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.
With acoustic and electronic soundscapes, percussionists Ibarra and Rodriguez weave melodies and rhythms that evoke Filipinio folkloric trances in an excerpt of new pieces titled “7000 mysteries.”
Talibam performs with Uncle Woody Sullender on avant banjo blues and special guests guitarist Chris Forsyth (peeesseye), drummer Mike Pride (Dynamite Club, Fushitsusha, etc), and Michael Evans (one man percussion wonder).
Under the straightforward moniker of Contemporary Sound Track Orchestra New York, CSTONY debuts at ISSUE Project Room.
For the first time ever Swami will break out of the studio for a night in front of living, breathing people.
Ikue Mori and DJ Olive team up for a historical night of sound.
Theremin as spacial-controlled sample trigger. With jaw harp, percussion and homemade instruments.
A gamut of musicians and artists gather together to invoke songs and images of rebellion and make you want to get out and keep rising up.
Works for tape, sampler, trombone and live video.