In January 2016, Bisi celebrated the 35 year anniversary of his BC Studio with a weekend of performances by close to 50 musicians who'd worked there over the decades. In 2014 he toured in support of a feature-length documentary about BC Studio, Sound & Chaos: 'The Story Of BC Studio', directed by Sara Leavitt and Ryan Douglass. In 2009, Bisi made his first extensive touring in the US and Europe. Ex Nihilo (LP -2014 Labelship, Black Freighter).

Son of a Gun (EP -2010 Contraphonic, Black Freighter) with Bill Laswell, Brian Viglione of The Dresden Dolls and Bob D'Amico of Sebadoh.

Sirens of the Apocalypse (LP -2008 Labelship, Black Freighter).

Dear Papi I'm in Jail (EP -1996 New Alliance/ SST).

See Ya in Tiajuana (EP -1994 New Alliance/ SST).

All Will Be Won (LP -1992 New Alliance/ SST).

Creole Mass (LP -1988 New Alliance/ SST) with Lee Ranaldo and Fred Frith.In 2021, he worked with the Hypnagogia album of Travis Duo. Soon after recording Herbie Hancock's ' Rockit', Bisi split from Bill Laswell but continued working from BC Studio till present time, with a specialty in loud, dense sound, such as Foetus, Season to Risk, and Serena Maneesh. In 1982, he recorded the instruments for the first song Whitney Houston recorded as a lead singer, ' Memories' off of Material's One Down LP. Studio (initially named OAO, Operation All Out, Studio) with Bill Laswell and Brian Eno in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn, where he recorded much of the No Wave, avant garde, and hip-hop of the early 1980s including Lydia Lunch, Live Skull, Fred Frith and Afrika Bambaataa. As a child in the 1960s his parents sent him to a French school, gave him music lessons, and took him to performances by the New York Philharmonic and the opera, all of which he rebelled against. His mother was a concert pianist who specialized in Liszt and Chopin and toured extensively, and his father played tango-style piano as a hobby. Martin Bisi was born in 1961 to Argentinian parents and grew up in Manhattan.

Thirlwell, and Herbie Hancock's Grammy-winning song ' Rockit'. He is known for recording important records by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Material, Bill Laswell, Helmet, Unsane, The Dresden Dolls, Cop Shoot Cop, White Zombie, Boredoms, Angels of Light, J.G. Recorded with a live audience comprised of sound pioneers, social deviants, and studio fans, these tracks were mixed and edited with care over several month by Martin Bisi and by veterans of the studio throughout the decades.īC35 is composed by two Volumes, this is the second chapter released on April 19, one year after the first one.Martin Bisi (born 1961) is an American producer and songwriter. There were also some long-awaited reunions. Musicians were invited to participate by Martin Bisi, and were assembled by Genevieve Fernworthy into improv ensembles - in the instances where no group had already selforganised- with particular attention to production logistics, and respect for sonic-dynamic ' - Cvlt NationīC35 refers to the weekend of performances and the resulting album making the 35 year anniversary of BC Studio in Gowanus, Brooklyn. What I love is that this record is punk as fuck without sounding like anything you have ever heard before. BC35: Volume Two is the sequel to last year’s BC35: The 35th Anniversary of BC Studio. '.it will take your mind on an outergalactic Noise Rock trip to another fucking universe. Martin Bisi with members of Sonic Youth, Swans, White Hills, JG Thirlwell, Cop Shoot Cop,Live Skull reunion, Pop 1280, The Dresden Dolls, Alice Donut, Lubricated Goat, Sxip Shirey, Parlor Walls and many more!

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