Media 2014

Video excerpts from the inaugural Tectonics Festival New York in May 2014, featuring an array of emerging and iconic voices in contemporary composition. Including Eyvind Kang, performed by Oren Ambarchi, Jessika Kenney, Hildur Guonadottir & Stephen O’Malley; Eric Richards performed by Alan Zimmerman; Harley Gabor’s magnum opus string quintet; Crys Cole; Alvin Lucier by Jenny Lin; and Ilan Volkov with Eli Keszler.

Recorded May 12th, 2014, ISSUE Project Room presents Graham Lambkin, a multidisciplinary artist based in upstate New York, who first came to prominence in the early 90's through the formation of his music group The Shadow Ring. Following the group's dissolution, Lambkin embarked on a series of striking and highly original solo releases.

Acclaimed piano and percussion quartet Yarn/Wire premiere Writing Against Time, a commissioned work for the ensemble by Christopher Trapani, as part of Yarn/Wire/Currents.

As part of Ultima Festival New York, Henning Christiansen’s performance work Requiem of Art (NYC) Fluxorum Organum receives its first New York presentation. A new interpretation by Anton Lukoszevieze, performed by Ne(x)tworks.

Among the the most innovative, dynamic and versatile drummers in jazz, Norway's Paal Nilssen-Love performs solo at ISSUE in April 2014 as part of Unsound Festival New York.

Recorded live in April 2014 as part of Unsound NY, Roc Jiménez de Cisneros, half of the Barcelona-based post-rave sound-art duo EVOL, premieres a new interpretation of esteemed conceptual artist and composer Hanne Darboven's legendary piece "Opus 17a" (1984).

The US premiere of Oren Ambarchi's "Knots", live at ISSUE Project Room as part of UNSOUND Festival NY, April 2014. With Sinfonietta Cracovia players, Oren Ambarchi, guitar; Joe Talia, drums, Crys Cole, contact mics & spring; James Rushford, viola & conductor; Erkki Veltheim, violin; Judith Hamann, cello.

The final minutes of Charlemagne Palestine's solo organ performance at the Plymouth Church in Brooklyn Heights on March 6, 2014

Legendary folk artist Dave Bixby live at ISSUE in his first ever New York concert— a rare performance of his timeless, now-iconic records “Ode to Quetzalcoatl” and “Second Coming”— lost gems of soul-searching psychedelic folk. Click through for additional tracks.

The trio of Michael Snow, Alan Licht and Aki Onda perform at ISSUE Project Room in February 2014

David Grubbs, Eli Keszler and C. Spencer Yeh in their first trio performance, recorded in January 2014 as part of a benefit for BOMB Magazine.

ISSUE Project Room 2014 Artist-in-Residence Peter Evans presents a newly-commissioned solo performance.