A multi-floor recording studio with cavernous rooms and an historic roster-- located in industrial Gowanus, Brooklyn
Operating as usual
This is our #Gowanus
A federal official has said that current and future residents of Gowanus should know that the ongoing cleanup of the Gowanus Canal is “inadequate,” and will
Mixed at BC Studio #Gowanus with Martin Bisi
Excuse me as I look at the clouds in the sky! Excuse me as I wonder about my dreams becoming a reality! Excuse me as I listen to the new DEAD WAVES song “Wake Up in the Night” which is a dream unto itself. This is the kind of tune that makes me want to […]
The next phase of the fight against the deeply flawed re-zoning of #Gowanus Brooklyn, which threatens the existence of the studio, has begun.
Voice of Gowanus which studio-owner Martin Bisi is affiliated with, has sued the City on its continued and multiple violations of Federal and State environmental laws
You can read about it here: https://patch.com/new-york/parkslope/city-sued-illegal-gowanus-rezoning-months-after-approval
"This rezoning is rotten to its core," said Katia Kelly, one of several petitioners suing the city to stop the rezoning. "And it's illegal."
BC Studio owner Martin Bisi speaks in this video on the hyper-gentrification that comes with the #Gowanus rezoning
A coalition called Voice of Gowanus is critical of a rezoning plan recently approved by the City Council. The plan could create thousands of new housing units.
Check out this record !
If you paid close attention to our pages in the last couple of months, you probably noticed some reviews about Studio 3 Recordings releases. Each release differs in style, but they all have a lot i…
New album made at BC Studio
#Gowanus
In mid-2019, we touched briefly on ARPALICE, a New York-based duo featuring the formidable talents of Dalila Pasotti (Other Crimes, Amazon Dart) and Andrea Sicco (Twin Guns). Their early…
Recorded in BC Studio. Video’d in the studio + banks of the Canal
A new song is dedicated to the viscous and polluted sludge in the Gowanus Canal.
An unusual track by White Hills on the 1st BC35 record - and was performed at the 35th anniversary of BC Studio in 2016 !
BC35: the 35 year anniversary of BC Studio, grab yr copy now!!BANDCAMP: http://bit.ly/BC35_BANDCAMPSTORE:Gold Vinyl: http://bit.ly/BC35-goldvinylBlack Vinyl:...
About today’s anti-rezoning, “Café Rezone” pop-up in Park Slope and also Gowanus
The upper echalon patrons of this very exclusive eatery thanked Chef Hizzoner de Blaz and Sous-Chefs Member Lander and Member Levin for what they were cooking up at the Rezone, and were delighted that the menu did not include a Racial Impact Study and raised their glass to displacement.
#Gowanus a toxic legacy
More insights on the continued success of Voice Of Gowanus legal challenges to the Gowanus re-zoning
After today's court hearing, the Gowanus rezoning is still legally barred from being certified. The temporary restraining order remains in place.
Support Gowanus and BC Studio if you are able !
-undemocratic process, top down
-environmentally unjust, in particular to lower incomes and BLPOC
-displacement of small businesses (ahem) that are not upscale
The time to fight for Gowanus is NOW!
Please consider a contribution to Voice of Gowanus' Legal Defense Fund.
https://www.voiceofgowanus.org/donate/?utm_campaign=jan_20_blast_to_full&utm_medium=email&utm_source=vog
Anti-rezone
GOWANUS, BROOKLYN - Attorneys for community coalition Voice of Gowanus (VOG) will file suit against New York City’s Department of City Planning today. The legal suit, to be filed in State Supreme Court in Kings County, challenges the de Blasio Administration’s illegal plan to use a s...
Fighting the Gowanus re-zoning !
Opponents of the Gowanus rezoning lawyered up to challenge the city's neighborhood-wide rezoning of the neighborhood in court.
Please support legal challenges to the Gowanus re-zoning. The time is now.
The process where the City certifies the rezone proposal, and gets the final sign off by the mayor, was on pause but restarts this month
*** From Voice of Gowanus : Time for Gowanus to Lawyer Up - Help Us Fight De Blasio's Rezone Madness! Today we're proud to announce the laun...
Ah, let us count the ways ! ‘No’ to the Gowanus re-zoning
Brooklyn Community Board 6 has a public Zoom meeting tonight 6p, to get updates on planned housing on highly toxic land adjacent to the canal -the worst of the worst in terms of pollution
You can register below or on the Community Board page
Public Place site at Smith and 5th Street A 1930 view of the former Citizens Gas Work Site on what is now Public Place TONIGHT, TELL COUNCIL...
BC Studio says NO to the Gowanus Re-Zoning
At today’s press conference
I’m quoted in this article, from my statement at the @BrooklynCB6 meeting regarding the #gowanus rezoning. It needed to be said. I was the only person there to say the word ‘Black’- cool that the article shows what my Zoom profile pic was.. I had no idea
Always check out Pardon Me For Asking for updates
#NoGowanusRezone #NoGowanusRezoning
The Department of City Planning is restarting the clock on the highly contentious Gowanus rezoning, announcing a series of pre-certification meetings.
