01.04.11 // 08:00 // ISSUE Project Room

Unsound Festival NY Labs kicks off at ISSUE Project Room with the first of 2 nights focusing on collaborations. HATI (PL) collaborates with Z’ev (US); Dawid Szczesny (PL) collaborates with duo MERCE made up of harpist Shelley Burgon & avant-turntablist Maria Chavez (US); Anna Zaradny (PL) collaborates with New York-based Walkman manipulator Aki Onda (US).

Tickets: $12 / $10 members IPR

02.04.11 // 20:00 // ISSUE Project Room

All Swiss-based, Günter Müller, Jason Kahn and Norbert Mosland have been performing together as MKM since 2006, fusing noise, electronics and improvised music. Especially for LABS, they present a series of collaborations with US artists Taylor Deupree, Lizzi Bougatsos and Richard Kamerman, followed by their MKM project.

Tickets: $12 / $10 IPR Members

03.04.11 // 20:00 // Littlefield

Swedish band "Skull Defekts" explore experimental rock incorporating noise, drone and circular composition; SD's new album "Peer Amid" features Lungfish vocalist Daniel Higgs, performing live with them at Unsound. Supporting is fellow Thrill Jockey artist Zomes, solo project of Lungfish guitarist Ana Osborne, as well as the Polish/German electronic musician Paul Wirkus.

Tickets: $10

04.04.11 // 19:30 // BAMcinématek

A screening of the silent horror film "Nosferatu", directed by F.W. Murnau, a classic of German expressionist cinema. A live score will be provided by Norwegian Svarte Greiner, creator of "acoustic doom", as well as the founder of the celebrated Miasmah label. He will perform with Polish/German percussionist Paul Wirkus.

Tickets: $15
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