XIII. PRAGUE INDUSTRIAL FESTIVAL

Job Karma

Job Karma - audiovisual, electronic project from Wrocław, was formed in 1998 by Maciej Frett, Aureliusz Pisarzewski and Jacek Groszek. Using electronic instruments (analog synthesizers, PC, high and low frequency generators etc.) J.K. creates rhythmical structures and dark landscapes in "neoindustrial" surroundings. The band released 3 CDs ("CYCLES PER SECOND" - reedition in USA by ARC_ov_LIGHT/Malignant rec. 2000, "NEWSON" - Obuh Records 2001, "EBOLA" - AMPLEXUS REC 2003), video tape "OSCILLATION RITUAL" by Ars Morta Universum from Prague and one MCD "98 Mhz TO EXTINCTION" by Nefryt Rec. 2002. Job Karma concerts present music in connection with video performance - big screen projections, video installations and slide shows. Job Karma is in a permanent cooperation with video artists and all J.K video tracks producers Arek Bagiński and Wojtek Majewski.

Einleitungszeit

Einleitungszeit is with no doubt one of the most extreme formations on the territory of the former Czechoslovakia. The 15 years of existence brought Einleitungszeit ultimate death-industrial sound and status one of genre top-classics. Its albums were released by reputable labels Art Konkret, Freak Animal or Recalcitrant Noise, whose edition was censored in Slovakia for "aesthetically unacceptable" cover. Some live performances are captured on Ars Morta Universum / Industrial Gallery videos also. Through sound, spirit and fire, the duo R-01 (Richard Norg, music) / M-01 (Martin Jarolim, voice, arrangement) create an ecstatic storm, with feelings of transformation of human being's consciousness into the intelligence of cybernetic creature. Just few seconds of ambient soundscapes release a flow of unbounded noise that can exceed even the uttermost Japanese recordings. Last year concerts in Japan with the performance dancer Tereza Georgieva aka Sangredans were passionately welcomed. Their common festival appearance will bring a typical stage storm of absorbing sound and howling expressive dance.

Sangredans

Extrémní-performační skupina, která spojuje pohybovou expresi s vlastní, experimentální, elektronicko-industriální hudbou. Extrémní fyzická performance s prvky moderního tance, butó, klasického baletu, akrobacie, capoeiry, zpěvy, fire a pyrotechnic show (plivání ohně, dým, červený oheň) reflektující lidskou bolest v rituálu posthumání kyberkatarze. Představení na pomezí pohybově-výtvarné extrémní performance a koncertu. Hudba je tvořena jak z vlastních hudebních nahrávek a upravená na počítači, tak živě při představení. Nástroji se stávají industriální materiály - z tyčí, železných součástek, plechů a pružin jsou vytvořeny hudební nástrojeve tvaru různých postav, robotů a věcí. Rozeznívají se v hudbu za pomoci neobvyklých nástrojů jako jsou např. rozbrus, svářečka, vrtačka, motor z auta... Velmi výrazné jsou kostýmy a scénografie, kdy aktéři jsou natřeni grafitovou barvou a evokují tak kovové-cyberpunkové pololidi a poloroboty. Fyzicky náročná, akrobaticko-taneční choreografie dokreslují výsledný dojem celé performance.

Theatre group formed in 2001 in Praha. In Sangredans performances,the protagonists use a wide variety of theatrical forms. The strongest emphasis is enjoyed by a motoric expression. In their images, we canfind elements of acrobacy, modern dance, classical ballet, butoh, capoeira, steppe, pantomime and fire show. Using different props, tools, lights and elements (water, fire, sand, smoke...) the actors create a mystical atmosphere streaming into a dramatical whole of the story.

Tereza Georgievová, Radka Hetmánková, Petra Bucková, Dan Pavel, FilipKačírek

Kotel #26

Historie seskupení sahá do roku 1997, kdy zakládající členové spolu s dalšími příznivci pořádali industriální performance za igelitovou zástěnou při vernisážích spřátelených výtvarníků. Časem z této spíše zábavné činnosti vykrystalizoval soubor s pevnějším a strukturovanějším konceptem.
Počátky hudební tvorby se nesly v duchu undergroundu s industriálními prvky. Skupinou prošlo několik hudebníků, složení se měnilo, až se ustálilo do současného stavu. Po několika vystoupeních se zcela změnil ráz hudebního projevu. Do nástrojového vybavení se mimo klasického pracovního nářadí a železných prvků zařadilo i několik elektronických efektů.
Významným vedlejším projektem je natáčení krátkometrážních dokumentárních filmů z průmyslového prostředí. Soubor vytváří hudbu pro hraný film debutujícího režiséra Tussilega.

