Apr 26, 2020
DWELLINGS X LOCEAN - WHICH MYTH ARE YOU LIVING?
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DWELLINGS X LOCEAN - WHICH MYTH ARE YOU LIVING?
Tesla Tapes
SELF HELP by GRAND HOTEL IBIS
Tesla Tapes
From the Tesla Tapes release 2B Video created using only feedback from a Hitachi gp5e/k, Korg Kaoss Pad Entrancer and Edirol V4 mixer BUY TH
Ahrkh Wagner - Turn off Your Mind
There Is Nothing Left To Find Out There
I’m a founding member of Water, a group comprising poet Lauren Bolger, visual artists Rachel Goodyear, Amy Horgan, Jen Wu and Fat Out's Emma Thompson. The project has gleaned immediate interest, formed earlier this year. The second Water performance was described by artist and Water collaborator, Michael O'Neil as a 'concrete séance'. A Tesla Tapes release is currently in the making.
LIVE LOW - The Antiplot
Dwellings - Frame Speed
From the Don't Say Nothing EP released on Tesla Tapes in 2013. Available from here: http://teslatapes.bandcamp.com/album/dwellings-dont-say-nothing
Sister Body - Lucifer Efekt (Tesla Tapes, 2014)
Although the activities of the Prague based Klangundkrach collective seem to have been put on a halt as of late, the legacy of this post-noise label/collective, which was quite an extraordinary achievement in Central Europe (check out our podcast about this scene here), remains. From the fertile sonic soil of this relatively small group the increasingly successful Lightning Glove, now signed to Tesla Tapes, has emerged.
Sister / Body - Lucifer Efekt by Tesla Tapes
Sister Body is project of Head In Body and Miss Camilla, former is also active in the aforementioned Lightning Glove. The addition of Miss Camilla actually means a diversion from the sound of Lightning Glove, Sister Body now being a project strongly dependent on words, a powerful musical tool by itself. Lucifer Efekt is actually also a title of a book about a condition of human psyche when generally good people turn to evil deeds under various influences. This has been not confirmed by the band, albeit, when checking the lyrics, there are some clues or accidental hints which might give the impression of the Lucifer Efekt itself (harmony/in the worst way/soul or heart/we turn apart, in song called “Efekt”).
Sister / Body - Lucifer Efekt by Tesla Tapes
And what about the actual music? Miminalist drony synths with simple melodies are spell-binding, cold and cinematic in combination with the neurosis and despair oozing from the female voice. This dark, slow, wrecking and nervous minimal atmosphere owes a lot to Suicide (as proudly proclaimed by the band, they are inspired by the neurotic approach of these legendary New York pioneers ) and cold wave of the 80’s, yet it’s not just another copycat or revival band with a dark image. Personas, either real or fictional for the purposes of the project, of both band members are reflected in here deeply. The result is an extremely disturbing and negative listening experience, alluring in an anti-heroic way to all the like-minded outsiders sharing the same worldly feeling of alienation, despair and isolation. The track Crazy=Black” is the final statement questioning sanity with contradictory lyrics (They Say I’m Welcome/In This special House/They like the police in my head) reinforcing the role of the outsider even more in this increasingly normalized society consumed by its own structures.
Sister / Body - Lucifer Efekt by Tesla Tapes
Lucifer Efekt is not an easy listen. It requires the listener’s willingness to dive into the deeper and darker recesses of human emotions, but this can be a rewarding experience - hovering on the edges of sanity and coldness of electronic music with its raw and Spartan approach. The release makes a statement as a sonic opposition against the standards of contemporary society, giving a middle finger to the current state of affairs with its darker side of the moon, shooting a beacon to all the like minded-individuals sharing the same feelings and stances. Lucifer Efekt aims deeper to attack you as the psychological weapon against conventionality and dull joy of casual expectations of everyday life. By b.arctor
Another batch of great tapes on Dokuro (Italy), Tesla Tapes (UK), Zeon Light (Sweden), Urknall Tonquelle and Das Andere Selbst (Berlin) now in stock.