Tomorrow/Thurs ! Zoom meeting about #Gowanus re-zone - hear details of the plan in presentation by Dept Of City Planning
At 6pm ET
The Department of City Planning (DCP) will make a presentation at Community Board 6 's Landmarks/Land Use meeting on Thursday, October 22 a...
The show from the other day, with BC Studio owner Martín Bisi is streaming - convo about the NYC times from 80’s on + tracks that are BC Studio/#Gowanus but also just relevant to the times
Brett makes a movie starring Mr. Bisi for school. Sheri's new boyfriend tries to not take no for an answer after the homecoming dance. (Special Guest Star Martin Bisi).
This is the FULL podcast that BC Studio owner Martín Bisi posted in segments a couple weeks ago (with extra). And no music edited in
from CBGB’s to 2020 - in a nutshell !
Interview by Neil Saint
https://www.mixcloud.com/FrenchSpurs1/retropopic-498-musician-martin-bisis-journey-in-music-from-cbgbs-to-2020/
With this final edit of his interview with musician, engineer and producer Martin Bisi, The Saint of RETROPOPIC RADIO cover the whole breadth of his life journey. What are Martin's origins? How well did he get along with his parents? Why did he have a fight with Legs McNeil at CBGB's? What was the n...
New VIDEO ! by Tidal Channel -duo of BC35 co-producer Genevieve Fernworthy and Billy Cancel .
Song is on "Quarantine Tales from the Red Desert" digi album on Bronson Recordings
Song included in Bronson Recording's Sampler "Quarantine Tales from the Red Desert", here on BANDCAMP: https://bronsonrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/quarantin...
Another day in the continuum - wires, capacitors, voltage, racks and rails
Edition #3 of podcast where BC owner Martín Bisi talks about having IGGY Pop, Ginger Baker, Debbie Harry (Die Haut record) in the studio, also it’s future in #Gowanus
Alongside tracks from Iggy Pop, Live Skull, Cop Shoot Cop, The Ramones, Ginger Baker, Blondie, Die Haut https://www.mixcloud.com/FrenchSpurs1/retropopic-497-martin-bisi-pissing-debbie-off-helping-ginger-iggy/
Alongside tracks from Iggy Pop, Live Skull, Cop Shoot Cop, The Ramones, Ginger Baker, Blondie, Die Haut and Black Sabbath, in this podcast musician, producer and engineer Martin Bisi talks to The Saint of RETROPOPIC RADIO about his life in music from the late 80's up to the present day. What are his...
On BC Studio owner Martín Bisi #Gowanus
What are his memories of the atmosphere at NYC's The Roxy before The Hip Hop Explosion? How did he get involved in engineering the Grammy award winning single 'Rock It'? Why was Martin concerned he may have been overbearing with Kim Gordon in producing Sonic Youth's 'Bad Moon Rising'? What atmosphere was he wanting to achieve with Lydia Lunch's vocal on track 'Death Valley '69'? Where does the inaccuracy that BC Studios was named by Thurston Moore come from? Which member of Sonic Youth stole from Andy Warhol? What is Martin's theory on why Madonna doesn't like 'Into The Groovey' the Ciccone Youth pastiche of 'Into The Groove' ?
Alongside some great music from Afrika Bambaataa, Herbie Hancock, Sonic Youth, Madonna & Ciccone Youth, Martin Bisi talks with The Saint at RETROPOPIC RADIO about that early to mid 80's period in his musical journey. What are his memories of the atmosphere at NYC's The Roxy before The Hip Hop Explos...
BC Studio is a signator of this letter demanding racial impact study before the #Gowanus re-zoning. Our own electeds supported legislation mandating this for any land-use actions requiring an Environmental Impact study, but aren’t requiring it for this !?
https://pardonmeforasking.blogspot.com/2020/07/voice-of-gowanus-lets-require-racial.html?m=1
Despite a pandemic, despite the fact that the economic reality for New York City looks grim, and despite the fact that residential a...
In case you missed the post by BC Studio owner Martin Bisi, about this podcast - here again:
He TALK THe EARLY DAYS
What was his childhood in NYC like ? In what way did he unexpectedly bond over music with his classical pianist mother ? As a graffiti artist what music did he enjoy ? How did he get involved with Giorgio Gomelsky, manager of The Yardbirds ? How did he first meet Bill Laswell ? What provoked Brian Eno to throw a chair at an early recording session ? What are his memories of sound engineering at CBGB's ? How did he get involved with Daevid Allen of Gong ? What brought on the fist fight with Legs McNeil at CBGB'S ?
