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.
Phill Niblock is a New York-based minimalist composer and multi-media musician and director of Experimental Intermedia, a foundation born in the flames of 1968’s barricade-hopping. He has been a maverick presence on the fringes of the avant garde ever since.
Climax Golden Twins is a Seattle, WA based experimental collage outfit originally consisting of Rob Millis and Jeffery Taylor, then picking up Scott Colburn in 1996. Tonight's program will feature screenings of "My Friend Rain", "Phi Ta Khon: Ghosts of Isan," as well as an excerpt from a work in progress.
Cellist, Francesco Dillon, and pianist, Emanuele Torquati, share a new work Simple Space.
Performance by Brooklyn-based ambient chamber band, Bing and Ruth joined by a performance from electronic music composer Elodie Lauten.
An afternoon with legendary singer and composer Joan La Barbara as she demonstrates her signature extended vocal techniques and approach to singing, including the vocal warm-ups, stretches, tone production, resonance focusing, reinforced harmonics or overtone singing, and other techniques.
An evening of contemporary music for multiple electric guitars. Conceived and curated by composer Dan Joseph, the program explores the growing repertoire of multiple electric guitar compositions with works by a diverse group of composers spanning three generations.
This evening's program includes a pre-concert talk regarding music and dance, the work of John Cage, David Tudor and the current musical practice of MCDC. Followed by a concert featuring music for a MinEvent, Blues99, composed by John King for two performers.
A performance by the Søren Kjærgaard and Andrew Cyrille duo. Plus performance by Kjærgaard with collaborators including Kate Hideko, Zach Layton and Bruce Tovsky.