Ka Baird and Chris Ryan Williams celebrate the release of Enthalpy, their first duo album on Outside Time Records (out Sept. 25, 2026).
Reflecting on the album, Jonathan Williger writes:“The music flies out in bursts; it seeps and oozes, flows with intention. It is an incredibly rhythmic work without any hint of meter, full of sounds that punctuate with the thud of a dart hitting a bullseye. Williams’ capability to conjure swirling atmospherics, as well as his remarkable ability to pull fragments of melody from the haze, fit puzzle-like into Baird’s exclamations and the eruption of electronics that often dovetail them.”
Ka Baird flutes, voice, electronics
Chris Williams trumpet, electronics
“Ka Baird’s music occupies the space where, by breathing, the everyday meets the sublime.” – Resident Advisor
“What kind of thing—what type of music, what category of experience—is Chris Williams’ Odu: Vibration II?…. Descending into its hidden depths, you might decide that it’s an exercise in deep listening or an explosion of linear timekeeping.” – Pitchfork
Cellist/composer Leila Bordreuil and bassist/composer Luke Stewart play a duo set exploring feedback, improvisation, and the expanded sonic possibilities of their instruments.
Leila Bordreuil cello
Luke Stewart double bass
“Bordreuil creates steadily scathing music, favoring long and corrosive atonalities.”—New York Times
A livestream will be available free of charge at 8pm on the day of the performance and archived for future viewing.
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Ka Baird is a performer, sound artist, musician and composer based in New York City. Using extended voice and microphone techniques along with electronics, feedback, field recordings, and flutes, they explore the outer dimensions of sound through performance. They create a present tense sound with a vigorous, ritualistic delivery that seeks extreme release through physical exertion and psychic extension. They have collaborated with many other artists, both in structured compositions and through their dedicated practice of improvisation. Their solo releases include Sapropelic Pycnic (Drag City 2017), Respires (RVNG Intl 2019), Brooding Exercises (Longform Editions 2021), Vivification Exercises (RVNG Intl 2021), and Bearings: Soundtracks for the Bardos (RVNG 2024). They have been a recipient of the Foundation of Contemporary Art’s Emergency Grant, a Jerome Foundation Artist-In-Residence at Roulette Intermedium, and was a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow through 2023-25.
Leila Bordreuil’s music accesses concepts from noise, free jazz, contemporary classical and other experimental traditions but adheres to no single genre. Mixing melancholic cello melodies with harsh noise walls, she creates “steadily scathing music, favoring long and corrosive atonalities.” (New York Times). Driven by a fierce interest in pure sound and inherent texture, Leila challenges conventional cello practice through extreme extended techniques and amplification methods, to the extent she sometimes seems to be playing the P.A rather than her cello. Her composed works frequently incorporate sound-spatialization by way of site-specific pieces and multichannel installations. Her panoramic vision of form and genre is reflected in the diversity of her collaborative projects, which include artists such as Tamio Shiraishi (Fushitsuta), Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Kali Malone, Laurel Halo, Drew McDowall (Coil), Zach Rowden (Tongue Depressor), Micheal Foster, Julia Santoli, and Luke Stewart (Irreversible Entanglements).
Luke Stewart is a musician, performer, improviser-composer, organizer, and writer-researcher whose work represents a deep reverence for the history and tradition of Creative Music: a tradition which encompasses the diverse styles of expression within the body of Black Music in the United States, Africa, and throughout the world. Stewart’s regular ensembles include Irreversible Entanglements, SILT Trio, Exposure Quintet, and the experimental rock duo Blacks’ Myths; he also performs regularly in numerous collaborations. Over the years, Stewart has performed at Arts for Art’s Vision Festival, New York, NY; Winter Jazzfest, New York, NY; The Kennedy Center, Washington, D.C; Rhizome DC, Washington, D.C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, TN; the BIMHUIS, Amsterdam, Netherlands; and Roskilde Festival, Roskilde, Denmark, among many other venues and festivals in the United States and abroad.
