makemake presents Ecstatica feat. Joy Guidry
About This Event
At National Sawdust, Ecstatica presents a bill featuring Joy Guidry, Marcus J. Moore, and the Makemakes. Guidry bridges classical practice and DJ formats with attention to pacing and texture; Moore emphasizes structure and timbral detail in electronic sets; the Makemakes bring an Austrian pop-rock background, having represented Austria at Eurovision 2015.
About Active Listening
“Active Listening” lands at National Sawdust as an electronic program that treats attention as method, not mood. Presented under the name makemake, it brings Joy Guidry’s hybrid practice—moving between DJ structure and classical-influenced live playing in New York spaces like Nowadays—into dialogue with the Austrian pop-rock band the Makemakes, with Marcus J. Moore framing the encounter. The piece is less a concert than a study in how pacing, texture, and confirmation shape meaning. In a city built on noise, it makes clarity a cultural argument.
About the Artists
makemake
makemake is a New York City–based project working across dance, opera, and electronic and classical music, often built through collaboration and clear formal structures. At National Sawdust, they have presented programs ranging from the NYC premiere of the new musical *Wholly Unwinding* to a concert presentation of Bellini’s *La Sonnambula* with Opera Praktikos and VisionIntoArt.
Marcus J. Moore
Marcus J. Moore is an electronic artist whose work moves between club-minded programming and concert presentation in New York City. He has appeared at National Sawdust, including on bills presented under the name makemake, alongside collaborators such as Joy Guidry.
Joy Guidry
Joy Guidry is a classical artist and DJ whose sets have appeared in New York City rooms like Nowadays. She turns up in lineups alongside Introspekt, Joe Nice, ARCHANGEL, Cisne, Jasmine Infiniti, CMD+JAZMINE, Petal, and S’aint Panic, moving between DJ formats and live performance contexts.