Merzbow + Elvin Brandhi & Isn'tses
Live noise and experimental sets from Merzbow, Elvin Brandhi and Isn'tses at IKLECTIK
Baba Yaga's Hut Presents:
Merzbow + Elvin Brandhi & Isn'tses at IKLECTIK
Early Sunday show. 14+
Doors open at 4
Isn'tses on stage at 4.30
Elvin Brandhi at 5.20
Merzbow at 6.10
Merzbow (メルツバウ) A vegan, straight edge noise project of Masami Akita from Japan. Merzbow started out in the noise industrial scene of early 1980s and began releasing music. In the 1990s, Merzbow were influenced by grind core and released an album on the death metal label Relapse. In the late 1990s, he resonated with Mego's "punk computer music" and were one of the first in Japanese Noise Scene to adopt a live performance technique using laptop computers.
Since around 2003, he has practiced veganism from the perspective of "animal rights." He creates works on themes such as "anti-whaling," "anti-dolphin fishing," "anti-fur," and "liberation of livestock animals." In recent years, he has been creating music that is not limited to digital or analog. Recently, he has been experimenting with incorporating AI into album artwork.
He has also collaborated with Balazs Pandi, Mats Gustafsson, Thurston Moore, Boris, Keiji Haino, Richard Pinhas (Heldon), Duenn, Nyantra, Lawrence English, Xiu Xiu, Gezan, Alessandro Cortini, Vanity Productions, Vatican Shadow, Bastard Noise, Meat Beat Manifesto and others.
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Elvin Brandhi is an improvising lyricist, producer and sound artist from Bridgend, Wales, who builds aberrant beats from field recordings, tape, vinyl, instrument and voice. Using sound and voice as an expansive language transgressing intrinsic systemics and inherited syntactical etiquettes, her live shows are unyielding bursts of erupting animation where her caustic stream of consciousness cavorts with restless, glitched out heaviness. Her creative momentum comprises a range of collaborations and an endless nomadism.
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Isn’tses is a duo, Lisa McKendrick and Tim Drage, who create high-energy electronic music using a unique semi-modular setup of self-designed synths, modules, gameboy and an Octatrack. Their live performances are a blend of structured beats, improvised sounds and vocals, ensuring that no two sets are the same. This sound is paired with AV featuring 8-bit glitch visuals, light sabers, and authentic Mexican Luchador masks.
