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Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke & Oren Ambarchi

ISSUE is pleased to stream a new piece by the legendary trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke & Oren Ambarchi. This online presentation is a streamed iteration of an in-person installation of the recording, taking place at ISSUE’s 2021 Fall Opening concert on September 9th, 2021.

Tamio Shiraishi & Julia Santoli

ISSUE is thrilled to open its 2021 Fall season and welcome audiences for the first in-person program after nearly eighteen months. Returning to the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights, ISSUE presents an expansive gathering of alumni from cross the organization’s history.

Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke & Oren Ambarchi

Streaming on this webpage and Vimeo

ISSUE is pleased to stream a new piece by the legendary trio of Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke & Oren Ambarchi. This online presentation is a streamed iteration of an in-person installation of the recording, taking place at ISSUE’s 2021 Fall Opening concert on September 9th, 2021.

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ISSUE is thrilled to open its 2021 Fall season and welcome audiences for the first in-person program after nearly eighteen months. Returning to the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights, ISSUE presents an expansive gathering of alumni from cross the organization’s history.

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Alvin Lucier: Double Helix

ISSUE presents the world premiere of Alvin Lucier’s Double Helix for four guitars, his second ever piece written exclusively for the instrument. The piece is performed by composer and multi-instrumentalist Oren Ambarchi and doom-metal legend of Sunn O)))) Stephen O’Malley, who together gave the NY premiere of Lucier’s Criss-Cross at ISSUE in 2014, and additionally features Ever Present Orchestra director Bernhard Rietbrock and sound studies lecturer Jan Thoben to complete the quartet.

ISSUE is pleased to present the first-ever duo performance between guitarists Loren Connors and Oren Ambarchi: an occasion intersecting their parallel championing of the instrumental abstraction of the guitar, and their independently meaningful performance histories at ISSUE. The event is free for ISSUE Members.

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Oren Ambarchi / Zeena Parkins & Brian Chase

First Unitarian Congregational Society

ISSUE Project Room's Fall 2016 season opens at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn Heights with Oren Ambarchi solo, and a duo set by Zeena Parkins & Brian Chase. Known for his deft and exploratory instrumental approaches, Ambarchi has been a central driver of extended sonic investigation.

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Little Black Egg Big Band: Yo La Tengo & Friends / Oren Ambarchi

Pioneer Works: 159 Pioneer St., Brooklyn 11231

Named for Georgia Hubley’s solo project Little Black Egg, this expanded big band features Hubley and Yo La Tengo compatriots Ira Kaplan and James McNew, joined by bassist Tony Maimone (Pere Ubu), and jazz mainstays Susie Ibarra, Daniel Carter, and Taylor Ho Bynum. Australian improvisor Oren Ambarchi plays solo.

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Tectonics Festival New York 2014

Video excerpts from the inaugural Tectonics Festival New York in May 2014, featuring an array of emerging and iconic voices in contemporary composition. Including Eyvind Kang, performed by Oren Ambarchi, Jessika Kenney, Hildur Guonadottir & Stephen O’Malley; Eric Richards performed by Alan Zimmerman; Harley Gabor’s magnum opus string quintet; Crys Cole; Alvin Lucier by Jenny Lin; and Ilan Volkov with Eli Keszler.

Tectonics Festival New York

Ongoing Series

The inaugural US iteration of Iceland’s acclaimed Tectonics festival comes to NYC in four events at ISSUE, presenting a rich program of new composition, improvisation and unique cross-genre collaborations exploring iconic voices in experimental composition.