Monthly Archive for October, 2024
The legendary night (named after the eponymous classic title by Throbbing Gristle) is hosting the obscure Dunkeltier bringing Neue Deutsche Welle and Kassettentäter to Chicago. Highlight of the night is a live act by Pod Blotz! I said LIVE!!!
An ephemeral moment in fleeting time with family to gather together, reflect, dance, sing, cry, pray, and celebrate this thing we call life.
DEKNITIANS that night were:
TRAXX [Nation/Dirty Blends/L.I.E.S./Dark Entries///CHICAGO]
SNEAKER DJ aka DUNKELTIER [Black Lodge/Uncanny Valley/RatLife/Frigio/Macadam Mambo///DRESDEN/BERLIN]
ROBERT RUBYCON [Rubycon///LA]
KOSMIK [Black Lodge///LA]
GAY FELONY – vizual alkemist
Portrait in House is a collection of 3 resonant works, which are unified into a singular vision within its uncanny language that is rooted deeply in the foundations of Jak, New Beat, EBM, and Wave. Existing inside the liminal spaces of where light meets dark, we are presented with a documentation of dissonance and harmony.
We begin our voyage with Jihad, a sluggish and slogging piece that unforgivingly drags us through the grime and the dirt in a ritualistic fashion that would have the ghost of Georges Bataille dancing in circles. Voices call out and howl into the dark as the drum patterns of the 707 rhythmically grasps onto its anarchic components. In the dark, we can see the light beyond the known universe. In the words of Sneaker “The name is not our message, but a document of an evident, traditional concept in (y)our world.”
As we find ourselves sprawled out on the ground following the 1st sonic stanza, a menacing voice bellows and warns that this is a Sax Track. Referencing Chicago icon Lil Louis, this work juxtaposes classical elements of house music together with the bare knuckled spirit of Jak. A magical spell led by disharmonious Portasound FM keys in conversation with a teetering sub bass, where at its core, this plus this, equals something that is uniquely familiar and unfamiliar at the same time. A number fit for any uncanny ritual that will fall under the night sky.
Bringing our cosmic procession to a close we pick up the pace with a commanding number titled, Dance On, a no holds barred work that will possess your soul in the name of Jak. Flangers wail unforgivingly alongside a pulsating 101, as samples of the human voice are chopped up and arranged into a conversation that hypnotically calls for our bodies to be transformed into soft machines, while powered by ceremonious motions that are generated from the liberating process of ritual movement. We command you to dance!
Words by Justin Aulis Long
Limited Edition 12″ Vinyl – only 250 copies on Planet Earth
Label Art – Silver ink on Black
Mastering by Tailout Studies
Order here (release date Oct 4th):
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Sound Metaphors (D)
Clone (NL)
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Red Eye (UK)
Juno (UK)
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