Paul Steven Ray’s BlueBlack Dream

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Ticket Tiers	$10 Streaming Only, $20 Audience @ SSL

Streaming Notes: MUST READ

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In-Person Audience Notes: MUST READ

We are excited to welcome you back into our space. Please note that we will not serve food or drinks, and that eating is prohibited inside but personal non-alcoholic beverages may be consumed on the premises. Attendees MUST provide proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test (within 72 hours of the event) upon arrival to SSL. Tickets must be purchased online ahead of time, and will not be sold at the door. Please read our Covid Safety Protocol page for a full list of guidelines.

Paul Steven Ray

Paul Steven Ray is a longtime fixture of the NYC experimental music/sound art scene. He has been heard in a wide range of venues including Issue Project Room, The Stone, and ShapeShifterLab, He has presented his work in festivals on both sides of the Atlantic. Collaborations with other artists include Bora Yoon, Vernon Reid, Nate Wooley, Oblaat, Pheeroan Ak Laff, Brandon Ross, Yuko Fujiyama, Cyro Baptista, Val–Inc., and Ha Yang Kim. He has composed four operas and recorded in a variety of settings. His “Listener Activated Sound Environments” are installations designed to create an ultra-sensitive sonic experience for the listener-performer. He was curator of the experimental concert series PSYCHELOUNGE and continues to pursue his goal of bridging the various camps of creative artists in the city and elsewhere. Continuing through the pandemic lockdown, Paul Steven Ray released two solo recordings: The Ticking and Some People Float available on Bandcamp.

https://www.instagram.com/noise_surfer_paul_steven_ray/

http://paulstevenraysound.squarespace.com/

https://paulstevenray.bandcamp.com/

https://blueblackdream.bandcamp.com/releases

Lisette Santiago

Lisette Santiago is a vocalist, percussionist, and thereminist who has performed and recorded with artists such as Cyro Baptista’s Beat The Donkey, Q Tip, The Jungle Brothers, Stereo MCs, Itaal Shur, Richard Bona, and Matt Garrison. Her work, In Her Voice premiered at the Kennedy Center in 2018. Lisette is the director of “Music Across Bridges” which focuses on World Music education.

Josh Scott

Josh Scott is a fixture of the NYC’s noise rock/ grindcore scene having created, performed, and recorded with Anodyne and Defeatists. He is a quiet and LOUD, calm and Deadly keeper of the lower flames.