Tábor Radosti

This mysterious duo from Jihlava has first appeared on the X. Prague Industrial Festival in 2004 and a year later on the IV. Wroclaw Industrial Festival. They dazzled the audience like a meteorite. Obscure sound, complex composition and impressive stage appearance with stunning visuals were clear marks of the huge potential of this project and of the long way it has gone. The official beginnings of Tábor Radosti date back to 1995. Two years later, Tabor Radosti makes their debut with "1984" at the industrial festival in Telč (cz). This was a show made of loops played back on several modified tape decks and vocals in industrial-orwellian fashion. Within the following two years, they have conceptually adopted new sound technologies, both analogue and digital. In the beginning of 2001, they start recording their debut CD Tábor Radosti with mesmerizingly austere composition, texts and vocals. After two more years, they release another album. Its title Hávamál - or, the Words of the High One - is an homage to the astonishing depth of original beliefs of our ancestors and the foreboding of the fall of the western occidental civilisation, caused by uprooting these beliefs and importing the new "God of Desert" into souls of humans. This record already has all typical signs of their current production - magic and ritual, distorted vocals abundant with ancient archetypal motifs, a vast variety of emotional surfaces and rhythmical sequences. Before long, the new phenomenon on the Czech scene started cooperating with the label Epidemie Records who released their third album, Lamat, a sequel to the manifested belief in the infallible cosmic cycles. Magic sound territories are even more complex and impenetrable compared to the previous albums, the inner architecture of the tracks now features orchestral themes and colourful sound ornaments. Tábor Radosti have reached the status of the Czech dark-electronic number one.

Suka off

SUKA OFF is a Poland based artistic group existing since 1995. The founder and leader of SUKA OFF is Piotr Wegrzynski. Other group members are Sylvia Lajbig, Hellen Burrough and Maciej Dziaczko. They have been creating work across visual theatre, performance art, club action, installation, photography, video art and music visuals. The group has presented work in theatres, art galleries and clubs in most European countries, as well as in Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Japan.

The recurring themes of SUKA OFF art are:

- the human carnality in all its biological and physiological aspects
- the attempt to define the "third gender" by blurring the individual attributes / sexual codes culturally arrogated to the male and female
- the mechanisms of human nature, the virus of violence and fear symbolized
by synthetic fluids (liquid latex / acrylic paint)
- the search of alternative and radical forms of communication based on
the connection between the living human body and electronic device functions
- the postindustrial aesthetics, the "clash" between human body
and the substance of steel / aluminum / concrete / silicone.

WHITE ROOM Xtracts
An apocalyptic vision of a place, where body is treated as a container. In this space all superfluous emotions are utilised. The pain used in the therapy reminds of the physicality and the irreversibility of actions. It is also a story about rejection and the seeming acceptance of the "handicapped" people. The viewer becomes a peeper - a part of the majority that represents the society.
The performance has been presented at some of the major fetish events in Europe, including Torture Garden and German Fetish Ball.

Rapoon

Rapoon is the ethno-ambient solo project of :zoviet*france: co-founder Robin Storey, born in 1955 in Cumbria, England. While studying fine arts at Sunderland University, he began pursuing a long-held interest in sound manipulation by taking classes in electronic and experimental composition, additionally joining with friends to perform the works of Karlheinz Stockhausen (a key influence, as were the Krautrock bands of the early 1970s). In 1979 Storey formed the pioneering industrial group :zoviet*france:, remaining a member until 1993; the year previous, Storey issued the first Rapoon album, Dream Circle, its entrancing fusion of Indian ragas, African rhythms and experimental textures anticipating the evocative soundscapes of the many releases to follow. Also a noted visual artist, painter and animator, Storey's work was exhibited throughout the world, with two of his pieces on display at the Berlin Museum of Modern Art.

Vladimír Hirsch

VLADIMÍR HIRSCH is Czech avantgarde composer, instrumentalist and sound alchemist with specific style, characterized by modern polymodal composition with substantial role of new sonic properties of classical instrumentation, created by force of digital technique. His work is represented not only by his solo projects - he is also the founder and leader of ensembles AGHIATRIAS, SKROL and LUMINAR AX.

Vladimír Hirsch's music is an extrapolation of the cohesion of contemporary classical music on the one hand and dark ambient, industrial and noise components on the other coming to life through mutual infiltration by basic theses and antitheses as a fully homogenous structure. Compositions are based on grasping both ways in a manner allowing them to partake of each other's principal formal attributes, both on the basis of violent confrontation and of mutual empathy, leading therefore to a unification of seemingly irreconcilable worlds. With help of musical symbolism of their transsubstantiation the single indivisible essence appears, representing the metaphorical and philosopical principle of Hirsch's "dark ambient classical" form as a specific unit, so called INTEGRATED MUSIC.

