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Machismo (Chicago, IL)
Machismo – You Weren’t Born Innocent
Overly violent, nihilistic power electronics from Chicago, IL. Machismo is a dual vocal trio incorporating harsh noise and a confrontational live presence. Having done prior time in several hardcore bands, Machismo take power violence dynamics and apply it to noise.
Hate Basement (Chicago, IL)
Hate Basement – Pathetic
Anxiety-ridden harsh noise and power electronics. Sweating profusely and pulling out its hair while dreaming about long drives in the mountains. Slaves to …
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Dave Public (Pawtucket, RI)
Suffering Bastard – Oiled Up
**Suffering Bastard canceled, Dave Public (Suffering Bastard solo) will be playing instead. Suffering Bastard is a full-on grindcore unit hailing from Providence Rhode Island. Featuring members of Nurture Abuse, and Dave Public. Expect a full-frontal aural assault of aggressive punk, metal, and noise attacks.
Sharpwaist (MA/PE/FU)
Sharpwaist – Baltimore Single Mother
Personal and peripheral tragedy and degradation. Burnt-out sound spaces, stale ambiance and frustrated harsh noise blasts, all swarming with the scraped-raw vocalizations informed as much …
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Hive Mind (Los Angeles, CA)
Hive Mind – Return to Steam
Hive Mind is a brutal patch of analog smog birthed in the bleak landscape of Detroit, Michigan and currently casting shadows in Los Angeles, California. A constantly throbbing, full frequency signal transmitter which is only limited by the physical restraints of time and the artificial constructs of society, Hive Mind has both blessed and cursed us with dozens of musical communications in almost every imaginable format.
Pushing the limits of analog media and revealing the coldness inherent in the …
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GRKZGL (Montreal, Canada)
GRKZGL – Ainsi tout fout-il le camp
Hailing from Montreal, GRKZGL (also known by some as Alexandre Scarfone) has been genre-dodging since 2003, progressing from his digital gurgles and cosmic drones to his current excursions in noise. He also plays alongside sax player Cabral Jacobs and drummer John Brennan in the trio Chansons d’amour (and with Brennan as Totems), with Martin Sasseville (Wapstan) in the tape warble-based Incapables and in a duo with synth wizard Emilie Mouchous as Gmackrrkzgl. Lately, GRKZGL has been focusing on dynamic …
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AMALGAMATE
WITH NEW WORKS BY: Joey Asal, Derek Hoffend, Egan Budd, Deftly-D, Romesh McCullough, Vela Phelan & Jeff Huckelberry
Curated by Alexis Avedisian and presented in partnership with Together & The Mobius Group
Mobius Gallery, 55 Norfolk Street, Cambridge
April 7th 8-10PM 2012: Reception & Live Performances by Xiphoid Dementia (feat. Deftly-D on video) and Derek Hoffend Saturday, April 7th
Article at Together Festival Page with more information, article in The Boston Dig and RSVP at the Facebook event.
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Pregnant Spore (Baltimore, MD)
Pregnant Spore – Satan Drape
Loss, community, freedom, fear, pain, galaxies, enlightenment, microbiology, romance, anxiety, chemistry, impermanence, dreams, the evil of the new world order, carnal desire, energy, color, confusion, rational emotive behavior therapy, cleansing, the illusion of time, healing.
Lloyd will be concentrating on more meditative and quiet compositions more so than anything he’s done before. He will likely be using contact mics and hand-made acoustic contraptions along with looping and weird drones. However, circuit-bent pedals and/or other home-made electronics are pretty much always a …
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Cut Hands (London, United Kingdom)
Cut Hands – Backlash
Cut Hands is William Bennett who founded Whitehouse in 1980, with a mind to creating “the most extreme music ever recorded”. They succeeded. The group remained at the forefront of the experimental and noise scenes over the next 27 years, invariably creating controversy and stimulating debate with their choice of violent and sexual subject matter, before eventually disbanding in 2007. A specialist in linguistics and unconscious communication, Bennett now helms the mass hypnosis experimental project, Extralinguistic …