Xciting 2021

XCITING 2021. Presents again this year an international, variable PROGRAM. These artists definitely confirmed:
From Poland the legendary KSIĘŻYC, Slavic folk meets psychedelia. / A borderless Audio Visual performance of THE LAPPETITES (international). / One woman noise KIKIRIKI (Slovenia). / First appearances in Germany from the transnational artistic collective MÈCANOSPHÈRE (Portugal/France). / And also for the first time on a German stage the new Russian project PONOMAREV/OBRAZEENA MASSACRE. Also from Poland; restlest sound textures of PURGIST. / The Ukrainian avant-garde singer-songwriter SVITLANA NIANIO. / JEROME NOETINGER, a tape recorder wizzard from France. / From Norway AVANT JOIK creating contemplative atmospheres of the North. / + Pilot world premiere of the very first CORTEX movie by ALEX BUESS and ROGER GRAF (Switserland).
….. more will be added. Detailed info soon.
Xciting Festival. 24/25/26 September 2021. Stuttgart Germany.

Consolidated

New video by Aleyet Hai : Consolidated: ‘Lamenting Autotuned Life’. riffin on Adorno, Karenga, The Beatnigs
From the album ‘We’re Already There’, Available here: https://consolidated.bandcamp.com/

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The Avant Gardenist

Found in news media:

Considerable part of Portuguese population ‘presenting light symptoms of depression’

A considerable part of the Portuguese population are presenting “light symptoms of depression” due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This is one of the conclusions of an international study in which Portugal’s institute of investigation and innovation in health (i3s) at Porto University took part. The ‘Life with Corona’ study aims to “continue to evaluate the social and economic impact of the pandemic on a global scale”. Light symoptoms sounds reaonable given the cataclysmic effects on everyday life: it is only further down in reports published today that investigators admit “around 50% of people quizzed in Portugal, Argentina, Indonesia, the UK and US, as well as 40% of Germans “showed more serious symptoms of depression”.

The Avant Gardenist

After watching the soundcheck (see previous post) here a song from the gig filmed with a phone by someone in the audience.

Papal Breakdance by Psychic TV/PTV3 Express Festival, Arena Puccini, Bologna Italy. 28 May 2009.

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The Avant Gardenist

Today, 1 year ago, Genesis Breyer P Orridge passed away. In memory some unpublished material from my private archive. Film recordings from a soundcheck in 2009 at the Express Festival, Arena Puccini, Bologna Italy. Date: 28 May 2009. David (guitar) carried a camera on that tour. He stuck it on the side of the stage filming the soundcheck. Further musicians are Edley (drums), Gila (bass) who replaces Alice on this one tour, Jess (Keyboard) who passed away last month and of course Genesis Breyer P Orridge.
Notice the positive atmosphere and joking I will miss a lot. It was always great fun touring with PTV.
Songs performed: Kiss Me, Higher And Higher, Papal Breakdance.