Soundlab

Chronicles of Buffalo's premier experimental music and performance space, featuring live gigs, audio art, and interdisciplinary events.

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Soundlab

Echoes of the Avant-Garde: Tony Conrad and the Buffalo Sound

Dismissed by critics as a decaying rust belt, Buffalo actually fueled a radical...

12.04 | 7 minAnanya Iyer

Soundlab

How Soundlab Became Buffalo's Hub for Experimental Music

Discover how a grassroots venue transformed Buffalo into a premier destination...

13.11.2025 | 7 minSoren Lindgren

Soundlab's fragmented tapes and programs reveal how Buffalo sustained radical listening practices through the late twentieth century. Local ensembles treated the gallery as instrument and laboratory alike.

Researchers tracing these sessions encounter both precise scores and open durations that still shape how experimental sound circulates in the region today.