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Join us on May 31 for an amazing performance by Tak Ensemble (@takensemble ) SPATIAL 018 :: Tak Ensemble Date: Sunday, May 31, 2026 Location: 169 Bowery NYC Time: DOORS 7:30p | SHOW 8:00p Tak will perform two works: when the great fires were lit on the other side of the ocean by Weston Olencki & IN A FOREST is a rare vocal work by Rome Prize winner, Michelle Lou Regarded as “one of the most prominent ensembles in the United States practicing truly experimental music” (I Care If You Listen), TAK delivers energetic performances “that combine crystalline clarity with the disorienting turbulence of a sonic vortex” (The WIRE), and “impresses with the organicity of their sound, their dynamism and virtuosity” (New Sounds, WQXR).  TAK is a mixed-quintet committed to musical exploration and experimentation and dedicated to commissioning new works and direct collaboration with composers and other artists. They have premiered hundreds of works to date since its founding in 2013. Recent highlighted collaborations include large-scale works by Eric Wubbels, Jessie Cox, Qiujiang Levi Lu, Michelle Lou, Tyshawn Sorey, and Weston Olencki. The group has performed internationally at IntACT Festival (Thailand), Music Current Festival (Ireland), Cluster Festival (Canada), Harpa Concert Hall (Iceland), and the Delian Academy (Greece), among many others, with upcoming performances in Switzerland, The Netherlands, Germany, and Latvia. Laura Cocks (@_aura_ocks ), flute Madison Greenstone (@mads_green_stone ), clarinet Charlotte Mundy (@charl_ttemundy ), voice Marina Kifferstein (@sourkiff ), violin Ellery Trafford (@traffordcastle ), percussion

May 31 / 8pm •IN A FOREST by michelle lou • + • WHEN THE GREAT FIRES WERE LIT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE OCEAN by weston olencki • for @newearinc at @fridmangallery —closing our beloved 25-26 season with two transformational moments in time and place — tickets are sliding, dm us if you need a comp we can’t wait to see you so so so soon LOVE

HAPPY BANDCAMP FRIDAY!! Between the Air is ready to love you at the link in bio we love these pieces with an insane deliciousness and we know you will too they are holy and they were written for us by our friends Eric Wubbels @shariatzadeh.golnaz Bethany Younge Lewis Nielson @dr.tyshawnsorey_official 🩷

Between the Air kræver ører i opdagelsesmodus. TAK Ensembles ottende album udfolder sig som et tæt akustisk landskab – som en hule af lydlige stalaktitter, rig på tekstur og resonans. – Ania Mauruschat /en/in-brief/cave-sound-tak-ensemble-cuts-acoustic-darkness With Between the Air, TAK Ensemble once again demonstrates its remarkable sensitivity to the materiality of sound, inviting listeners to move beyond the often harsh surface of the present – and, perhaps, to breathe more freely again. #album #music #art #artist #musica

BETWEEN THE AIR •is•out•today• we couldn’t be more in love with this newest album from us to you— the five pieces on here have shaped us and our world and our sound and our life and friendships and the air we breathe so immensely in the last seven years. we’re honored to record them & honored to share them with you here we hope you’ll listen we hope you’ll discover what it feels like to talk to dust we hope you’ll tell us get it now on bandcamp 💘 WORKS BY: Eric Wubbels @shariatzadeh.golnaz Lewis Nielson Bethany Younge @dr.tyshawnsorey_official recorded at @oktavenaudio by Ryan Streber mixed by @davidbirdtv mastered by @josephbranciforte artwork by @delaney_allen

INSTRUMENTS by Eric Wubbels ~ the 2nd single from Between the Air ~ drops TODAY full record out 4/14 and it’s so, so beautifully full of beautiful pieces with works by Eric, Tyshawn, Golnaz, Bethany, and Lewis get it nowwwww on bandcamp! & you’ll never be able to listen on spotify so don’t even 🥲😇

The first single from our Between the Air is Tyshawn Sorey’s ‘For jaimie branch’ 🩷 written in the fall of 2022 for jaimie, Tyshawn’s glacially crystalline elegy sublimates sonic architecture into a gossamer and enveloping fog. Powerful and bittersweet, and we’re so honored to share this work from Tyshawn, for her, with you. Full thing is streaming on Bandcamp at the link in bio Thanks to @360recordshop for letting us film on these hallowed grounds, it felt so right to document a piece for jaimie here—where some of us first met her & where her presence is still so tangible 💛 & thanks to Christopher Smith for filming & editing recorded at @oktavenaudio by Ryan Streber mixed by @davidbirdtv / mastered by @josephbranciforte #newmusic #experimentalmusic #takensemble #nycmusic #recordshop #redhook #tyshawnsorey #jaimiebranch #musicvideo #recordrelease #contemporarymusic

Between the Air pre-releases today!!!!! this is our first multi-composer record, or BOUQUETS as we call them, since we released Oor in 2019. And all of the pieces that we picked like flowers were written for us, but are truly just for you ♡ 1. INSTRUMENTS (from interbeing) - by Eric Wubbels 2. moon that sank|wet grass - by @shariatzadeh.golnaz 3. Siesta Negra - by Lewis Nielson 4. At midnight I walked into the middle of the desert - by Bethany Younge 5. For jaimie branch - by @dr.tyshawnsorey_official ♡ these works are holy and surreal and bittersweet and haunting and interlocking and evaporating and metaphysical and mercurial and hopeful and breathless and claustrophobic, and from here and the hereafter and we hope you fall in love with them link is in the bio!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you to Ryan Streber who recorded it at @oktavenaudio to @davidbirdtv who mixed it to @josephbranciforte who mastered it at @greyfadestudio and to @delaney_allen whose astounding art graces the cover.

perfect day recording ‘when the great fires were lit on the other side of the ocean’ by @wolencki at @oktavenaudio out in october on @sweetwreath & TAK editions & next up live for @frequency_festival_chicago_ at @constellationchicago on 3/1!

Applications close tonight at 11:59pm for our inaugural TAK LAB summer intensive! Come study with all of TAK, @sethcluett , @levi.lu1 , and Eric Wubbels in one of our three intertwined tracks: Performance, Composition, & Expanded Practice and Creative Technologies! Hosted at Manhattan School of Music & Columbia University’s Computer Music Center from August 2-8, 2026! We’ve tried to keep tuition as low as possible & scholarships are available! Reach out with questions to [email protected] & get those apps in by tonight—link in bio!!

Thanks to all you sweet freaks who listened and joined and shared and supported and burst forth from yourself with your own unearthly incandescent light ♡ we love you forever, thank you for the bounty of 2025!!

Calling all student and early-career composers of new music! We would love to work with you at TAK LAB this summer! 💜 Participants in the Composer Track will write a new piece to be performed and documented by TAK. They will receive instruction from Eric Wubbels, and participate in workshops with Seth Cluett and Qiujiang Levi Lu. Excitingly, they will also develop and perform new music alongside participants in the performance and EPCT tracks. TAK LAB will take place on the campuses of Manhattan School of Music and the Columbia University Computer Music Center. Nearby housing is available, but participants may also stay off-campus. Learn more and apply by January 3 at the link upstairs or at TAKensemble.com/TAK-LAB.