Interviews, audio, press releases and more content about ESS and the artists we work with.
In this August 2018 conversation with Ken Vandermark, Luke Stewart talks about his bass and amplifier exploration, becoming a key musical organizer in D.C and his views on social justice and artistic sustainability within our collective arts communities.
Read MoreIn this July 2017 conversation with Tim Daisy, Helen Gillet talks about taking inspiration from languages, bridging classical, Indian, and jazz cello technique, and living in the New Orleans Musicians' Village.
Read MoreAs part of his Outer Ear Residency in Utah, Kikù Hibino is sharing updates and musings from his travels. Here we have the second big update, with text available in English and Japanese. Thanks to our Archive Assistant Haruhi Kobayashi for the translation!
Read MoreLeading up to Eastern Resonance, the October 30 Quarantine Concert featuring experimental pop and club musicians from Asia and the diaspora, Curatorial Fellow James Gui sat down with each of the performers to get an idea of their background and thought process behind their music. The sixth and final feature is an interview with Lalit, a Brooklyn, NY based DJ and producer. Read on to hear their musings on spirituality, working with La Monte Young, and starting the Xiao Ma Party Controllers collective.
Read MoreLeading up to Eastern Resonance, the October 30 Quarantine Concert featuring experimental pop and club musicians from Asia and the diaspora, Curatorial Fellow James Gui sat down with each of the performers to get an idea of their background and thought process behind their music. In this edition, we’ll get to know Mona Evie, a Hanoi-based collective whose experimental hip hop and sound collage textures draw from influences ranging from JPEGMAFIA to Otomo Yoshihide.
Read MoreLeading up to Eastern Resonance, the October 30 Quarantine Concert featuring experimental pop and club musicians from Asia and the diaspora, Curatorial Fellow James Gui sat down with each of the performers to get an idea of their background and thought process behind their music. This is an interview with Brooklyn-based composer and artist Robert Ouyang Rusli, who makes experimental rap as OHYUNG. They have scored films that have premiered at Sundance, SXSW, LA Film Festival, among others, and have released music with the UK-based label Chinabot.
Read MoreLeading up to Eastern Resonance, the October 30 Quarantine Concert featuring experimental pop and club musicians from Asia and the diaspora, Curatorial Fellow James Gui sat down with each of the performers to get an idea of their background and thought process behind their music. Here, we introduce Hwi Hwang, a Korean audiovisual artist who releases music as HWI and participates in an artist collective called eobchae.
Read MoreLeading up to Eastern Resonance, the October 30 Quarantine Concert featuring experimental pop and club musicians from Asia and the Asian diaspora, Curatorial Fellow James Gui sat down with each of the performers to get an idea of their background and thought process behind their music. This article will introduce Xamd, the solo project of Kazutaka Sawa, who also makes music as one-half of the electronic duo phai.
Read MoreLeading up Eastern Resonance, the October 30 Quarantine Concert featuring experimental pop and club musicians from Asia and the diaspora, Curatorial Fellow James Gui sat down with each of the performers to get an idea of their background and thought process behind their music. The first interview of six is with Victoria Yam, performing as rEmPiT g0dDe$$; she describes finding a rave community in Singapore, the working class background behind her moniker, opening for Dis Fig in Thailand, and more!
Read MoreAs part of his Outer Ear Residency in Utah, Kikù Hibino is sharing frequent updates and musings from his travels. Today marks the first compilation of these entries on the ESS webpage, keep posted for more news from Kikù!
Read MoreEAT DIS is a dance music netlabel and collective established in 2018. Originally envisioned as a party series in Detroit, the concept pivoted after founder DJ Girl moved to Chicago. Blossoming from a group chat to a full-blown label, community, and family, EAT DIS and its deeply-online presence flourished during the pandemic. We talked to the six performing members at the upcoming TQC on September 23 to get to know them better before the show.
Read More(Spanish) A poetic interview and conversation between Spring Curatorial Fellow Carolina Vélez Muñiz and independent curator Juci Reis, on ancestral modes of creating and cultural exchanges. Also available in English and Portuguese.
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