Shift
Shift is a platform for experimental sound and musical performance.
411 Kent Ave., Brooklyn NY 11249
All shows @8pm, Doors 7:30, tickets $15 (unless otherwise noted)
All proceeds go to musicians
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UPCOMING SHOWS:
Sun April 2
to and fro: Dave Burrell
5pm, doors 4:30pm
Shift 67, Wed April 5
Matthew Ostrowski, Ted Moore
Raoul Björkenheim, Anders Nilsson
8pm, doors 7:30pm
$15
Sun April 9
to and fro: Sylvie Courvoisier
5pm, doors 4:30pm
$15
Shift 68, Wed April 12
Austin Larkin
Sean Meehan, Leslie Ross
8pm, doors 7:30pm
$15
Sat April 15,
Peter Kerlin
Jack Cooper's "Arrival"
(Sam Morrison, Jeff Tobias, Karen Waltuch)
5pm, doors 4:30
FREE
Shift 69, Sun April 16
Eva Sidén, solo, and duet with Marcia Bassett
5pm, doors 4:30pm
$15
Shift 70, Wed April 19
CT::SWaM presents
Sari Carel
Mike Bullock
Claudia Robles-Angel
$15
Thurs April 20
CT::SWaM Workshop
SEED 02:: Live Diffusion and Thresholds of Decentering
Evening presentation: 8pm, doors 7:30pm
Sat April 22
Elliot Sharp Workshop
2-5pm
more info coming soon
Sun April 23
to and fro: Alexis Marcelo
5pm, doors 4:30pm
$15
Shift 71, Wed April 26
Tropos (Philip Golub, Mario Layne Fabrizio)
Mariel Roberts/ Tomas Fujiwara
8pm, doors 7:30pm
$15
Sun April 30
to and fro: Anthony Coleman
5pm, doors 4:30pm
$15
PAST SHOWS:
Shift 01: April 20
John King & Joanna Mattrey
Anthony Coleman & Kevin Shea
Shift 02: April 27
Quartet or Two Duos (Ilgenfritz, Porter, Parnmongkol, Vítková)
Michael Foster & Ben Bennett
Shift 03: May 4
Samara Lubelski & Marcia Bassett
Mark Morgan
Shift 04: May 11 (POSTPONED!)
Seth Cluett
Michael J. Schumacher
Yasunao Tone
Shift 05: May 18
Matt Sutton & Karla Schickele
Ned Collette
**Thursday, May 19** 8pm
Holland Andrews
Jessika Kenney & Eyvind Kang
Shift 06: May 25
John McCowen w. Laura Cocks, Dominic Coles
Henrik Nørstebø
Shift 07: June 1
Trio KAM: Michael Wimberly w. Adam Lane & Alexis Marcelo
Bill Nace & David Watson
Shift 08: June 8
CT::SWaM
Dani Dobkin/Matt Sargent
Gideon Crevoshay/Devin Greenwood
Shift 09: June 15
James Brandon Lewis
Steve Baczkowski
**Curated by Brandon Lopez**
Shift 10: June 22
Jason Kahn
Earth Tongues
Shift 11: June 29
Brandon Lopez & Nate Wooley
Cecilia Lopez
**Curated by Brandon Lopez**
Shift 12: July 5-9
Ian Douglas-Moore's Big Sine installation for pure tones tuned to the Shift space
July 6, 8pm: installation performance with Patrick Holmes, Danny Tunick
Shift 13: July 13
Lampshade (Chris Cochrane, Viv Corringham, Miguel Frasconi)
Fred Lonberg-Holm with Michael Attias, Mat Maneri, and Tom Rainey
Shift 14: July 20
Andrew Bernstein sextet (Andrew Bernstein, Jeff Tobias, Che Chen, Zach Rowden, Justin Frye, Henry Birdsey)
Lee Ranaldo & Michael Vallera
Shift 15: July 27
The Scene Is Now
