Braided Sound is a series of improvisational site-specific experimental ensembles that operate off a graphic score designed by Jesse Perlstein. The performances draws on a deep familiarity with graphically notated score history, from that of Cage and Cardew and Stockhausen among many others, BraidedSOUND distances itself from the aesthetics and behaviors of “concert music” almost entirely—we are rather seeking to explore and define a contemporary use of the graphic score as a map, the compass and legend of which must be figured out with every single new performance, by every participating artist, together as a unit, in every new space and every different city, and using the hybrid sonic avenues of electronic and acoustic elements as its toolkit.
Every performance is a chance to rethink the very building blocks upon which my compositional practice is founded, but invitational opportunities to perform with new creative collaborators in far away countries welcome both excitement and logistical challenges.
JESSE PERLSTEIN is an LA-based (NYC-born) experimental sound artist who uses vocals and field recording to make shifting soundscapes that build and swell with noise and harmony, inevitably reducing to meditative nostalgic sonic tapestries. He is the curator and painter behind Braided Sound.
https://www.jesseperlstein.com/
@absentwarrior
TOPU LYO is an LA-based cellist whos work spans film composition, experimental sound & cross-genre collaborations.
@topu_lyo
CRYSTAL SASAKI is a LA-based Butoh dancer and performance artist excavating internal and relational terrain in pursuit of raw presence.
@crystaljiko
DANIEL SPARKS is an LA-based electronic producer (aka Omniscuro) who uses modular synth kit to manipulate samples and make industrial-tinged beats.
@omniscuro