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Promoter
Obnoxious Ouroboros
Date
Mar 07, 2016 19:00
About the Concert
Zu (live)
Zu is an Italian instrumental experimental band based in Rome and founded in 1997.
Zu is a trio made of drums, electric bass, baritone saxophone and electronics. Zu have released 15 albums and played in festivals across the world, touring with the like of Mike Patton (as the Zu/Patton quartet), also sharing the stage with Faith No More, Fantômas, The Melvins, Lightning Bolt, Sonic Youth, The Ex, and countless others. They have also collaborated with a vast number of musicians including Mike Patton, The Melvins, Dälek, Jim O' Rourke, FM Einheit (Einsturzende Neubauten), Peter Brötzmann, Nobukazu Takemura, Eugene Robinson (Oxbow), Thurston Moore, Damo Suzuki (Can), Joe Lally (Fugazi).
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For over fifteen years, Zu's modus operandi of straddling and abusing musical genres has resulted in over fifteen unique album releases across labels such as Ipecac, Atavistic and Headz (Japan). Their experimental amalgam of metal, math, no-wave, noise and electronics, led acclaimed composer John Zorn to describe their sound as "a powerful and expressive music that totally blows away what most bands do these days".
Årabrot (live)
Norwegian rock pioneers Arabrot are just coming down after a US tour in July , and are now planning to release their 7th full length album.
During these 12 years of existence, Arabrot has managed to upset people in every possible way. From the get go in Haugesund Norway, where it all started, they’ve been provoking people with controversial artwork and unusual press shots. The singer’s voice was described “ Sounds like someone who just escaped a mental institution”. They have grown from there and have become something of a cult band with hard core fans all over the world.
They’ve never done anything the usual way, but still Arabrot won the Grammy for best metal album in 2012.
Not bad for a rock band in Norway, a country with one of the most interesting metal scenes in the world.
Since then they’ve toured rock clubs in Scandinavia, Europe and the U.S. But they’ve also composed music for silent movies like “Die Niebelungen” and “ Doctor Caligari”. They’ve teamed up with The Quietus-founder John Doran on his spoken word tour. They’ve blown whole art galleries away with their brutal, yet sophisticated sound.
But it’s growing bigger and better. After having recovered from throat cancer last year, singer Kjetil Nernes performs better than ever. And after six full length albums and 6 EP’s, the songs are very solid.
The new album “The Gospel” is recorded partly with Steve Albini in Electrical Audio and partly in the old church in the woods of Dalarna, Sweden where the singer lives and runs his studio these days.
Ted Parsons, Stephen O’malley and Erlend Hjelvik (Kvelertak) are some of the musicians contributing on this album along with noise-lord Lasse Marhaug and Andrew Liles (Current 93 / Nurse With Wound) who’s also been playing live with the band at some occasions.
In Nernes' own words:"The theme of the Gospel is a vision of the lonely warrior on a summit looking out over a battle field, the smoke from the bomb craters, an all-encompassing silence. The war was against one self; against the ugliness, against the sickness. You sink to the bottom of the sea. All of a sudden you are back on the surface again, stupefied. And hungry! A wicked hunger for everything human life has to offer: Sex! War! Drugs! You breathe, but not like before. "The man who has been in hell, never forget"
Support:
WHORNS + TSYZ FYST
Doors : 19:00 / Concert: 20:00
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