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Shot in BC Studio. I mention a lot of stuff, White Zombie for instance. Talk about the 70’s. In context of the ‘dumb’ questions like all-time favorite song, best live musical experience, most embarrassing musical moment. Pretty funny #Gowanus
Here: http://magnetmagazine.com/2020/07/22/magnet-television-qa-with-martin-bisi-sonic-youth-swans-john-zorn-bill-laswell-helmet-dresden-dolls-white-zombie-boredoms-herbie-hancock/
Video premier ! You gotta check this out.. band I recorded (Woodhead), vid is shot in BC Studio and around Gowanus, and highlights the dreaded rezoning that might be coming
If you care to sign (and email) a petition for a moratorium on this rezoning that is threatening to my studio and other small biz and art spaces, it’s here: https://www.change.org/p/demand-a-moratorium-on-rezoning-gowanus
NYC-based Woodhead, the eponymous band led by Vern Woodhead, are back with a video for a track from their upcoming album release.
You’d THINK they wouldn’t currently want to destabilize #Gowanus with rezoning and have spaces like BC Studio and other small biz face influx of speculation, luxury retail etc + this will have net effect of making NYC less affordable.
Numbers of voices is all that will bend ears on this. The pro-developers, as well as my own Council Rep know the tide is turning on this and are putting in a last ditch effort !
This poses an existential threat to BC Studio
Pleaz help and email this petition!
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BC Studio supports a moratorium on the rezoning of #Gowanus !
Please read and send an email/petition !
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You can get 20% OFF today/Saturday - off both 35 year BC Studio anniversary records. the 1st volume of BC35 is almost sold out. Volume 2 will be eventually. Owner, Martín Bisi’s Solstice is also on there - all in all on the BC35 recordings there’s around 50 NY people appearing
On Bronson Recordings
#Gowanus
Bronson Recordings is an independent label based in Ravenna, Italy. we just release the records we’d like to listen to. outsiders and forerunners are welcome. There’s a certain relation undercurrent between the things we release, but it’s not always musical. we love vinyl, and ltd editions, we...
BC Studio owner and founder discusses many topics on the studio’s history, on this radio/podcast
30mins
Monday's 5pm-6pm EST bombshellradio.com #Rock #Alternative, #Interview, #VictoriaPearsonMeets, #BombshellRadio Victoria Pearson Meets Martin Bisi a
About BC Studio owner, Martin Bisi’s record Solstice
Released by Bronson Recordings
Legendary NYC producer Martin Bisi is in the spotlight wit his new 'Solstice' album via Noise Journal, where Mike Dimitriou says "the man is a chapter alone in the alternative music scene.... other music worlds that are usually not in the core where art and the real progressive and avant-garde stuff are born"~ https://tinyurl.com/y7eeeg6p
Founding BC Studio in Brooklyn in 1981 with the help of Brian Eno and Bill Laswell, Bisi recorded groundbreaking music here by these artists, as well as Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Herbie Hancock, Helmet, Africa Bambaataa, Dresden Dolls, Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, Human Impact, JG Thirlwell, US Maple, White Hills, Fab Five Freddy, and countless others.
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Martin Bisi founded BC Studio in 1981 in the desolate and post-industrial (but now rapidly developing) Gowanus section of Brooklyn, along with Bill Laswell, and with financial and technical help from Brian Eno. Eno’s record On Land (released 1982) was the first recorded session at BC Studio.
Bisi has since realized albums at BC by Sonic Youth, Swans, John Zorn, Africa Bambaataa, Unsane, Cop Shoot Cop, Herbie Hancock's Rockit, White Hills, Serena Maneesh, Violent Femmes, Foetus, The Dresden Dolls, Pop 1280 (Sacred Bones), Fred Frith, Wrekmeister Harmonies (Thrill Jockey), US Maple, Boredoms, Boss Hog (w/ Jon Spencer), and countless others.
As an article in Newsweek put it: "Considering how diverse BC Studio's output has been over the years, there's still something recognizable about the music that Bisi lays his hands on... A certain rawness."
the 35 year anniversary recordings
The BC35 and BC35 Volume Two records were organized by Bisi and Genevieve Fernworthy as a celebration of BC Studio's 35th anniversary. They were released on Bronson Recording - find Volume 2 here: http://bit.ly/bc35v2BCAMP In 2016, dozens of musicians with ties to the studio descended upon it to stage a weekend's worth of performances in honor of the anniversary – in some cases, full bands performing new written work; in other cases, individuals grouping together randomly and improvising. The performances were recorded and mixed, mostly by Bisi himself, and the first installment was released in 2018. Of that album, Pitchfork stated:
"The credits read like a who’s who of New York’s experimental underground... It’s a sonic embodiment of risk-taking, rule-breaking, and antithesis that celebrates the endurance of a man and a space tied directly to New York’s noise, art-rock, punk, free jazz, hip-hop, and alternative movements... Bisi demonstrates—as a producer, engineer, and general facilitator of the avant-garde—what’s made his name familiar to liner-notes obsessives and New York noise nerds for three and a half decades."
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