Angel Marcloid, the Chicago-based musician and visual artist best known as Fire-Toolz, uses the project name Nonlocal Forecast for her instrumental explorations inspired by fusion jazz, prog rock, and new age. Releases such as 2020's Holographic Universe(s?)! are meant to evoke memories of the smooth, pleasant background music heard during Weather Channel forecasts, but with more elaborate, virtuosic arrangements.
A longtime fixture of the American experimental noise scene, Marcloid started to receive more widespread attention and acclaim when she began releasing music as Fir...