![]() ![]() As the studio got more functional, I wanted to get experimental with drums and rhythmic sounds - sonically weird beats. It was more the live experience that I found exciting for sound.Īs for music, I was messing around on drums through my teens. ![]() If anything I thought records, even those that I liked, sounded bad. It was still the 70s, an era that I still I don't like for sound. There were no recordings at that time that inspired me sonically. I simply felt it was something I 'could' do, so why not. I did not really imagine that I would go into production long-term. It wasn't till the following year that I started gathering gear for my own studio, which would become BC Studio, where I still am today. I started going into the studio, with the group Material in 1980, but really just to be on the sidelines. When did you start writing/producing music - and what or who were your early passions and influences? What is about music and/or sound that drew you to it? He is also on Instagram, Facebook, twitter, and Soundcloud.īC35 VOLUME TWO / The 35 Year Anniversary of BC Studio by BC35 If you enjoyed this interview with Martin Bisi and would like to stay up to date with his work, visit his official homepage. Some say that these inspired the later desert festivals like Burning Man.Īnd Unnatural Ways-band of great NYC guitarist Ava Mendoza. Recommendations: I can recommend the documentary Desolation Center, which is about the DIY shows in the desert in 1983 that Sonic Youth, Minutemen, Meat Puppets, Einsturzende Neubauten, Redd Kross, Survival Research Laboratories, Swans performed at. The compilation is available directly from Martin Bisi's bandcamp.Īlso available: Martin's new solo record Solstice, which can be bought on CD and vinyl. Some of the artists and bands he has worked with at BC Studio include Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Africa Bambaataa, Herbie Hancock and Bill Laswell (who realised their groundbreaking Rockit here), Serena Maneesh, Violent Femmes, Foetus aka JG Thirlwell, The Dresden Dolls, Brian Eno, Fred Frith, Boredoms, Boss Hog (w/ Jon Spencer), and countless others. At BC, Bisi has recorded records which have left their mark on experimental music culture – and, which sets them apart, both on what some call the underground and the “mainstream”. Current release: Martin Bisi has put together BC35 Volume Two: The 35 year anniversary of Martin Bisi’s BC Studio, Brooklyn, a stunning compilation to mark the 35th anniversary of his legendary studio location in Gowanus, Brooklyn. ![]()
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