Concert

Martin Bisi (Sonic Youth etc.) / Destroyed But Not Defeated

Nov 14 2018
Praterstern 5
Vienna 1020
20:00
10,-
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
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MARTIN BISI

Pitchfork: "The credits read like a who’s who of New York’s experimental underground: members of Swans, Sonic Youth, Pop. 1280, Parlor Walls, Live Skull, Cop Shoot Cop, Foetus, and many, many more... It’s a sonic embodiment of risk-taking, rule-breaking, and antithesis that celebrates the endurance of a man and a space tied directly to New York’s noise, art-rock, punk, free jazz, hip-hop, and alternative movements... Across 13 tracks, Bisi demonstrates—as a producer, engineer, and general facilitator of the avant-garde—what’s made his name familiar to liner-notes obsessives and New York noise nerds for three and a half decades. Showcasing the opaque, roaring, visceral sound he’s come to epitomize, BC35 acts as a totem to his enduring role in NYC’s rock mythos..."

The New York Times: "Thirty-five years ago, in an old factory space in Gowanus, Brooklyn, the producer and musician Martin Bisi established BC Studio, where he’s has been at the controls for underground classics such as Sonic Youth’s “Bad Moon Rising”and the Dresden Dolls’ self-titled debut. Fittingly, Mr. Bisi is honoring this anniversary with a righteous racket: first by releasing a compilation with bands he has produced, as well as some he put together and one that was resurrected for the occasion, and then by celebrating that album with those groups at clubs in Brooklyn, Boston and Philadelphia...The evening promises to be ear-splittingly glorious."

Newsweek: "Bisi... the man who contributed to the sound of early hip-hop, avant-garde, and indie rock, might soon finally get recognition... Considering how diverse BC Studio's output has been over the years, there's still something recognizable about the music that Bisi lays his hands on... A certain rawness."

Noisey: "Bisi has presided over recordings that defined seminal scenes, counting downtown NYC's avant-garde jazz scene, '80s art-rock and '90s Bowery scum-rock. A glance at his stunning, across-the-genre-board discography results in minds blown. "

DESTROYED BUT NOT DEFEATED

The trio will soon release the third album DELUXE REDUX. With a large, illustrious mixture of guest musicians from the Viennese music scene under producer ex-Kreisky Gregor Tischberger, a multi-layered, varied record emerged. Behind the changing lead vocals of Lelo Brossmann & Markus Reiter there are strings, sometimes keyboards between the obligatory guitar walls. Or ex-surfer surfer Wolfgang "iWolf" Schlögl on the accordion. One may be curious about the live implementation.

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