Ciarra Black

Born in New Jersey, her initial tastes were informed by the local music scene in neighboring Philadelphia, attending punk, noise and dance music events from a young age. It was there she formed the duo Appetite with Jane Chardiet (Ascetic House) and began DJing at local underground dance venues. She moved to New York in 2012, quickly becoming a sought-after booking at venues such as Bossa Nova Civic Club, Good Room and various warehouse raves throughout Brooklyn. In 2013 she began her monthly event series “No-Tech,” which later developed into a label showcasing underground techno and experimental electronic producers from New York and throughout the U.S. In 2017 Ciarra made her European debut and spent the next 5 years living in Berlin and touring both DJ and live sets. Ciarra has performed at many notable venues and festivals throughout North America, Europe and beyond, including MoMa PS1 (New York), Berghain (Berlin), Tresor (Berlin), Electrowerkz (London), Sound of Stockholm Festival (SE), and Unsound Dislocation Festival in Yerevan, Armenia. Her DJ sets combine several elements of her multi-faceted influences — driving kicks, emotional hypnotic synths, experimental sounds, with punk elements at the core. Her live hardware sets are one-of-a-kind improvised soundscapes - rhythmic and noisy, visceral and heady, channeling her influences past, present, and future into a sound that is truly her own. In 2023 Ciarra was a music resident at esteemed New York arts institution Pioneer Works, presenting an "interactive soundscape" during open studios as well as teaching a workshop on creating spatial sound productions. In addition to her solo work, Ciarra also runs her own record label Pendulum Recordings and is 1/2 of the music duo Carbon 96 with Zoë Mc Pherson.

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