MONDAY OCTOBER 19th 9pm
The 500th Show of Global Industribal Legends
SIKHARA
http://www.sikhara.org
NEQUAQUAM VACUUM
http://www.myspace.com/nequaquamvacuum
MEGATON LEVIATHAN
http://www.myspace.com/megatonleviathan
EXQUISITE CORPS
http://www.iokaos.net/exquisite
$5 21+
at THE FEZ BALLROOM
318 SW 11th Ave
Post-world industrial trio Sikhara have drawn a pattern of tire tracks
across four continents. Their music has evolved over the years into a
pancultural synthesis of all that is brutal and primitive - pounding
polyrhythmic drums, swirling sample storms of voices howling and chanting,
and a live show characterized by ritualistic rigor and ecstatic abandon. To
witness Sikhara is to stare the coming singularity in its bloodshot eyes.
As the founders of the international Radon collective, Sikhara have
contributed mightily to the noise and experimental music scenes; inclusive
of several stays in Portland during the flowering of our own freak scene.
Along the way they've collaborated and co-conspired with Acid Mother's
Temple, Z'EV, Damo Suzuki's Network, Steve MacKay, KK Null, Smegma, Bastard
Noise, Amps For Christ, Ovo, Mechanosphere, Nik Turner, Boyd Rice,
Jean-Louis Costes, and an encyclopedic roster of the expatriate
underground. Sikhara have spread their apocalyptic sounds across 26
countries - from an extended meditative jam in the 2000-year-old Zenjouki
Temple in Osaka to a mountain of flaming garbage in a Polish salt mine. They
have carved their place as one of the most notorious bands in the venerable
squats of Europe, clocked maximal mileage on the U.S. rock club circuit, and
bombed the full gamut of outdoor festivals.
All this from a project that started in an irradiated basement in North
Carolina, 10 years ago.
This autumn, Sikhara return to the road in the USA, giving their milestone
500th performance in one of their surrogate hometowns: Portland, OR. Their
latest tour is to unveil a holy trinity of new releases on CD and DVD. Their
newest effort, an ep entitled "IV War Haka" (produced by Jonathan Saldanha)
is an epic tale of tribal war, invoking the warrior spirit of the Maori and
Benin voodoo magic. Also available will be a live album on Oklahoma's
Anti-Clock, captured during radio broadcasts for America's finest sister
radio stations, KFKC and WFMU. And finally, after over a year in the making,
Sikhara unveil their first dvd. A film with music from each of the first
three albums and documenting travel across 3 continents.
SIKHARA
"HAKATour"
Autumn 2009
music, video and promotional materials:
http://www.sikhara.org
http://www.urckrecords.com
posted by:
moron on 2009-10-03 11:08:15
