Last wednesdays Lightning Bolt concert at OCCII was great! A sold out venue defied the tropical heat amidst three support acts and an electric and groundbreaking Lightning Bolt!
OCCII says: “Top 5 hotest shows ever, according to Brian Chippendale, THANKS, for killer set Lightning Bolt! And thanks all OCCII volunteers, 250+ visitors, LANDVERRAAD, TRIO Goh Lee Kwang, Julien Ottavi, Lukas Simonis, Do It Together Crew, Odyssey Booking, Haperende Mens, DJ Makkum Recs”
You can read a review about the night in Dutch here!
Thank you all for coming out and stay tuned for more news about events in collaboration with OCCII.
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Support: Julien Ottavi & Lukas Simonis & Goh Lee Kwang.
Entree: 10,- euro.
Locatie: Occii, Amsterdam.
Amstelveenseweg 134
1075 XL Amsterdam
tel. ++31 (0)20 6717778
Occii Amsterdam en Haperende Mens presenteren met trots het enige concert in deze tour van het legendarische noise rock duo Lightning Bolt in Nederland. Tegelijkertijd wordt dit waarschijnlijk het laatste concert in intieme setting gezien de goede ontvangst van het recente album ‘Fantasy Empire’ (2015)
LIGHTNING BOLT (USA)
Drummer Brian Chippendale en bassist Brian Gibson brachten in maart hun nieuwe album Fantasy Empire uit.
‘Fantasy Empire’ is het eerste album dat is opgenomen in een professionele studio en dat levert een voller en meer gedefinieerd geluid op -met de bekende veelheid aan gelaagde geluiden zonder dat het overgeproduceerd klinkt. Er is veel media aandacht voor het duo. Het betreft niet alleen de zeer positieve recensies voor het album (o.a. een 8 op Pitchfork) maar ook de beide bandleden staan in de picture als persoon, met features in internationale bladen waaronder Rolling Stone (ook tot onze verbazing).
Het geluid van Brian Chippendale (mindflayer en Black puss) blijft chaotisch maar strak met de welbekende hoeveelheid energie.
Bassist “Brian Gibson manages to make four strings sound like many more. From the beginning, their mix of mayhem and heaviness brought to mind the sound Harry Pussy and Black Sabbath performing on stage at the same time. Lightning Bolt somehow showed up in big features of magazines that normally didn’t care much about noise, and appeared in record collections of people who felt pretty much the same”.
voorprogramma;
JULIEN OTTAVI (Percussion, electronics)
A mediactivist, artist-researcher, composer / musician, poet and tongues destroyer, experimental film maker and anarchitect, founder and member of Apo33, Julien Ottavi is involved in research and creative work, combining sound art, real-time video, new technologies and body performances.
Is one of the founders of WORM, Rotterdam (www.worm.org). He organises and produces radio, concerts, cd’s, performing projects and writing. He started out as a ‘unconventional’ rock musician, playing in bands like Trespassers W and Dull Schicksal. The last few years he turned more and more to electronic, improvised music and sound art, allthough he still has a weak spot for his version of rock.
GOH LEE KWANG (Mixer Feedback)
GOH is an internationally recognized sound & new media artist from Malaysia. He has created sound installations, sonic-visual interactive installations, single channel video, multi-channels video, electro-acoustic improvised music performance, tape music, composition for radio broadcast and soundtrack for theater / dance / independent movie.
Goh’s works focus on the various possibility of both realistic & abstract, crossing the boundaries of digital & analog, electronic & acoustic, go beyond language, allowing audiences to experience the work directly, and in their own personal way. Most of his installation also operating interactively with the audience/viewer.
