"Back in 1978 Jandek's first album, Ready for the House introduced the kind of blasted interior landscapes that dominate his recordings, with an expiring guitar, apparently tuned to the movements of the stars, coiled like barbed wire around a distressed, semi-articulate vocal that conflated eschatological blues..."
Composer-keyboardist Anthony Coleman performs, records and inspires throughout the world. Whether as a bandleader, a sideman, or solo pianist, the work of Anthony Coleman forms an important contribution and has helped to shape and influence the course of New York's Downtown Music scene over the last two decades.
Music is essentially invisible. But could it be visible as well? Aki Onda's Invisible Ensemble takes you on a journey through imaginary landscapes like Marco Polo describes imaginary cities to Kubla Khan in Italo Calvino's novel, Invisible Cities.
This presentation is an inaugural event for ISSUE: Deep Listening - a new adventurous educational program of creative music making co-sponsored by Deep Listening Institute and ISSUE Project Room.
The inscrutable J.G. Thirwell was dropped on this planet some time ago to bestow sonic majesty, chaos, violence & beauty and cunning linguistics on an unsuspecting earth. This evening he will do so as deejay.
Kato Hideki and Marco Cappelli perform their own materials as well as rediscovered songs from Europe and Asia.
Join the filmmakers for a Sneak Peek of indie feature film, LoSERS LoUNGE.
"from the unconscious to the uncanny, outdoors from dusk to starlight........... dream sequences, dance fantasy, erotic mystery, surrealism, silent films, animation, avant-garde, trance, nightmare, reverie, hallucination, desire..."
Raz Mesinai aka Badawi performs his series of haunting compositions drawing from ancient nomadic music and free improvisations for zarb and framedrum Resurrections for goatskin.
The evening explores the timbral and textural possibilities within the Project Room's silo acoustic chamber.
ISSUE Project Room and Essential Kettle are pleased to present Cassavetes & Spaghetti, an event that brings together community, artisanal food and our favorite independent filmmaker, John Cassavetes.