Collaborative concert between Nevermind the Noise and HYPERCUBE. Digital concert premiered February 3, 2021.

HYPERCUBE has built a reputation on high-energy performances with impressive execution. The NYC-based quartet embraces the boundaries of chamber music, featuring cutting-edge works for saxophone, guitar, piano and percussion, while spanning electric and acoustic worlds. From championing original works such as Louis Andriessen’s Hout, Philippe Hurel’s Localized Corrosion, and Chaya Czernowin’s Sahaf, to commissioning new works by composers Nicholas Deyoe, Farzia Fallah, Eric Wubbels, Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Daniel Tacke, Erin Rogers, Amin Sharifi, Nomi Epstein, Christopher Adler, and Juan Trigos, HYPERCUBE has collaborated with composers such as Sam Pluta and Chris Cerrone, to freshly adapt works for the quartet. HYPERCUBE is Erin Rogers (saxophones), Jay Sorce (classical & electric guitar), Andrea Lodge (piano & accordion), and Chris Graham (percussion).

Hypercube x Nevermind the Noise

Yaz Lancaster: badhead (2020)

written for Hypercube's residency with Nevermind the Noise Collective @ NYU / recorded @ Scholes Street Studio / premiered on 3 February 2021

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I've experienced chronic insomnia for several years. This piece was written following a sleepless night, and attempts to capture the hazy and disorienting but familiar feeling of the middle of the day feeling later than nighttime.

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Hypercube is:
Erin Rogers, saxophones
Jay Sorce, guitars (& banjo!)
Chris Graham, percussion
Andrea Lodge, keys

badhead

"Resonator" accentuates the resonant qualities of Hypercube's instrumentation, accumulating a cloud of droning overtones above a fast and rhythmic quartet. While much of my music consists of long-form unfolding processes, this music is full of abrupt interruptions, inspired by Tony Conrad's essay "A Few Remarks Before I Begin": "Attention needs guideposts for focus. Exploration of alternative attentiveness is a valuable cultural commodity."

HYPERCUBE is:
Chris Graham: percussion
Andrea Lodge: piano
Erin Rogers: saxophone
Jay Sorce: guitar

Resonator (Hypercube)

I think Genre can be used as a technique. That's it. That's the piece.

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performed by Hypercube - http://www.hypercubemusic.org/

Genre is a Technique

shiver // shimmer // shatter
Performed by Hypercube

shiver // shimmer // shatter

Performed by Hypercube Ensemble

A musical catharsis of the times in which 2020 has made us all want to scream.

Two Thousand Times I've Screamed (2020)

Alex Ring Gray is a composer, performer, and multimedia artist. With projects spanning the concert hall, sound installations, and electronic mediums, his work is concerned with psychoacoustics, environment, and process. Heavily involved as an improviser, his music is often characterized by a deeply physical performance practice juxtaposed with rich drone textures.

Based in New York, Alex works as music assistant to Philip Glass, helping with his new scores and productions. He is a close collaborator of the organizations Nief-Norf and InfraSound. He recently completed his MM at NYU, where he studied with Michael Gordon and Julia Wolfe.