Dedstrange Fest III w/ A Place To Bury Strangers, Plattenbau, Data Animal

In the organizer's words:

- Dedstrangefest III -

A PLACE TO BURY STRANGERS
+ PLATTENBAU + DATA ANIMAL
03.10.2024
Metropol
Admission: 19 h
Start: 20 h

Tickets: https://www.greyzone-tickets.de/produkte/912

A Place To Bury Strangers

Fans around the globe know: Oliver Ackermann never fails to surprise. The singer and guitarist of New York City's A Place To Bury Strangers has been delighting and astounding audiences for nearly two decades, bringing together post-punk, noise rock, shoegaze, psychedelia and avant-garde music in startling and unexpected ways. As the founder of Death By Audio, creator of signal and stomp boxes and visionary instrument effects, he has passed on this enthusiasm and inventiveness to other artists who plug into his equipment and cause a stir. Live, A Place To Bury Strangers is nothing short of amazing - a shamanistic experience that invites listeners into glorious sound, crazy left turns, transcendent vibes, real-time experimentation, brilliant breakthroughs.
And while many of his colleagues from the New York underground seem to be slowly coming to rest, Ackermann's creativity is gathering pace. He has founded his own label: Dedstrange, which is dedicated to promoting the work of sound graduates worldwide. He has also refreshed the group's line-up and the band has never sounded more current, bold or accessibly melodic. The Hologram EP is the first release from the new line-up - and the first on Dedstrange - and it's no exaggeration to say that the response has been ecstatic.
to say that the reaction has been ecstatic. Ghettoblaster wrote that the band's noise surpasses anything that's come out of New York City in the last decade. Brooklyn Vegan praised Ackermann's "terrific, soulful" vocals and lauded the group's recent commitment to putting their melodies and
lyrics to the fore. Pitchfork, Flood, AllMusic: they all cite Hologram as an example of the best work of a tireless band with an extensive discography and an unquenchable drive to create challenging, unprecedented music.

Plattenbau

Four musicians, from three countries, whose musical roots are in blues, rock, country, but also punk, electronic, avant-garde, wave or noise rock. Comparisons are often drawn with artists and genres of the 80s, whose punk attitude and perhaps also gothic aesthetics can be found in PLATTENBAU. A variety of styles and sounds, role models and genres that merge in the quartet and, above all, pick up on the spirit of the Berlin underground of the 80s and 90s.
Since 2019, the current line-up of PLATTENBAU has consisted of Lewis Lloyd (vocals/synth), Sally Brown (bass/vox), Brandon Walsh (drums) and Jesper Munk (guitar/synth). Disillusioned with British politics, frontman Lewis Lloyd joined a group of artist friends who moved to Berlin in 2009. The multi-instrumentalist initially wrote and recorded death rock songs alone in an East Berlin rehearsal room when he met Hans Tobias Duvefjord in 2011 and - inspired by his post-Soviet surroundings - founded PLATTENBAU.
"Berlin's Anti-Punk Art Heroes" (as their label puts it) have developed into a live act worth seeing and have toured Europe and the USA, including at renowned festivals such as SXSW, Fusion Festival or as support for bands such as Idles, Preoccupations or Flasher and The Garden. Their third album is once again being released on the Dedstrange label, which was founded by A Place To Bury Strangers frontman Oliver Ackermann. They expand their style on the new album "Net Prophet" and have long since become a well-rehearsed formation that has found its sound. Dark, cool, always demanding and provocative. A prefabricated building that may have built its foundations in past decades, but always has the antennas on the roof ready for something new.

Data Animal