Julius Eastman Anthology
Singularly jubilant…unfolds one beautiful moment after another.
A portrait and response to one of our favorite composers. A series of performances and a multi-volume anthology, over a half decade or so.
Julius Eastman was young, gay, and black, when it was even more difficult to be young, gay, and black in America. He swerved in, out, and through academia, downtown experimental music, discos, European tours, sex clubs, and Carnegie Hall. He died at 49 in Buffalo, New York, less than a decade after the New York City Sheriff’s Department threw most of his scores and belongings into the winter snow of the East Village.
Julius sometimes gave the single manuscript copies of his scores as gifts. Now, his music is being rightfully acknowledged because the people whose lives he touched are sharing his gifts in return.
There’s something about the identity and presence of Eastman’s music that engages us and makes us obsessed. It’s music that, we’ve found, lives in the minds of audiences unlike anything else Wild Up has performed. With this Anthology we endeavor to discover the way to carry his music forward.
Albums
The first part of our anthology was released on June 18, 2021.
Stream it now and learn more here: Julius Eastman Vol. 1: Femenine
The second entry in the anthology was released on June 17, 2022.
Learn more here: Julius Eastman Vol. 2: Joy Boy
Performances
- 09.22.2019 A Portrait: Julius Eastman
- 06.17.2021 Wild Up plays Julius Eastman’s Femenine
- 06.19.2022 Julius Eastman’s Buddha (LP Release Show)
- 07.23.2022 Femenine: Julius Eastman + Wild Up
- 04.16.2023 Julius Eastman: Femenine
- 04.21.2023 The Music of Julius Eastman: Femenine
- 04.22.2023 The Music of Julius Eastman: Chamber Music
- 04.22.2023 The Music of Julius Eastman: Buddha
