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.
This installment of io brings together choreographer Kim Brandt (2015 AIR) and Isabella Thorpe-Woods (2026 SFCF). Centered around never-before-released footage from Clear Night (2016)—Brandt's eight-day AIR commission at Pioneer Works—the project revisits a performance that has remained largely unseen for nearly a decade.
The Apestaartje and Incunabulum labels present 2 nights of music focusing on the use of traditional instrumentation (lute, acoustic guitar etc) and styles (Baroque Music, Folk forms etc) in combination w/ contemporary experimental practices and adaptations.
The Apestaartje and Incunabulum labels present 2 nights of music focusing on the use of traditional instrumentation (lute, acoustic guitar etc) and styles (Baroque Music, Folk forms etc) in combination w/ contemporary experimental practices and adaptations.
An evening with DJ Olive and special guests at ISSUE Project Room.
ISSUE Project Room presents Totem, a noise rock free improvisation trio that ventures from walls of sound to exploring microscopic sound worlds with Blacksberg/Hernandez/Evans/Lipson, a collective ensemble that plays improvised music.
The Trojan Pony Tour, presented by Specific Recordings, features films and live music by artists and musicians from the fabled city of Troy, New York.
Join Jim Pugliese’s Phase III with many special guests celebrating the release of their newest CD on the Italian label Improvvisatore Involontario.
ISSUE Project Room presents Corridors, The Holy Experiment and Ateleia.
Shawn Onsgard presents fresh selections from his avant jazz compositions arranged for solo piano and Hammond organ. Joined by Maguire, Cleaver, and Halvorson; an unbalanced trio of drums, electric guitar, and exposed Rhodes integrates extended sections of exact notation with improvisation.