MATTE Presents BLACK

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BLACK, THE MUSIC AND ART PROJECT, RETURNS TO NYC FOR TWO NIGHTS WITH GLOBAL MUSICIANS THE BLAZE, GUY GERBER, MANO LE TOUGH, AND OTHERS – APRIL 4 & 5.

PHILLIPS AND DAATA EDITIONS TO SHOWCASE CURATED DIGITAL ART FROM PHILLIP BIRCH, JEREMY COUILLARD, JACKY CONNOLLY, RASHAAD NEWSOME, TIN OJEDA, PUCK VERKADE, AND MORE.

NEW IMMERSIVE INSTALLATIONS BY ARTISTS CHILDREN OF THE LIGHT, FLORENCE TO, SHOHEI FUJIMOTO, AND GLENN KAINO.

On the heels of a sold-out event in 2018, BLACK, a transformative experiential platform fusing music and art, expands to two nights, April 4th and 5th, upon its return to Brooklyn’s Avant Gardner. Anchoring itself in NYC’s underground culture, BLACK aspires to inspire creativity – altering space into an immersive pallet for artists and fans alike. Tickets now available HERE.

MUSIC: Featured music for April 4th is The Blaze, Jacques Greene, Ouri, and April 5th is Guy Gerber, Mano Le Tough, DJ Seinfeld, Marie Davidson, VAAL, Kedr Livanskiy, NSR, and Henri.

ART: Phillips, the distinguished art auction house, and Daata Editions will showcase a curated selection of digital art from Phillip Birch, Jeremy Couillard, Jacky Connolly, Rashaad Newsome, Tin Ojeda, and Puck Verkade. BLACK artists involved include Children of the Light, Florence To, Shohei Fujimoto and Glenn Kaino.

BLACK continues its pursuit for the edge between music and art seeking to create a space for artists to play into and disrupt. Its growth around the globe and evolution into a new form of unconventional discovery has attracted everyone from Virgil Abloh, Asap Ferg, Zoe Kravitz, and Bella Thorne, to A-trak, Rita Ora, Alexander Wang, Donald Glover and Emily Ratajkowski, among others.


Featured Musicians:
April 4th
The Blaze, Jacques Greene, and Ouri

April 5th
Guy Gerber, Mano Le Tough, Marie Davidson, Kedr Livanskiy, DJ Seinfeld, Ouri, VAAL, NSR, and Henri

Featured Artists:
Children of the Light, Florence To, Shohei Fujimoto, Glenn Kaino  Phillip Birch, Jeremy Couillard, Jacky Connolly, Keren Cytter, Elliot Dodd, Ollie Dook, Bex Ilsley, Rashaad Newsome, Tin Ojeda, Hannah Quinlan & Rosie Hastings, Scott Reeder, Puck Verkade, Zadie Xa, Lu Yang

Event Listing Details
Dates and Hours:                                            Location:
                                                                          Avant Gardner
April 4: 8PM – 2AM                                              140 Stewart Avenue
April 5: 9PM – 4:30AM                                        Brooklyn, NY 11237

 

Website:                                                           Social:
http://www.black-nyc.com/                                IG/FB/T: @blackbymatte / #BLACKbyMATTE
 

About BLACK:
BLACK unifies music, design, and contemporary art – transforming a space into an orchestration of form, sound, and culture.Inciting, altering, and disrupting, we explore the world between the imagined and unimagined. Submerged in darkness, we seek to find the edge, where brilliant flashes of light remind us of the remarkable shape of ourselves.

About MATTE Projects:
MATTE is a creative agency and production company focused on creating experiences and content that authentically resonate with culture.  

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About Guy Gerber

Guy Gerber has always favored the road less traveled. The Israeli DJ thrives on confounding expectations. What other underground DJ could collaborate with one of hip-hops biggest moguls, Puff Daddy, or start a left-field night at one of Ibiza’s most commercial clubs, Pacha? What other producer blends the worlds of melancholy and euphoria so effortlessly, or turns in a breakup album as an official mix for a revered club brand? It’s these kind of contradictions that define Gerber’s compelling duality.

Before he was fiddling with drum machines and synths, Gerber was all about groups like Joy Division and My Bloody Valentine. These influences still echo clearly in his music today, whether it be his hypnotizing live performances or contemplative, moody productions. Over the course of four albums, Gerber has shown himself to be a singular artist. In 2007, he brought his debut album Late Bloomers to Sven Vath’s Cocoon, following that with 2009’s My Invisible Romance. In 2012 and 2013, he usurped the concept of a mix CD, delivering a Fabric album made up of 100% original new productions; then on Who’s Stalking Who creating an LP more akin to an extended composition than anything else.

As a performer, Guy Gerber is consistently rated one of the best touring acts in dance music, earning a top 10 live performer nod three years in a row for Resident Advisor. When DJing he’s known for extended sets, epitomized by a 12-hour performance at Burning Man in 2014. Gerber’s sets are never forgettable, and he has an unerring ability to disrupt expectations, whether it be confounding Ibiza VIPs with his 2013 Wisdom of the Glove residency at Pacha -- which even caught the New York Times’ attention -- or 12 months later going in a totally new direction with his clandestine free Ibiza beach party, Rumors. Even at more traditional club residencies like those he holds at Marquee, Sound, and Story, Gerber acts as the subversor, transforming the normative experience into something alive with mysticism and mystique.

On the label front, Gerber has helped curate and A&R some of underground music’s most intriguing talents. His label Supplement Facts hosted everyone from Chaim, to dOP, Guti and Kate Simko. In typical Gerber fashion, just as it was reaching its apex he put it on hold to launch a new imprint Rumors, a befitting title for the mischievously minded Gerber. The new project is off to a promising start, serving as home to Guy’s colossal collaboration with Dixon, “No Distance,” as well as his crossover album with Puff Daddy, 11:11, which proved one of 2014’s most startling and impressive LPs. As with Supplement Facts, Rumors reiterates Gerber’s attention to the visual aesthetic. Both labels have seen him collaborating with artists all over the globe -- most recently, visual trio WIFE at Art Basel in Miami.

What’s next for Guy Gerber? Like any good rumor, it’s sure to have tongues wagging.