Josh Halper, Casters (album release), Lena Fjortoft
About This Event
Josh Halper and Lena Fjortoft appear at Alphaville, on a bill that lists an album release for Casters. Halper brings the close-quarters electronic work heard at Cassette—pacing, texture, and space for abrasion, drift and sudden edits—while Fjortoft supplies clear, song-focused sets drawn from Union Pool–area lineups; both lean toward close listening rather than spectacle.
About Casters
Casters is a New York–based project that treats electronic music as a set of physical decisions: pacing, density, and the pressure of sound in a room. Their material tends to unfold in short scenes, where abrasion and open space trade places and edits arrive without warning. The Alphaville date is framed around an album release on a bill with Josh Halper and Lena Fjortoft, placing Casters in a local lineage of DIY venues that function as informal premieres for new work. The music’s most telling feature is its restraint, which makes each disruption legible rather than decorative.
About the Artists
Josh Halper
Josh Halper is a New York City–based electronic artist whose work is often heard in close quarters, including sets at Cassette. He has shared bills with Carlos Truly, Dhemo, Key Hutch, Miles Hewitt, Andy Nicholl, Drawl, Slow Down Sunny, and Untitled Freak, moving through scenes where club structure and experimental listening overlap.
Lena Fjortoft
Lena Fjortoft is an individual performer heard in New York City rooms such as Union Pool, where bills often move between indie songcraft and off-kilter stage work. She has shared lineups with Gun Outfit, Ornament, Stevie Bill, Babe City, Sofia D’Angelo, Smush, Daundrv, and Crate, placing her in a small-network scene that values close listening.