Kaspar von Urbach

In their work the Prague noise-band Kaspar von Urbach focuses on an obstinate and deeply unnatural sound-mining: partly from things and devices originally designed for very different purposes and partly from musicial instruments, effects and processors that are broken, left-off, cheep, despised, uncorrectly used, crap etc. Accidental feedbacks, unintentional noise and other "enemies" of musical process have become important factors of KvU's creative effort. In spite of frequent performing beside rock bands on rock stages, KvU have in the course of time quit the field of rock, but they do not oppose sudden invasions into the distant areas of pop, folk and country or silence. In november 2007 a d.i.y. label called KLaNGundKRaCH have been established to release KvU’s records and records of related bands and projects. The members of KvU are also involved in other projects as RUiNU, k!amm, Head In Body and The Ruin of Ruins.

Guma guar

Guma guar (GROUPE GUMA GUAR) je umělecko-aktivistická skupina působící v Praze. Od svého založení v roce 2003 se zabývá kritikou systému a ironizováním mediálního světa. Účastní se ilegálních freeparties, a také se věnuje streetartu. V roce 2008 měla skupina v Praze řadu výstav. Například výstavu s názvem Meze tolerance, která se stavěla proti zákazu KSM, tato výstava vyvolala bouřlivé diskuse a byla vandaly zničena. Nebo také výstavu Milan Knížák: Podivný Kelt, která kritizovala působení Milana Knížáka v čele Národní galerie.

Shamisen Paranoia

Dvoučlenný projekt japonského hráče na šamisen - Kenya Satoh a mongolského hrdelního pěvce -Enkhbat Batbileg. Kenya působí také v dalším japonském projektu Papayaparanoia. Šamisen je japonský tradiční smyčcový hudební nástroj. Enkhbat ve zpěvu uplatňuje hlasovou tehniku Hoomii, tradiční v rodném Mongolsku.
Vystoupení na XIII. Pražském industriálním festivaluje je premiérou tohoto projektu v Praze.

RUiNU

RUiNU is a three-member group around KLaNGundKRaCH label specializing in free improvisation with fragments of noise and musical ruins. Lo-fi electronics and amplified objects of diverse origin accompanied by manipulated wind instruments with whose help the noise basis transforms into a pulsing boundless sound mass.

k-lxm

Projekt K-LXM spatřil světlo světa kolem roku 2004, kdy se plzeňský rodák Martin Klimeš rozhodl osamostatnit od své minulosti strávené v klasických kapelách. Zpočátku experimentoval s počítači a digitální elektronikou, později si však našel místo mezi analogovými zvukotvornými prostředky a jeho tvorbu můžeme od té doby směle označit za experimentálně-industriálně-noisovou smršť mírně dochucenou ambientními plochami.
Stěžejní osou jeho živých vystoupení je hra v reálném čase, při kterém kontroluje smyčky tvořené údery do nejrůznějších artefaktů, které následně vrství do hlukových stěn zkombinovaných s nejrůznějšími efekty ï abstraktnějšími rytmickými strukturami. V současné době již nepoužívá ani samplery či jiná playbacková zařízení, každý koncert má díky rozličnému zapojení hardware jiný výsledek a žádný set tak nezní stejně.
Po vydání několika alb ve vlastní produkci přichází v roce 2008 s death-industriálním CD-R "Time is False" a v současné době je novinkou jeho split-CD s kanadským projektem Moonlit Sun.

Birds Build Nests Underground

Prague-based duo exploring the world of turntable and record manipulation. Since 2003 they have been composing "songs" based on the sound of vinyl records prepared by stickers, speed manipulation and scratching (by knife!). The band's sound is a thick tapestry of sound ON and IN the records - the role of clicks & hits is as important as the role of sound fragments recorded on the albums. With the roots in post-industrial music, Birds Build Nests Underground have developed into a band linking psychedelic music and minimalism.

The loop and recycling in BBNU's music plays a role of a microscope or zoom that enables the exploration of "music under music", dicovering new details in notorious sounds that are fragmented and put into new contextual environment.

Birds Build Nests Underground are Michal Brunclík and Petr Ferenc.

Dj Maldoror

Bret Vanderberg grew up in the San Francisco bay area in the late 70's /early 80's, and gained much of his taste for music in the burgeoning local industrial scene there.Finally made a start at KWVA 88.1 FM in Eugene, Oregon in the first half of the 90's. His radio show "Psychic Surgery" was described in a magazine
review as "... music to make your ears bleed".Soon after, joined the SIN (Sound Integrated Nation) sound system, taking part in events throughout the northwest USA, including numerous underground fetish evenings. SIN became, for many, a means by which to challenge listeners to not only enjoy the music, but to simultaneously shake them out
of every day complacency in life. He continued to gain yet more experience as a resident dj at clubs such as
the now defunct "Nexus". He has gone on to entertain audiences of discerning listeners in countries on both sides of the Atlantic; known for sets mixing a punishing, unique blend of ebm, industrial and power electronics, dj Maldoror continues to inspire both saints and sinners alike, in numerous dark places round the globe.