Knockdown Center’s newly minted monthly music series, VIRTU, features a cross section of the finest and most cutting-edge artists and DJs from a wide array of musical communities in New York and beyond.  Featuring simultaneous musical gatherings throughout the month, uniting various and sundry outsiders beneath Knockdown Center’s giant roof!

APRIL 1

Bardo Pond headlines with M AX NOI MACH, ERIC ARN in the Old Gallery, tix: http://bit.ly/2ncQA5p. Meanwhile Chthonic Streams’ “No Workers Paradise” release show fills the room we call “Texas” w/ harsh noise featuring WORK/ DEATH, THE VOMIT ARSONIST, GNAWED, & more tix: http://bit.ly/2lNfXdd

APRIL 6

Rapoon: Pas Musique: House of Blondse: On A Clear Day: Lucienraga: Live Visuals by Jim Tuite – An evening of expansive ambient noise headlined by former member of Zoviet France. Tix: http://ticketf.ly/2o4aShA.

APRIL 8

Worlds collide as Fake Accent celebrates their 3 year anniversary with rap artist Jay Boogie, Ase Manuel, Tygapaw and more takes the stage (tix: http://ticketf.ly/2nnCIqW) at the same time as composers and instrumentalists David Grubbs, Eli Keszler, Das Audit, and Mary Jordan pay tribute to late composer and visionary Tony Conrad, tix: http://ticketf.ly/2nzXfZV.

APRIL 14

Popgun Presents: Pavo Pavo, Charlie Looker Ensemble, & Ziemba. A showcase of masters of craft not to be missed. Plus, we hear Ziemba, who last year released a line of incense to accompany her album Hope is Never, will play a set that is especially fragrant. Tix: http://bit.ly/pavopavo.

APRIL 15

Young Magic makes a guest appearance to DJ our bar, the Ready Room (Free!), while On the Sly presents a showcase of club killers behind the decks, with DJ J Heat, Eaves, Gooddroid and more! Tix: http://bit.ly/2lA4Mop.