LIVE MUSIC & DJs - Environs XII

Environs XII : Logan Takahashi, Paul Sakai / Mark Chinen, Morgan Boyle, Leftpop, Paper Gem (DJ)

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Logan Takahashi is an artist and composer based in Queens, New York. While he grew up playing violin as a child in New Jersey, he was influenced by the nearby experimental electronic scene in Brooklyn, and went on to study electronic music composition at Oberlin. There he founded his first project, Teengirl Fantasy, with friend and collaborator Nick Weiss after they played a house party show together. Over the course of a decade, the dance music duo released acclaimed records on labels including Planet Mu and True Panther Sounds, collaborated with Kelela, Laurel Halo, and Panda Bear, and scored a Blade Runner-inspired Fashion Week collection for Opening Ceremony. In 2016, Takahashi signed to Ghostly International for a series of solo releases. His debut solo album, NeoGeo, is a zoomed-in study of timbre, rhythm, and melody ornamented with buoyant and incandescent sounds. He has also written scores for avant-garde dance pieces, soundtracked poignant documentaries, and performed his music all over the world.

Mark Chinen (guitar) and Paul Sakai (drums) are longtime friends and collaborators. Their work explores place, self, friendship and family. Their 2025 release, Moon Obscured by Rain, explores these themes as well as the textural and timbral possibilities of their instruments with simple melodic motifs in short form, improvised music. Moon Obscured by Rain - Album art is Barbara Horiuchi's piece "The Crossing" (2008), sumi ink on handmade Iwano paper. Album Art Design by Lenny Gonzalez.

Morgan Boyle is a poet in Queens. She can be found on IG: @starlight.barking.

Leftpop is the project of composer, improviser, and producer Harrison Adams. He is the curator of Environs and passionate about environmental music in many forms. His current work is inspired by acoustics and phenomena natural world, including the movements of wind, rain, and clouds.

paper gem produces sample-based hip hop and is experimenting with melding ambient, slowcore and electronic styles. He is a part of the 100Fold collective (a mix of rappers and producers) and has previously released projects with the collective, as a duo alongside rapper Nigel Xavier and beat tapes/remixes as a solo artist. He’s exploring visual art/collage and DJing to share some of his eclectic music tastes.

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