AMPLIFY 2015: Exploratory

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In conjunction with Erstwhile Records, Fridman Gallery and Shared Shapes, ISSUE Project Room presents AMPLIFY 2015: exploratory. Spanning three evenings, the ninth edition of this international series features three duo sets each night with performers Olivia Block, Maria Chavez, Anne Guthrie, Devin DiSanto, Kevin Drumm, Graham Lambkin, Jason Lescalleet, Sean Meehan, Ben Owen, Michael Pisaro, Vanessa Rossetto, and Taku Unami.

Five of the nine duos (Block/Chavez, Pisaro/Owen, Lambkin/Unami, Guthrie/Rossetto and Unami/DiSanto) will be first-time meetings, and two others (Lambkin/Pisaro and Block/Lescalleet) will be second-time meetings. Initiated in 2001, previous editions of Amplify have taken place in Tokyo, Cologne, Berli, Prague and in NYC with ISSUE Project Room.

A discounted three-night pass for all AMPLIFY performances is available for $55.

Pianos generously provided by Yamaha Artist Services, New York.

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AMPLIFY 2015: Exploratory

Taku Unami & Sean Meehan, Olivia Block & Maria Chavez, Graham Lambkin & Michael Pisaro

Fridman Gallery: 287 Spring St., NYC 10013

AMPLIFY 2015 opens with a night of three duos. Chicago-based composer Olivia Block and NYC turntablist Maria Chavez play for the first time together. Exploratory percussionist Sean Meehan and Tokyo's Taku Unami, as well as LA-based composer Michael Pisaro and sound artist Graham Lambkin reprise their collaborations.

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AMPLIFY 2015: Exploratory

Anne Guthrie & Vanessa Rossetto, Taku Unami & Devin DiSanto, Kevin Drumm & Jason Lescalleet

Fridman Gallery: 287 Spring St., NYC 10013

Horn improvisor/composer Anne Guthrie and Austin-based composer/violist Vanessa Rossetto play their first collaboration. Tokyo-based composer Taku Unami performs with the object-oriented Devin DiSanto, also a first-time duo. Kevin Drumm and Jason Lescalleet combine their expansive sounds for a surely epic closing set.

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