The Flexi disc reads, “final groove purposely left open” and is the earliest example of using a lock groove in pop music. Loop has also been called “a precursor to Lou Reed’s Metal Machine Music” and predates most other “industrial” music.
Category: Sounds
POST-CATASTROPHE WORKSHOP – Support Lydia Lunch, Bibbe Hansen & Co.
Controversial “confrontationalist” legend Lydia Lunch‘s new project is a full-blown collaborative women’s workshop whose effort is “to change the status quo through art and group empowerment.”
BRUNO HIBOMBO’S BATTLES – Exclusive Interview & Video Premiere
Bruno Hibombo’s Battles combines ethereal longing with a direct soulfulness that places his debut far beyond his young age of 22
NOTES ON TRACY + THE PLASTICS – Wynne Greenwood Archives Her Performance Art Punk Band
Wynne Greenwood‘s one-woman punk performance art act, Tracy + the Plastics, consists of three characters (all played by Greenwood) enacted through multimedia performance of video and music.
HALL OF ICE – Diego Barrera’s New Video for Lebanon Hanover
HALL OF ICE – Diego Barrera’s New Video for Lebanon Hanover Avant-garde duo Diego Barrera and Julieta Triangular form Celestial Twins Productions, a cinematic collaboration filled with ghostly seduction. These Spanish newcomers’ shorts and music videos have hailed comparisons to Alejandro Jodorowsky, Kenneth Anger, Ira Cohen, Maya Deren, amongst others, and have collaborated…
HK119 EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW – The Organic Futurism of ‘Imaginature’
The sci-fi alter ego born of consumerism and greed, was crafted in the early 2000s by Finnish artist Heidi Kilpeläinen. She’s drawn comparisons to Grace Jones, Kate Bush, and David Bowie, caught the eye of Leila Arab and Bjork.
JACQUES DERRIDA INTERVIEWS ORNETTE COLEMAN – The Other’s Language
Ornette Coleman interview conducted by French philosopher Jacques Derrida.
SOUND?? – 1966 FILM JOHN CAGE ROLAND KIRK (+ 1974 Interview w/ Cage, Merce Cunningham, Louise Nevelson)
1966 film from director Dick Fontaine starring Rahshaan Roland Kirk, John Cage, David Tudor, and Merce Cunningham.