Hoarder
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Biografía
- Hoarder is the latest project in a long line of collaborations between Andy Butler (Hercules and Love Affair) and multi-media artist Joie Iacono.Building a sonic world sourced from organic, electronic, and found sounds, the two have waded neck deep into noise-oriented, darker territories over the past 3 years in the studio. Just the tip of the iceberg is revealed with a new EP with London based Khemia Records. Known for their artful releases (and the long running party Kaos in London) Khemia has had major players in the burgeoning industrial and EBM oriented techno scenes such as In Aeturnum Vale and Broken English Club put forward music on the label. And while the four tracks on this first Hoarder release definitely nod to 80’s industrial and techno, with Butler’s knack for arrangement and tenure producing music and their combined years steeped in the culture, the tracks feel inspired by the era rather than replications or straight homage. The intention to create a complete visual world alongside these musical experiments is very evident in the video for “Tetanus Spike”. Culling from her years as a studied visual artist, under names like David Armstrong, Dike Blair, Annie Sprinkle and Billy Sullivan, Iacono’s nuanced and sometimes brutal take on portraiture and her inherent sense of rhythm with the moving image boldly comes through. The anti-aesthetic and chaos they are investigating most definitely reflects from their shared love of Fluxus and Actionist art, and the power of performance. The two have already entirely realized video projects, taking on all aspects of the production themselves. As for the live iteration of Hoarder- it has the same demolishing presence that both their visual and sonic expressions suggest, as do the pair’s DJ sets. Ultimately, in an existential moment of fragmentation, unease, and a creeping sense of powerlessness Hoarder’s approach feels right. Rejecting the superficial and longing for lost authenticity, the time to destroy and rebuild has indeed come, and Hoarder can and will further help provoke it’s onset.̸Hoarder - Consumer Regret EP
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