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Martin Bisi

Musician/Producer

Martin Bisi is an original No Wave, early Hip-hop and Experimental producer and engineer from NYC -Brian Eno (On Land), Sonic Youth, Swans, Herbie Hancock (Rockit), Lydia Lunch, John Zorn, Afrika Bambaataa, The Dresden Dolls.
His new album, Dancing On The Power Lines has a synth-trance sound palette with real and heavy drumming, and real-life lyrical experience -"The city changes but I'm the same!" and dread of the future "The republic named in the people’s image is now dissolved".

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Aug. 30, 2026

Martin Bisi: Forty-Five Years of Sonic Murder

The acclaimed music producer joins Lawrence Peryer to explain why he has worked out of one Gowanus building since 1979, what the rezoning is displacing, and why he thinks genres behave like social movements, with their own looks, uniforms, and language.
Guest: Martin Bisi
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