God Is My Co-Pilot
Shift 16: August 3
J.R. Bohannon and Ryley Walker
Ståle Liavik Solberg w. Sana Nagano, David Watson
Shift 17: Aug 10
Forbes Graham w. Cecila Lopez, Brandon Lopezgabby fluke-mogul, Tcheser Holmes, Mara Rosenbloom
Shift 18: Aug 17
Overflow Undertow, a variety show organized by lele dai:
Keiko Uenishi; Sam Newsome; Lucie Vítková; Many Many Girls; Bungey Colle and Banigold; Bradley Eros, Genevieve HK, and Benji Santos; Jin Mateo Kim, Shauna Steinbach, and Kimin Kim; Deadhouse
Thursday, Aug 18
Julien Ottavi and Katherine Liberovskaya's ELECTROPIXEL 12, a festival of emerging digital cultures and free electronic practices:
Phill Niblock and Katherine Liberovskaya; Hans Tammen and Dafna Naphtali; Jenny Pickett and Julien Ottavi; Gill Arno and lele dai
Shift 19: Aug 24
Michael J. Schumacher's "Room Pieces and Others" installation
4pm - 10pm
FREE
Shift 20: Aug 31
Gloatmeal (Matt Mitchell & Kate Gentile)
David First and Marc Edwards
Shift 21: Sept 7
Michaël Attias, Samuel Ber, Matt Mitchell
Nepenthae (Zach Layton, Raf Vertessen, Henry Fraser)
!!!!POSTPONED!!!!!
Saturday, Sept 10:
"Media of the Masses: Cassette Culture in Modern Egypt"
Andrew Simon listening session & conversation with Erica Robles-Anderson
4pm, FREE
Co-hosted with Supplemental Space
Shift 22: Sept 14
Marcia Bassett, Sandy Gordon, Ted Gordon
Jim Pugliese & Marco Capelli's IDR (Italian Doc Remix)
Shift 23: Sept 21
Loren Connors
Jeff Fuccillo / Disturbed Strings
"Az Yashir" performed by Ayal Senior & GRAY/SMITH
Curated by Jay Sanders
Shift 24: Sept 28
Ikue Mori, Ned Rothenberg, Alex Waterman
Che Chen, Talice Lee, Barry Weisblat, Alex Zhang Hungtai
Shift 25, Wed Oct 5:
EyeHigh (Matt Mottel, Tcheser Holmes, Aquiles Navarro, Jim McHugh)
GNR8RZ (Simon Hanes, Aliya Ultan, Calvin Weston, Anthony Coleman)
Shift 27, Wed Oct 12:
Henry Fraser
Robert Dick solo, & duet with David Watson
Shift 28, Wed Oct 19:
Marcela Lucatelli
Lauren Sarah Hayes
Shift 29, Thurs Oct 20:
Rush/Laird/Rahmé
Decimus
Tom Carter
Shift 30, Wed Oct 26:
Megha Rawoot
Elliott Sharp
Shift 31, Sat Oct 29:
Honeychild Coleman
The Scene Is Now
Shift 32, Weds Nov 2:
Nava Dunkelman, Chuck Bettis
Human Rites (Jason Kao Hwang, Ken Filiano, Andrew Drury)
Shift 33, Sun, Nov 6 @4pm:
Talujon plays Petr Kotik's The Plains at Gordium
Shift 34, Wed Nov 9:
Seymour Glass
Rump State (Mark Charles Morgan, "GG" from Norway)
Shift 35, Sat Nov. 12:
The Dirt Whisperers
John King, Abe Speller
Shift 36, Wed Nov. 16:
Little Black Egg (Georgia Hubley)
Angel Dean, Sue Garner with Cheryl Kingan and Greg Peterson
Shift 37, Sat Nov. 19:
8:30pm
C. Spencer Yeh, Kwami Winfield
Thomas Dimuzio, Bob Bellerue
Shift 38, Wed Nov. 30: curated by Julia Santoli
Lorenz Lindner, Julia Santoli
Brandon Lopez, Cecilia Lopez
