Curio Records

10/03/2023

Diamond/Reed duo back at it this Wednesday.

The 2x4 series at Constellation features Chicago creative music duos, curated by Julian Kirshner.

Diamond/Reed's 2021 release "Nilia" is available for purchase and stream on the Curio Bandcamp site and curiorecordings.com

07/06/2023

Released today

"Earnest Earth" (CUR007)
Hunter Diamond + Justin Peake

Recorded at the Earnest Earth farm in Garfield Park
July 9, 2022

Available at curiorecordings.com and on Bandcamp

Original album artwork by

Mixed and Mastered by at

Photography by

Many thanks to Kerem Sengün for his care and facilitation.

10/28/2022

10/24/2022

A sneak listen into Hunter Diamond + Quin Kirchner's
Core-Distal (CUR006)
which comes out next week!

We'll be celebrating the release this Sunday 10.30 at with Seattle/Chicago duo Wayfaring (James Falzone / Katie Ernst)

Big thanks to for crafting this beautiful and charming video💙

10/20/2022

**ANNOUNCING**

Hunter Diamond +
Quinlan Kirchner

Core-Distal (CUR006)
releases 11.04.22

Pre-orders and more info available now on bandcamp.com and at curiorecordings.com

Release show: Hungry Brain with Seattle/Chicago duo Wayfaring (James Falzone and Katie Ernst)

Photo :
Original album artwork :

09/23/2022

Hunter Diamond + Mike Reed play the Hyde Park Jazz Festival tomorrow, September 24th at 3pm in the St. Augustana Church.

"...the drums-and-reeds duo of Mike Reed and Hunter Diamond exemplify the city's robust avant-garde community."
-Bill Meyer,
Chicago Reader

09/08/2022

Celebrating the first year of releases.
Many new and exciting things coming later this year and into 2023, but for now taking a moment to acknowledge the energy thus far.

All Curio titles are on a special sale right now in honor of the anniversary. For the next week, you can use promo code "yearone" when purchasing any releases on Bandcamp or on curiorecordings.com for 20% off.

Year one catalogue:

Hunter Diamond
"Reflective Nostalgia" (CUR001)

Hunter Diamond + Charles Rumback "We Stand" (CUR002)

Hunter Diamond + Mike Reed
"Nilia"(CUR003)

Hunter Diamond + Justin Peake
"Bywater" (CUR004)

Hunter Diamond + Lucas Gillan
"Perigee" (CUR005)

Gratitude to all of those who contribute, in one way or another, to helping this outlet maintain and continue.

08/17/2022

Diamond + Peake's "Bywater" lending some sound to 's new haven in upstate NY.

05/09/2022

Hunter Diamond and Lucas Gillan will be celebrating the release of their new record "Perigee" (CUR006)
THIS WEDNESDAY at the good old Whistler.

2 sets, no cover

05/06/2022

Hunter Diamond + Lucas Gillan "Perigee"
is now available for order at Curiorecordings.com and Bandcamp.

Diamond and Gillan unfurl a collection of transcendental folk narratives in their addition to the legacy of freely improvised saxophone/drum duos. Deep melodic and textural meditations unfold during a pre-pandemic live performance at Chicago's beloved house of creative work, Elastic Arts Foundation.
Through close and connective listening the duo swerves nimbly between metered groove and non-pulse sound canvases. This recording shows the influence of earth-bound reed/drum duos like Lloyd/Higgins and McPhee/Drake.

Original artwork by Jacquelyne Collett

Release show is next Wednesday 5.11 at The Whistler

04/23/2022

Celebrating at Anemoia in Pilsen. Come by and scoop some Curio titles and other fine vintage wares.
2032 w 18th st---