Spend time with the cassette release "too low/too far," from Palestinian musician Dakn's nine-track journey of post-trauma soundscapes. Released by Bilna’es, this haunting collection blends harmonic textures, dissonant layers, and pulsing rhythms, evoking sensations that feel as if they’re emanating from within the body or the land itself.
The mean book review is enjoying a renaissance. Every time a new epic takedown drops, literary New York stops working to join the pile-on. What’s the function of this ritual? To get to the bottom of this new culture of hostility, Pioneer Works Broadcast sits down with two author-critics who’ve experienced both sides of the violence: Lauren Oyler and Brandon Taylor. Moderated by Hannah Baer.
The New York War Crimes is a free newspaper, produced by and for the Palestine solidarity movement in New York City. This conversation will discuss the evolution of the project, the latest issue, and the larger history of agitprop, counterpropaganda, and radical publications in NYC.
Mississippi Records presents a wide-ranging overview of their 20+ years in existence, featuring sounds saved from the dustbin of history.
Rooted in the creative subcultures of the Lower East Side, Hprizm’s practice spans a wide array of genres, including music, performance and multimedia installations. His current installation at Pioneer Works in Red Hook is exemplary of this very characterization.
Centered on a sonic score that moves between abstract noise and melodic interludes, Sound of the City collapses vinyl records, tape loops and granular synthesis with audio footage captured by Hprizm over the past few years.
Sun Ra visits WKCR! Is he eating ice cream? Yogurt? Who knows?
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