Fri, Dec 2:
Listening party for Melvin Gibbs' Anamibia Sessions 1: The Wave
FREE
Shift 37, Sat Dec 3:
Anthony Coleman
Whit Dickey Root Perspectives record release with Tony Malaby, Matthew Shipp, and Brandon Lopez
Shift 38, Wed Dec 7:
Chris LiButti
Alan Courtis (of Reynols) (Argentina), Loren Connors
(solo + duo)
Thurs Dec 8, The Stone at Shift: William Winant
$15 each set
8pm Quintet:
Ikue Mori (electronics), Zeena Parkins (harps, keyboards), Shayna Dunkelman (percussion), Nava Dunkelman (percussion), William Winant (percussion)
9:30pm Trio:
Ava Mendoza (guitar), Ches Smith (drums), William Winant (percussion)
Shift 39-40, Fri-Sat Dec 9-10:
Catalytic Sound at Shift
8:30pm, Doors at 8pm
$25
Zeena Parkins, Sylvie Courvoisier, Nate Wooley, Chris Corsano, Ikue Mori, Lotte Anker, Cecilia Lopez, Fred Lonberg-Holm, Brandon Lopez, Ned Rothenberg (12/10), and David Watson (12/10)
Shift 41, Mon Dec 12, in partnership with Experimental Intermedia:
Tom Hamilton and Thessia Machado
Curated by Phill Niblock
Shift 42, Wed Dec 14:
Shoko Nagai, Satoshi Takeishi
Phillip Greenlief, Angelica Sanchez, Tom Rainey
Shift 43, Thurs Dec 15, in partnership with
Experimental Intermedia:
Pauline Harris w. String Noise, Jesse Stiles, Katherine Liberovskaya
Curated by Phill Niblock
Fri-Sat Dec 16-17,
Fri Ikue Mori (electronics), Brian Chase (drums), David Watson (bagpipes) at 8pm and Ikue Mori (electronics), Craig Taborn (piano), and Lotte Anker (sax) at 9:30pm, $15 per set.
Sat Ikue Mori (electronics), Zeena Parkins (harps, keyboard), Charmaine Lee (electronics, vocals) at 8pm and Ikue Mori (electronics), Sylvie Courvoisier (piano), Ned Rothenburg (reeds), and Lotte Anker (sax) at 9:30pm, $15 per set
Shift 44, Wed Dec 21:
Wet Ink with Ingrid Laubrock and Tom Rainey
Shift 45, Wed Jan 4:
Adam Lane, Alexis Marcelo, Michael Wimberly Trio
Sunken Cages (Ravish Momin) solo + M. Wimberly guest
curated by Michael Wimberly
Shift 46, Wed Jan 11: Pool
Multiple improv combinations (Anastasia Clarke, Marcus Cummins, Sandy Gordon, Matteo Liberatore, Matthew Ostrowski, Mariel Roberts, Kevin Shea & David Watson)
Shift 47, Wed Jan 18:
The John King Trio w/Brandon Lopez (bass) & Michael Wimberly (drums)
Lesley Mok (drums) - Solo Performance
curated by Michael Wimberly
Shift 48, Wed Jan 25:
Tom Chiu & Michael Schumacher
David Galbraith & Sergei Tcherepnin
Thur, Jan 26:
You're With Stupid book release hosted by Supplemental Space at 6pm
Shift 50, Wed Feb 1
Ian Douglas-Moore, Eric Wong, Dominic Coles
Seth Cluett
8pm, Doors 7:30pm
Fri Feb 3
MARSHALL ALLEN & NYC ALL-STARS Benefit presented by Arts For Art (AFA)
Darius Jones, Isaiah Collier, Sam Newsome, Patrick Holmes, Milena Casado, Heru Shabaka-Ra, Gwen Laster, Gabby Fluke-Mogul, Brandon Lopez, Eriq Robinson - el, Janice Lowe, Fay Victor, Juan Pablo Carletti, & Lesley Mok
