Pitch Black Listening with Groove Obscura 2026 in New York – Silence Please

What is Pitch Black Listening with Groove Obscura?

For our one-year anniversary of Groove Obscura, we gather around a short story and an album that imagines sound as a language of last resort. Inspired by Octavia Butler's Speech Sounds, a world where language has collapsed, Dom Um Romão's Saudade communicates longing without words. Rooted in percussion and spacious improvisation, the album draws on Brazilian rhythmic traditions and late-career jazz reflections of a master composer. - Arjun Shah and Mamou Doors close at 8 pm. About Groove Obscura: Founded by Arjun Shah, Groove Obscura is an educational platform dedicated to uncovering and contextualizing music from around the world. Groove Obscura takes a physical form at the Silence Please Listening Space in curation collaboration with Duty Free Records. Each session explores original pressings of music from around the world, played on high-fidelity system in pitch black for pure sonic immersion, preceded by historical and musical context to set the stage for a deep undisturbed listen.

Who is playing at Pitch Black Listening with Groove Obscura?