Imagine if you will a group of artists that come together, sometimes virtually, sometimes face to face to work on a project. Imagine further that at other times, in other spaces, other artists will again gather to create. Imagine that the house that they create in is called Tral Neu.
Guest artists, in alphabetical order, are:
Is a London based artist who combines music with visual art under the name, This Is The Bridge. His work explores dystopian/social themes and urban landscapes with a particular interest in brut architecture.
Gran Bankrott (aka Gran):
Is described as a Viennese Wunderkind experimentalist. Formally with the experimental punk group Dot Dash, most recently recording under the name Starship Skysaw and one half of the S/M performance duo, 2 Pigs Under 1 Umbrella.
Is a former New Yorker living in The Yucatan. She is a formally trained bel canto singer and has collaborated with other artists within the underground music scene, most notably Strafe F.R. formally known as Strafe Für Rebellion. She is also a writer who writes with a musical, rhythmic patina which is designed to be spoken out loud; part storytelling, part music, part performance piece.
Violet Candide:
Is a Vienna based New Zealander who is active in a number of musical projects including her collaboration with Mahk Rumbae performing their work under Mitra Mitra. Under the name Violetiger, she performs with her colleague Tigerlilly as well as her solo work under the name Peppy Pep Pepper.
Jack Duckworth:
Is a Canadian born artist residing in Glasgow. He is a multi-instrumentalist who has played in a number of established alternative bands until he went solo under the name Soft Riot. He experiments with design, music and video. For Tral Neu he composed an exclusive piece in collaboration with Madmoizel.
Johnny Geiger is a Linz, Austrian based guitarist. She is also a member of the experimental pop group, Postman, and can be found on the label Cut Surface.
Mala Herba:
"Evil Herb", Mala Herba is an experimental non-binary artist from Poland residing in Vienna. Heavily involved with social activism. It was their voice and charisma that captures ones attention and casts a magic spell.
Peter Hope:
Peter Hope is a legendary experimental blues singer and musician who has been around the Sheffield, England underground music scene since the early 80's where he fronted the Avantgarde jazz-funk group The Box. Once The Box disbanded Peter continued creating uncompromising work whether it be solo or in collaboration with other contemporaries - among them David Harrow, Jonathan Jono Podmore, Richard H. Kirk and Charlie Collins to name a few. Now residing in New Zealand and running his own label, Wrong Revolution, he continues to search for new ways for artistic expression as well as releasing uncompromising music under various pseudonyms and distant collaborations.
Madmoizel:
Madmoizel comes to us from Paris. She is a classically trained singer continually experimenting with her powerful operatic voice which is graced with synthetic minimalism. Her solo performances are energetic and stylish and already she has amassed a number of impressive releases.
Hailing from Vienna and responsible for hosting some of the most fascinating and legendary events at his former AU Club, Mikal is a skilled drummer/percussionist and active in two experimental anarchist groups -- Soda Gomorra and Ausländer.
Dee Rüsche:
Dee Rüsche, formally of the UK now residing in Vienna is perhaps best know for his work with the group Nöi Kabát (Hungarian meaning 'women's clothes'). Recently, however he is most active as a solo performer producing collage and music under the name Zukunfsstadt. He also works as a studio and live engineer.
Last, but not least,
Stelarc, who graces the cover of the Tral Neu mini album (and who kindly and graciously gave permission to use his likeness for this endeavor) is a provocative Cyprus born Australian based performance artist who explores various themes primarily related to the limitations and potential self expansion of the human body within the modern world. During the early stages of Tral Neu and while The Industry Wheel (The Industry Wheel promotional video is linked below) was being created Iv/An came across a black and white photograph from a Stelarc performance wherein he is carrying one of his designed pieces referred to as "the third hand". The image fit perfectly with the idea of a 'front cover' for a virtual collaboration which asked for, and received, an additional hand.
Tral Neu, a labour of love is due to be released on compact disc October 10th, 2021 on Tonal Shifts, cat. no. TS1. It will also be available for download. Purchasing information can be found HERE.
The Industry Wheel:
Violet Candide - vocals
Gran Bankrott - guitar
Richard Anderson - synthesiser
Iv/An - noises
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