7pm & 9pm sets, doors 6:30pm
Shift 52, Wed Feb 8
Matthew Shipp, Rob Brown, Whit Dickey
Marco Cappelli, Elliott Sharp, JT Lewis
8pm, doors 7:30
Fri Feb 10
AFA (Arts for Art) Brandon Lopez Residency:
Jessica Pavone and Tristan Krause (Record Release)
Brandon Lopez piano trio with Hans Young Binter (piano) and Tom Rainey (drums)
7pm & 9pm sets, doors 6:30pm
$15 in advance, $20 at the door
Shift 53, Sat Feb 11
Zafer Tawil
Elliott Sharp, Hélène Breschand
Shift 54, Sun Feb 12
Guillaume Malaret installation
Shift 55, Wed Feb 15
The Bridge Bass Quartet: Che Chen, Dave Hofstra, William Parker, Dave Sewelson
DrumsNButta
Shift 56, Thurs Feb 16
James Fei, John Bischoff
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Fri Feb 17
AFA (Arts for Art) Brandon Lopez Residency:
Michael Foster, Michael T.A. Thompson, John Blum trio
Brandon Lopez piano trio with Hans Young Binter (piano) and Tom Rainey (drums)
Shift 57, Sun Feb 19
Anna Schimkat installation
Shift 58, Wed Feb 22
Pool Improv
Tom Chiu, Robert Dick, Lucie Vítková, Liz Kosack
8pm, doors 7:30
Fri Feb 24
AFA (Arts for Art) Brandon Lopez Residency:
Darius Jones, Shahzad Ismaily, Ryan Sawyer trio
Brandon Lopez piano trio with Hans Young Binter (piano) and Tom Rainey (drums)
Shift 59, Sun Feb 26
Dan Joseph Periodicity Piece #10
Installation 5pm-8pm
Shift 60, Wed March 1
Mark Morgan
Excavation (Chris Cochrane, Nick Jozwiak, Shoko Nagai, John Thayer)
Shift 61, Thurs March 2
Record re-release show, co–presentation with Amish Records
Samara Lubelski / Che Chen + Anaïs Maviel / PG Six
Fri March 3
(AFA) Compassion: A tribute to Connie Crothers
Sat March 4
Evergreen Review: The Uses of Translation: Hofmann-Kuroda, Ramadan, Wimmer
Shift 62, Sun March 5
Tania Chen Installation
Shift 63, Wed March 8
Michaël Attias
Chris Pitsiokos, Joe Morris, Kevin Murray
Fri March 10
Guess Work Ensemble performing Brian Eno's Discreet Music
Tues March 14
Experimental Intermedia: Luca Forcucci
Shift 64, Wed March 15
David First
David Watson and Sam Kulik
March 16th book release and show:
Cisco Bradley's "The Williamsburg Avant-Garde"
Andrea Wolper,Virg Dzurinko, Talibam! with Yuko Otomo, Tamio Shiraishi, Marc Edwards' Slipstream Time Travel
Fri March 17
Experimental Intermedia: Elico Suzuki
Sun March 19
Experimental Intermedia:
Screen Compositions: Edition 19:
curated by Katherine Liberovskay
Shift 65, Wed March 22
Stephan Crump
Ken Filiano, Shelley Hirsch, Hans Tammen
Thurs March 23
(Blank Forms) Still House Plants, Melvin Gibbs, and 7038634357
Fri March 24
(Blank Forms) Still House Plants, Dawuna, and Charles Curtis
Shift 66, Wed Mar 29
curated by Brian Chase (Chaikin Records)
Organs Obsolete
Tomas Fujiwara
Brian Chase/Anthony Coleman