Saturday, December 14th at 8pm, ISSUE Project Room is thrilled to close the 2024 Season with long overdue live performances by multidisciplinary artist and musician–belonging to the Pakajaqi nation of Aymara people–Chuquimamani-Condori, and Brooklyn-based vocalist and producer Embaci. The year-end event at the First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn marks both artists’ return to ISSUE after postponement of events during the COVID-19 pandemic and each artist’s digital commissions during 2021. 

Now live for the first time at ISSUE, Chuquimamani-Condori will perform songs from their most recent album DJ E released in November 2023, alongside a special selection of unreleased material. Keeping with this nonlinear relationship to space and time, the artist will draw from traditional music but combine vivid teclas, CDJ, BOSS sampler, and baby grand across the presentation of the project.

Sharing an extensive collaborative history with Elysia Crampton Chuquimia, vocalist Embaci will open the evening. She was a featured artist on Chuquimia’s “ORCORARA 2010,” released on the PAN label in May 2020. In 2021, the mesmerizing singer co-created the experimental video performance "Seasons In A Quasar" for ISSUE with frequent collaborator and composer Dasychira, who also released “Undead” earlier this year with both artists. Embaci produced the fourth limited-edition cassette in ISSUE’s series of ‘Distributed Objects’ exclusively for their members. The tape features remixes by Nidia Minaj, and Ashanti, acapellas by Missy Elliot, and features from Air Max '97, E+E, and more. Embaci’s "NO ISSUES 004" mixtape will be available for purchase, and free for new ISSUE Members at the concert until supplies last.