WOLF EYES, MERZBOW VS. BALASZ PANDI
// Date: 19 May 2010, 20:00h // Venue: Elektroakustischer Salon / Berghain, Berlin // Tickets: 17 € / 14 € advance sale // Tickets: www.koka36.de   Wolf Eyes, the infamous Michigan noise trio are back in the continent after three long, painfully silent years. Wolf Eyes are Nate Young, John Olson and Mike Connelly. with over a 100 releases so far and hopefully at least another 100 in the future, Wolf Eyes constantly re-invent music, turning noise, death metal and industrial music into an intense, unforgettable live experience. "An ungodly Noise hybrid which sucks fragments of US hardcore, Industrial, free jazz ..., avant garde electronics and Death Metal into a sonic vortex. Cloaked in cartoonish horrorcore imagery, their music's obvious delight is its own intensity, as infectious as it is puerile." Nick Cain (The Wire)   Merzbow is Masami Akita, the noise god from Tokyo, Japan. Starting 1979, he has released numerous albums and formed two record labels. The name „Merzbow“ comes from German artist Kurt Schwitter’s artwork, Merzbau. This was decided upon to reflect Akita’s dada influence and junk-art aesthetic. In addition to this, Akita has cited a wide range of influences from various progressive rock musicians such as Frank Zappa and King Crimson over to Japanese bondage. In 2000, Extreme Records released the 50 CD boxset known as the Merzbox. Since 2004 he has been a supporter of PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) which has influenced a number of animal-themed releases as well as Akita becoming vegan. As well as being a profilic artist, he has also written a number of books and has been the editor of several magazines in Japan. He has written about a variety of subjects, mostly about art, avant-garde and post-modern culture. So far Masami Akita produced over 200 releases since 1980, and Merzbow has to be regarded as one of the „most important artist in noise“. On the Dezember 2009 tour he will be accompanied by Balazs Pandi, hungarian drummer on various projects. His activities reach from live drummer with Otto von Schirach and To live and shave in LA to studio works on Venetian Snares album Pink+Green. Forthcoming drum parts for Flying Lotus, aswell as a project with Justin Broadrick, Bill Laswell and Enduser - Blood of Heroes.   Partner: Elektroakustischer Salon Powered by CTM Concerts   > www.myspace.com/gorethodox > www.wolfeyes.net > www.merzbow.net > www.berghain.de > Tickets: www.koka36.de	> May 19, 2010
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