Lee Ranaldo is a musician, visual artist and writer, best known as one of the co-founders of the legendary band Sonic Youth, which helped shape the sound of alternative rock from the 1980s on. Alongside his musical output, he's also exhibited visual work and published poetry, journals and writings on music.

In recent years, Lee has been performing “Contre Jour” with his partner Leah Singer - immersive sound and light shows featuring suspended electric guitars and swirling projections. His acoustic solo piece “In Virus Times” came out on Mute Records in 2021, and Sonic Youth dropped the archival live album “Walls Have Ears” in early 2024. 

Performing a live soundtrack for the film “Quick Billy” (1971) by filmmaker Bruce Baillie, a key figure in American independent and avant-garde cinema, this promises to be an unmissable and unpredictable encounter between Lee Ranaldo's experimental music and Bruce Baillie's experimental cinema.

This film concert is commissioned by Curtas Metragens CRL, VIERNULVIER & Film Fest Gent in the frame of Curtas Vila do Conde and Videodroom Festival.