We are very excited to announce the third installment of Systems of Release. This next issue will be our broadest scope yet packed with interviews, written pieces, photographs, Q&As from the community, research projects developed by our team and more! This has been challenging in the best way and we are so proud to continue to develop this project and all its iterations.
Come celebrate with us on Saturday May 2nd from 12-5PM at Trans-Pecos where we will be hosting an all day event filled with vendors and lectures from the electronic music community. Throughout the day there will music, tea and drinks for your enjoyment and of course all three issues of Systems of Release will be for sale! More details coming soon! We hope you’ll join us in celebrating New York City’s nightlife and the power of print. Ticket link in bio!
Still feeling the energy that everyone brought last Wednesday while we celebrated the release of issue two. Thank you again to everyone who pulled up.
SOR has been slowly building its archive through culmination of hard work inspired by our adoration for this scene and each web that makes it up. We think issue two is an even better reflection of that than the last. In this issue we got interviews with djs, producers, artists, club owner, those holding it down front and back of house, writings, studio visits, rave memory maps, nightlife film photography, bossa’s bacteria, sonic liberation devices, and bits from our ephemera archive.
This was our most ambitious issue so for and it wasn’t done without every bit of support. Special shout out to the team who brought each piece to life and hand bound each magazine. @alyadoesthings@__________341a4@circuitboardgenius@demorobilia@following_soil@thereisnohansel@finn.the.gold.fish Eric Chung
Our website is updated and this issue is available for purchase + shipping. We offer drop off and pick up in you’re local! @systemsofrelease.com
And shoutout to the design lab for helping us print when our printer broke the night before the party! Xx and Bossa ofc ;)
More than a long time coming, here is Systems of Release 01! 52 pages cataloging glimpses into NYC’s rave scene now through conversation, essays, images and other creative takes; alive, jumping, and most often dancing. Cooper and I are thrillled to give this to you. Come read and come dance with us! SUNDAY DECEMBER, 15th at 254 VERNON AVE we will be selling, spinning, and celebrating this project. Thanks to everyone always. Couldn’t have made it without the community; for the people by the people with all the soresssss.
Get to know our first machine, The Palestine Drum Liberator, through an intimate conversation with @themusicofomar@lita.systems and @systemsofrelease ~ Our first machine is foundational to our continuous exploration of developing technologies rooted in history, care and solidarity. It inspired our first machine for purchase, debuting for pre-order June 3rd. Before chatting more about that, take some time to understand our first model, what it taught us and how it continues to inspire the work we do. (video Interview link in bio)
If you want to know more, meet us at @trans.pecos this saturday as we will continue this dialogue from 1-2 with @systemsofrelease 🔊🌎🥁
In one week we will be celebrating the launch of issue 3! We are so looking forwarding to spending an afternoon celebrating this next edition with y’all. From 12pm to 5pm May 2nd come to Trans Pecos and hang with us!
We’re thrilled to welcome a few members of the community selling their goods…
Practice safe sounds with custom earplugs from Crystal Guardian✨Printed reading materials and radical fun from the renowned party Fist✨Hardcore merchandise from Hammerhead Records✨Rare vinyl from Wtchcrft✨ & zines from the collective Lifesavers!
Sounds for the day will be by Pono and Linda and to round it out a lecture from Sonic Liberation Device founder, Lita!
We will end the day with a walk through of this newest issue and invite contributors up to read from their pages and or a personal reading of their choosing.
✨$5 entry and free tea from @theteastandnyc
Come read, come dance and celebrate this community!
Here’s some of what the team picked up at our weekend long stay at Pioneer Works’ Press Play! We felt honored to be in a space with so many hard working creatives and people of the literary world. Much love to those who stopped by our table, enjoyed the fair, the joys of music, print and the power of independent press! ✨
Images from our Footnotes party at Bossa celebrating good music, reads and community. Thank you to everyone who showed face or supported from afar! We hope you enjoyed our pamphlet. More to come ofc…SOR is made up of everyone involved- we always take submissions or ideas ✨ @systemsofrelease_ !!re_email!!_gmail.com
Last weekend SOR vended at the annual El Dorado zine fair hosted by @8ballcommunity !! we had so much fun chatting with everyone who came by and getting to know the other zine makers and artists! Here are some flicks from the fair plus some cool work we took home with us. Thanks for having us 8ball and thanks to anyone who took a piece of SOR home with them! Happy Halloween 🎃🪩
We are hosting another middle of the week night with a tough lineup of people close to SOR’s heart. We will be selling magazines and new printed material in collaboration with some talented illustrators plus some free resource material! Free entry! Wednesday November 5th at Bossa Nova Civic Club💃🪩📚 https://ra.co/events/2284771
We had the pleasure of spending a day with Jesús Hilario-Reyes (@morenxx_x ) in their studio space at Yale exploring their MFA thesis, Slip Index. This is an interview zine featuring the entire transcript of our conversation with Jesús about each piece in Slip Index + a studio chat. It was an incredibly fruitful and inspiring opportunity to speak with them and learn more about the details of their process.
Available on systemsofrelease.com
All proceeds are split with the artist.
We had the chance to speak with Lita (@djlita_ ) and Omar (@themusicofomar ) at Pioneer works about their collaborative Sonic Liberation Device- The Palestine Drum Liberator. This interview zine is our time with them in full. We discuss the intricacies of building this machine from scratch, how intentional design can impact a machines use, and explore the art of decolonizing sound production.
Available on systemsofrelease.com for purchase. All proceeds are split with the artists.
