Tyondai Braxton, who made his Nonesuch Records debut with the release of his album HIVE1 last month, performs HIVE, the performance work that inspired the recording, for three nights in a residency at The Kitchen in New York City this Thursday, June 4, through Saturday, June 6. The performances follow the Canadian premiere of the piece at the Mutek festival in Montreal last weekend. For further details and tickets to the performances, visit thekitchen.org.

"Last month, the former singer and keyboardist of the experimental rock group Battles released HIVE1, a beguiling, introspective new record of compositions for acoustic percussion and modular synthesizer," says The New Yorker. Written and recorded throughout 2013 and 2014, the recording comprises eight pieces that were originally conceived for HIVE, which debuted at New York’s Guggenheim Museum in 2013. The New Yorker concludes: "The results, which are transfixing, are marked by fragmented percussion grooves that weave in and out of warm analogue soundscapes." Read more at newyorker.com.

Braxton spoke with the New York Times' T magazine about the project and this week's residency for an article and video available now at nytimes.com.

HIVE was created as a live multimedia work that was part architectural installation and part ensemble performance with five musicians sitting cross-legged atop their own space-age oval pods. Designed by Danish architect Uffe Surland Van Tams, each pod was programmed to complete the sonic mood of the piece with ever-changing LED light emitting through its perforated wooden walls. The piece derived its name, as Braxton told the Guardian, because "there’s a very social aspect to what’s happening in this project. Technologically speaking, the performers of the piece are very connected together."

To pick up a copy of the album, HIVE1, head to iTunes, Amazon, or the Nonesuch Store, where CD and vinyl orders include a download of the complete album at checkout and the HD digital album is also available to purchase.