![]() ![]() Sound and Chaos: The Story of BC Studio includes interviews with musicians such as Michael Gira of Swans, Brian Viglione of the Dresden Dolls, Bob Bert, who played on Sonic Youth’s Bad Moon Rising, Bill Laswell of Material, JG Thirlwell aka Foetus, Grand Mixer DXT, Jim Coleman of Cop Shoot Cop and Michael Holman of Gray (with Jean-Michel Basquiat) and creator of famed 1984 hip-hop TV pilot Graffiti Rock. A new, massive Whole Foods supermarket across the street is the latest addition to this once out-of-the-way area, that Bisi fears will increase property values to the point of pushing out long-time renters and artists like himself. However, the future of the recording studio is in question as it is squeezed in by the encroaching gentrification of the neighborhood. He has recorded across many genres, from experimental music, to hip hop and indie rock in the old factory building by the contaminated Gowanus Canal. Martin Bisi, New York musician, performer and record producer has been at a crossroads of indie/punk, experimental, and electronic music since early 80s. premiere on Jat NYC's Anthology Film Archives. After a chance New York encounter, the studio was founded with money from Brian Eno, who subsequently worked on the album On Land there. plus, a private tour of BC studios with Martin. 'SOUND AND CHAOS: THE STORY OF BC STUDIO', the documentary celebrating Martin Bisi's legendary Gowanus recording studio, makes its U.S. For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has recorded music from his studio in Brooklyns Gowanus neighborhood. Following that success, Bisi worked with many other influential musicians there, including Sonic Youth, Swans, Angels of Light, John Zorn, Foetus and the Dresden Dolls. all recordings of Martin Bisi signed and a cd by the Martin Bisi produced NYC band, Cinema Cinema, and a record from the NYC, Martin Bisi recorded band SUSU. This was the first mainstream, popular song to feature a DJ and a turntable, utilizing ‘scratching’. Working with Bill Laswell and the band Material, Bisi recorded Herbie Hancock’s hit Rockit in this underground space. ![]() For over 30 years, Martin Bisi has recorded music from his studio in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood. BC Studio is the Brooklyn studio Bisi founded in 1979 with friends Brian Eno and Bill Laswell, and still owns and operates to this day. ![]()
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