HxH

HxH (pron. H by H) is the collaboration of Lester St. Louis and Chris Williams. The approach is conceived as an expansiveness that holds a personal intimacy.

In 2025, HxH released their debut album “STARK PHENOMENA” on the ofnot label. Their music has earned praise from NPR, The Wire, Bandcamp, a closer listen and Bleep. HxH wants to bring the listeners in, tune them to the experience and take a long trip. HxH functions as a vehicle to bring together the mass of references and influences Chris and Lester share and create ways to crystalize those ideas in real, expanded time to an experience over minutes or hours. Along with creating their own body of original music, the duo also work as sound and installation designers; collaborating with other artists and institutions. HxH has performed on series and venues such as Pioneer Works, The Kitchen, Public Records, Roulette Intermedium, Musik Installationen Nürnberg, T- Space Rhinebeck, The Lot Radio, Mass MoCa, The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, Fridman Gallery, and Abasement among others. In June 2023, HxH was awarded a music residency at Pioneer Works. The duo has also collaborated with artists and organizations such as Torkwase Dyson, Pink Siifu, jaimie breezy branch, Fields Harrington, Black Science Fiction, Found Sound Nation, Performa NY, Time Square live Arts, TAK Ensemble, Deforrest Brown Jr. and The International Contemporary Ensemble to name a few.