Echoes of the Archive: Nema Hän, BLKShine, Neonlichter, Chaia
3.13.26
7pm - 11pm
'vienna', a new release on Small Forms Records w FIM Basel Concert March 2023 Hypersurface is a NYC-based trio consisting of Drew Wesely (guitar/objects), Lester St. Louis (cello), and Carlo Costa (percussion). Hypersurface explores timbral, durational, and formal aspects of improvisation with lenses focused on their instruments' acoustic particularities alongside employing tiles, railroad spikes, ceramic plates and other objects to expand them further. In coming together Carlo, Drew and Lester wanted to create a music that puts emphasis on the erasure of sonic boundaries, embracing the liminal spaces between their instruments, their sounds and the greater sonic environment. Timbre, gesture, duration, particles, layers… a real time tapestry of its own. The trio has given performances throughout the United States and Europe in a diversity of concert settings from clubs to large halls and galleries; with each utilizing the acoustics to follow potent musical pathways. Kamau Amu Patton is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose work examines history and culture through engagement with archives, documents, stories, and sites. Patton’s projects are dialogic and take form as expanded field conversations. http://kamaupatton.com
Echoes of the Archive brings together artists who sample traditional music, reworking it live with electronics. Audiences are invited to experience the archive as something active and evolving, where old voices speak in new ways. Come meditate, dance, and experience a Friday evening in the archive.
Chaia and Neonlichter will present a dubbed-out ambient set of Yiddish music and beyond. Blending histories from Montreal to Minsk, the duo will present field recordings- folk songs, interviews, and sounds of daily life- that suggest radical ancestral imaginings.
BlkShine (Darryl DeAngelo Terrell) is a Detroit-born, Brooklyn-based DJ and visual artist whose sound moves fluidly between the deep musical lineage of Detroit and the vibrant club cultures of Chicago and New York City. Their sets are smooth, intentional, and groove-forward—designed to pull you out of your head and back into your body. Rooted in their love for BLACK music, BLKshine will present an exploration of jazz and r&b and soul music made intentionally for deep listening.
Nema Hän is a multidisciplinary artist from South Korea dedicated to connecting the world, to empower our senses through music, sound, movement, and culture. At Echoes of the Archive, she’ll present a set of Seoul inspired selections, both timeless and playfully curious.