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.
Musician, composer and producer, Dougie Bowne, performs at ISSUE Project Room.
Eran Sachs and Lary 7 perform at ISSUE Project Room.
When composer and musician Ben Miller takes the stage, he will trade his guitar for a conductor’s baton, and lead his 15-piece saxophone ensemble, the Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra (SSO), through a rousing evening of musical offerings that will no doubt turn the audience on its collective ear.
At ISSUE, Gleason’s Twins ensemble will share their obsession with the blur between speech and music, word and sound. Michael Beharie will be joined by Amanda Wolman, Brendan Evans, Ted Rankin-Parker and Jonah Rossenberg in a led improvisation based loosely on Alejandro Jodorowski’s classic film The Holy Mountain.
Franck Vigroux (France) and Matthew Bourne (UK) make their debut appearance in New York at ISSUE Project Room. A passion for intense counterpoint, analog synthesizers and extremes of texture ensure that this concert will be a mindfucker of unbelievable breadth and power.
MEM is an annual cultural festival celebrating local and international electronic, extreme and experimental acts. At ISSUE, the program will feature a lecture by Txema Agiriano, video works by Bubi Canal, Iván Gómez, Ignacio Sáez and more, plus a performance by Bilbao-based sound artist, Baseline.
Morton Subotnick is one of the pioneers in the development of electronic music and an innovator in works involving instruments and other media, including interactive computer music systems.
Dan Senn's performance will encompass elements he has developed for his installation work over recent years including installations, field recordings from The Czech Republic, and recent experimental video. Vitiello and Berg will perform selections from their recent release "The Gorilla Variations."