A dark night of experimentation, vocal paganism & ritualistic noise.
Thursday 18.Feb.2016
VERA BREMERTON (UK)
Italian-born and originally trained as a
pianist and a singer, Vera Bremerton was influenced by classical music
in terms of harmony and polyphony; after moving to London she fell in
love with the harshest styles of industrial, noise, avantgarde music.
With these two different roots in mind she creates aggressive electronic
sonic carpets studded with pounding techno beats and unashamedly
symphonic elements. At the same time she has dramatically extended her
vocal skills in the realm of experimental vocalism: counting Diamanda
Galàs, Maria Callas and Meredith Monk among her muses, Vera uses
different timbres, effects and an 4-octaves vocal range. Her songs have
become a vessel for the irrational and the Dionysian and she has
performed them in clubs around the UK, Italy, Germany and Holland. She
has released two albums, “Elemental” and “Synaptica”. Recently Vera has
shifted to a feminist techno-noise side project called Viy. By means of
multiple layers of harsh techno beats, noise drones, strident samples of
high-pitched screams, Viy wants to denounce the indifference and
hypocrisy the issue of sexual abuse is treated with by the media,
religion and the public. These tracks have been highly successful in
several techno nights.
https://www.facebook.com/verabremertonpage?_rdr=p https://soundcloud.com/verabremerton/ https://soundcloud.com/viy-1 https://vimeo.com/69735018
ESPECTRA NEGRA (MEXICO)
Solo project by Verónica Mota who also operates as Cubop (active since
2005) in the underground industrial noise & avant-garde scene
Berlin's. Her first album "Savage Justice" was released at Schlagstrom
festival 2013 which is one of the best industrial festivals in Germany.
This album got such an excellent resonance that she has become now one
of the best international female (solo) noise & industrial projects
including Pharmakon(US), Puce Mary (DK) or Dry Greed(UK), to mention
some. What makes her sound works authentic is her constant sonic
research on Shamanic and Ritualistic music. A fascinating tool she uses
to exorcise her audience.
This year Espectra Negra's second album
"Alchemy & Death" is certainly very promising, and it will be
release by the cult Japanese label Lust Vessel who offered her a
permanent contract (home label) from 2014 on. She has a large amount of
sound works as Cubop which are now been printed also by Lust Vessel as a
Three Volume Archival Works. Her printed releases are plenty including a
tribute compilation to COIL (UK).
Currently Espectra Negra is
working on a split tape with Instinct Primal (dark ambient master) from
Czech Republic, and also a new one with the legend solo project TZII
from Belgium.
https://espectranegra.bandcamp.com/album/savage-justice https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mN6SYndggY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG8y1Ekp9oU
SLOW SLOW LORIS (US)
"The slow loris species is considered vulnerable or endangered. They
are believed to be the gatekeepers for the heavens and are used in
traditional medicine to ward off evil but a slow loris's life is not a
happy one, for it is continually seeing ghosts; that is why it hides its
face in its hands."
Slow Slow Loris played their debut show at
the Schlagstrom Festival 2014 and is part of its compilation CD. As well
as playing several shows in the Berlin underground scene, they made a
brief but well-received US east cost tour, played several European
cities, and recently finished a US west coast tour. They just released
their first Slow Slow Loris album, From Monster till Mourning on
Staaltape. Both ANY and G6PD have a long history of touring, recording
and performing.
http://www.slowslowloris.com/
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10247 Berlin,
Germany
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