11/05/2024

The Invisible Road: Original Recordings, 1985-1990 – Out Friday!

In the 1980s, New Music America was the largest festival of experimental music in the world.

The nomadic ten day festival began in 1979 in New York at The Kitchen as “New Music New York.” After the success of New Music New York, The festival became New Music America and took place in a different city each year for the next 11 years. With the mission of illuminating the shadows of popular music and breaking the barriers of genres and critical classification, NMA became one of the most important platforms for avant-garde and new music during the ’80s and early ’90s.

Consistently growing in size and scope, NMA was organized by the New Music Alliance, a committee formed by the visionary composers and performers of the festival including Laurie Anderson, Harold Budd, John Cage, Brian Eno, Philip Glass, Jon Hassell, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros, Sun Ra, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Yoshi Wada, La Monte Young. The list truly goes on and on.

This week 39 years ago, Alliance members, Sussan Deyhim and Richard Horowitz performed at New Music America in Los Angeles. The Invisible Road: Original Recordings, 1985-1990, our forthcoming archival collection captures their never before heard, vital work during this period. Pre-order your copy here ahead of this Friday’s release date.