September 2015

Bill Orcutt & Circuit Des Yeux / Loren Connors

First Unitarian Congregational Society: 116 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn 11201

Bill Orcutt performs a first-time duo set with Circuit Des Yeux, aka Haley Fohr. Known for her brooding, raw songwriting and singular four-octave voice, Fohr recently released a collaborative 7" with Orcutt. Legendary improvising guitarist Loren Connors, now active for 3 decades, performs solo. 7pm doors.

Black Spirituals

The Sump/Poppers Locarno: 1563 Decatur St., Ridgewood, NY 11385 (Entrance on Wyckoff Ave.)

Oakland electro-acoustic unit Black Spirituals make their NY debut. At the ecstatic intersection of rich harmonic tones and heart-thumping percussion, Black Spirituals transform performance sites with ritualistic communication, and manipulate temporal experience with their “Multi-Aesthetic Approach to Improvisation."

Distributed Objects @ the New York Art Book Fair

MoMA PS1: 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City 11101

Join ISSUE’s publishing imprint Distributed Objects at the world’s premiere event for artists’ books & objects. Two new LP releases coincide with the fair, Pete Swanson & Yarn/Wire: "Eliminated Artist", as well as Susan Howe & David Grubbs: "Thiefth", with limited edition letterpress print.

Yarn/Wire/Currents

Mark Fell, David Bird, Sam Pluta

Artists Space Books & Talks: 55 Walker St., NYC 10013

The fourth installment of Yarn/Wire/Currents celebrates the ensemble's 10th anniversary season and their recent release on ISSUE’s Distributed Objects imprint. The concert program features world premieres by David Bird, Sam Pluta, and electronics visionary Mark Fell; doors open with DJ & reception at 7pm.

M. Lamar: DESTRUCTION

First Unitarian Congregational Society: 116 Pierrepont St., Brooklyn 11201

Calling himself a "devil worshipping free black man in the blues tradition," M. Lamar crafts sprawling operatic narratives of radical racial and sexual transformation. His newest music theater piece, DESTRUCTION is a futuristic salvaging of the negro spirit in a destroyed western world in flames.

Room40: Lawrence English, John Chantler

Artists Space Books & Talks: 55 Walker St., NYC 10013

One the most prolific figures in contemporary ambient music, Lawrence English undertakes study of perception, memory and sonic affect across a wide swathe of creative forms. John Chantler's sound world spans sliding arpeggios and visceral noise to pointillist interjections, near silence and infinitely variable texture.