftenwith prepared guitar inimprovisational group settings, O'Rourke has also releaseda fair bit of material as a soloist, although more often in theelectro-acoustic/musiqueconcrete vein.
