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Lydia Lunch has for the past 3 decades forged a unique body of work that bares testimony to a creative schizophrenia which encompasses film, poetry, the spoken & written word, music and photography. She was voted by "Time Out New York" as one of the most influential performers originating from NYC and has worked with dozens of musical renegades including Sonic Youth, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Nick Cave and Einstürzende Neubauten. Lydia continues to tour the world appearing at literature, poetry and music festivals. Her live performances incorporate photography, video and music inviting listeners to dissolve into a filmic universe of primal urge and emotional release. Lydia recently joined forces with Philippe Petit to create the hauntingly beautiful song cycle Twist Of Fate. A musical journey which marries dark experimental soundscapes to an intoxicating voice ripe with intrigue and innuendo. Philippe Petit is interested in soundtracks, even if he creates original music he'd rather be introduced as a "musical travel agent" than a composer. His first solo album "Henry: The Iron Man" originated from a dream that Shinya Tsukamoto was working on a blurred remake of "Eraserhead", and he was to soundtrack the grotesque mutation of Henry into an "Iron Man". It is now released on Beta Lactam Ring Records. Petit uses turntables and laptops to build up electronic layers and take advantage of vinyl material to fondle released sounds. A journalist for various magazines and radio as well as a musical activist, Petit now celebrates his 25th year of sharing his musical passions as the man behind the cult labels Pandemonium Rdz. and BiP_HOp. Petit has assembled what people call a dream-team of collaborators, working with: Lydia Lunch, Foetus, Eugene Robinson, Kumo, Scott McCloud (Girls Against Boys), Andy Diagram (Spaceheads, Pere Ubu...), Cosey Fanni Tutti, My Brightest Diamond, Sybarite, Pantaleimon, Graham Lewis (Wire), Barry Adamson, Scanner, Mira Calix, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, Guapo, Leafcutter John, Simon Fisher Turner, Justin Broadrick and many more... Beneath the duo "Twist Of Fate" with Lydia Lunch, Petit is active in Strings Of Consciousness and his collab with James Johnston (Gallon Drunk / Bad Seeds / Faust) just appeared on Dirter Promotions Discographies : WWW.DISCOGS.COM/ARTIST/LYDIA+LUNCH WWW.DISCOGS.COM/ARTIST/PHILIPPE+PETIT |
