Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York Releases 31 Days of Programming

Red Bull Music Academy has announced programming for their RBMA Festival New York. The festival takes place throughout the month of May.

FKA Twigs will be performing twice, A$AP Rocky and George Clinton will give lectures, Blood Orange and others will pay tribute to Arthur Russell, and more:

May 1 — Electronic Africa — Villain: Rare stateside performances by innovative electronic artists, including South Africa’s DJ Spoko and Nozinja, Egypt’s Islam Chipsy and EEK, and Angolan singer Titica.

May 2 — GHE20 G0TH1K — Brooklyn Bazaar: NYC’s famous underground party founded by Venus X that brought together Hood By Air, Fade To Mind, DIS Magazine and UNO NYC, returns with sets by Total Freedom, MikeQ and Sissy Nobby.

May 3 — 100 Disciplines: A Composition for 20 Performers by Kid Millions — Brooklyn Museum: A special performance of a new composition by Kid Millions, RBMA’s first ever commissioned work, features a large ensemble of musicians including Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Brian Chase, Ninos du Brasil and more.

May 6 — A Conversation with La Monte Young: A public talk by the legendary minimalist composer who influenced everyone from Velvet Underground to Brian Eno.

May 7 — A Conversation with A$AP Rocky — TBA: The young NYC rapper and A$AP Mob boss talks about his roots, his work, and the state of rap music in 2015.

May 8 — PC Music & Sophie: Pop Cube — BRIC House: The next-level bubblegum pop crew blows up Brooklyn with performances by Sophie, GFOTY, Spinee, Felicita, Hanna Diamond, A.G. Cooke, and more.

May 9 — Que Bajo: Barrioteca Tropical — Verboten: From cumbia to kuduro, reggaeton to tribal guarachero and beyond, the NYC DJ crew bosses the decks with sets by Playero, DJ Laz ,and Erick Rincon.<!–/*
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May 12 — A Conversation with George Clinton — Brooklyn Museum: The iconic musician, composer and leader of Parliament, Funkadelic, and the P-Funk All Stars participates in a public lecture.

May 13 — Nothing Changes: Raw Sound Transgression — Output: Noise makers Merzbow, Wolf Eyes’ Aaron Dilloway, Genesis P-Orridge, Pharmakon, and Prurient are among the performers taking NYC back to its original grit.

May 14 — Studio Talk: Beatmaker Roundtable — Red Bull Studios NY: Hip-hop producers tell the secrets behind their beats, their song-making process, and collaborating with others, with hands-on demonstration on the gear they use to make some of the street’s biggest hits.

May 15 — Tri Angle Records 5th Anniversary — 23 Wall St: A celebration of the critical London/NYC label with performances by Haxan Cloak, Holy Other, Evian Christ, Forest Swords, and Vessel in the J.P Morgan vault across from the New York Stock Exchange.

May 16 — Brooklyn Flea Record Fair — Williamsburg Waterfront: A day of vinyl with 50 independent record labels, good food, and some special guest DJs down by the water.

May 16 — Storm Rave — TBD: NYC techno pioneers Adam X, Heather Heart, Lenny Dee and Rob Gee pay tribute to innovator Frankie Bones’ wild parties, known as Storm Raves.

May 17 and 18: FKA Twigs Presents: Congregata — Brooklyn Hangar: R&B phenom FKA Twigs performs for two nights in a row, accompanied by 10 dancers wearing costumes made by Alexander McQueen.

May 29 and 30 — Master Mix: Red Hot + Arthur Russell — Brooklyn Academy of Music: A tribute to the music of inventive composer, cellist and singer Arthur Russell by an all-star band including Phosphorescent, Blood Orange, Neon Indian, Cults, Jake Shears, of Scissor Sisters and more.

May 30 — Sleeping Bag Records: Go Bang — Good Room: Following the second night of the Arthur Russell tribute concert, a celebration of the label co-founded by Russell with DJs Kurtis Mantronik and Nicky Siano.

Nina Ulloa covers breaking news, tech, and more: @nine_u

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