Formed in NYC in 1993, the improvising collective No-Neck Blues Band (NNCK) favors anonymity, autonomy, and obfuscation. Alongside founding member Keith Connolly (2016 AIR), they return to open ISSUE’s Fall season at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn.
ISSUE presents the first commission from Eden Girma (2026 AIR). Part dreamscape and part summoning circle, an intimate diasporic familial archive is pieced together through the eyes of a five-year-old child.
In partnership with Franklin Furnace as part of their 50th anniversary commemoration and November release of "Back to the Present: 50 Years of Free Expression with Franklin Furnace" ISSUE presents an evening of performance and conversation.
Incorporating elements of noise, trance and minimalism, Sergei Tcherepnin (2012 AIR) presents new work for Serge Modular synthesizer.
Release party for Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski’s album Sunday Night, Sunday Afternoon on Graham Lambkin’s KYE label. Improv trio The New Monuments (C. Spencer Yeh, Ben Hall, and Don Dietrich) and Oslo-based noise artist Lasse Marhaug will both perform on the same evening.
Artist-in-Residence Sergei Tcherepnin and Woody Sullender construct sites for listening, touching, and direct engagement with sonic material. Their temporary architecture of tactile speakers disperses the duo’s live electronic music in performance. In April, they will present their largest-scale piece yet.
López has developed a detailed sonic construction for ISSUE's multi-channel sound system. It is a true site-specific composition that unfolds with richness and detail as an intense and immersive experience inside a self-contained virtual world of sound.
For the first concert of their residency at ISSUE Project Room, Yarn/Wire has collaborated on two new pieces: one by percussionist and composer Nathan Davis and another by electronic artist Pete Swanson, best known for his work with Yellow Swans.
String Theories is a joint partnership between ISSUE Project Room and the String Orchestra of Brooklyn designed to provide innovative artists with a unique opportunity to premiere new experimental works for string orchestra. Featuring works by Anthony Coleman, C. Spencer Yeh, MV Carbon, and Eric Wubbels.
The final concert in the MATA Interval series, curated by Sugar Vendil, features works experimental and electro-acoustic works by Ryan Manchester, Nina Young, Izzi Ramikssoon, and Jay Wadley. Fashion designer Jonathan Cohen will draw inspiration from these pieces and musicians will “wear” the music they perform.
Part of the MATA Interval series, ISSUE presents six works for solo instrument and live electronics by six young composers from four continents, all of whom crossed paths with composer and curator Christopher Trapani while working in Paris.
