Natural Information Society

Natural Information Society is a music ensemble formed in 2010 that is lead by Joshua Abrams. The group performs on traditional and electric instrumentation  In 2015, the group was described by NPR as a "staple" of the underground music scene in Chicago.

Background
Natural Information Society's albums have been released by Eremite Records and Bitchin Bajas. The latter released a collaboration album with Drag City.

Reviews and responses
According to Musicworks, Natural Information Society's performances place "a singular emphasis on the human and the humane in music in the midst of a galloping digitized industry". The Guardian gave the group's album Simultonality four out of five stars, calling it "a compelling Afro-futurist voyage" while Rolling Stone named it to their list of the "20 Best Avant Albums of 2017" and The Wire named the album #7 in their "Top 50 Releases of 2017". The Stranger called the group's release Automaginary one of the "Top 10 Records of 2015 That Would Be on Every Critic's Top 10 List If Dave Segal Were King". Automaginary was also named by Spin as one of its "20 Best Avant Albums of 2015". Pitchfork named their release Magnetoception #2 in it's "The Best Experimental Albums of 2015".