WACKELKONTAKT
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WACKELKONTAKT is the audiovisual trio founded by Marco Milevski Tomasin (drums & electronics), Eyal Lally Bitton (visuals & electronics) and myself (vocals & electronics).
It's what we like to see as a genre-defying project, playing on the borders between hip hop, industrial, power electronics, and Middle-Eastern pop. Attempts to define WK's singular sound resulted in definitions such as Psychotrap and Doom R&B, and our debut album (“Heal the Split”, Magia Roja, Barcelona 2020) was even acclaimed for “its dynamism and reluctance to stick to one genre or sound” (The Quietus).
It's what we like to see as a genre-defying project, playing on the borders between hip hop, industrial, power electronics, and Middle-Eastern pop. Attempts to define WK's singular sound resulted in definitions such as Psychotrap and Doom R&B, and our debut album (“Heal the Split”, Magia Roja, Barcelona 2020) was even acclaimed for “its dynamism and reluctance to stick to one genre or sound” (The Quietus).
CHANGE THE PROCESS
New LP out on October 25, 2024 | Jaunge Orange (BE) & Orthodox Records (FR)
Here is me conducting the wonderful string trio we've assembled i the studio for recording the album:
WHY AM I WHAT YOU ARE TELLING ME THAT I AM? (Leipzig, 2023)
A site-specific performance featuring a dedicated orchestra of motorcyclists which I had the privilege to conduct and compose for, in collaboration with ANTI collective and Kuhlewampe Motorcycle Club.
ORR SHINAI: SKIN OF MY TEETH (From AQUADOME Trilogy, 2023)
“Deluziot” concert series opening night, HaZira Theater, Jerusalem
Orr Shinai (“Skin of my Teeth”) is a textual adaptation of the famous existential lament from the Book of Job. I re-wrote it for my audiovisual trio WACKELKONTAKT as part of the performance “AQUADOME #3: A Crack in the Tank”, the final part of our AQUADOME trilogy, which tests the disciplinary character of the senses on the human consciousness. Through an experimental set of audiovisual stimuli, the material of the work is generated from within the spectators themselves, and the physical and mental luggage with which they enter. Through these stimuli we attempt to simultaneously conceal the sensory information and push it to its limit, and enable the supersensual information to sneak in and take control of the disciplined consciousness. Eventually, from within the stream of white noise and red strobes, emerges “Orr Shinai” as the cathartic ending of the audiovisual blast. Asking “Why then hast Thou brought me forth out of the Womb?”, it is a soulful lament inspired by Turkish Arabesque and Industrial Techno.
PAPAMUMMY / PROGRESS (2021)
A double video piece
FULL ARTICLE FACT MAGAZINE:
https://www.factmag.com/2021/04/17/wackelkontakt-papamummy-progress/
FULL ARTICLE FACT MAGAZINE:
https://www.factmag.com/2021/04/17/wackelkontakt-papamummy-progress/
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HEAL THE SPLIT (2020)
Debut Album, Magia Roja (Barcelona)
REVIEW BY THE QUIETUS:
https://thequietus.com/articles/28037-wackelkontakt-heal-the-split-review
REVIEW BY THE QUIETUS:
https://thequietus.com/articles/28037-wackelkontakt-heal-the-split-review
REREBIRTHING (2019)
A site specific A/V performance, The historical knight refectorium in the old city, Acco Festival of Alternative Theater 2019
Synopsis:
Captivated by their own spell and awaiting the change, an underground exhibitionist group of artists with improbable dreams is imprisoned in an audiovisual performance they created themselves. Disoriented with sensory overload, with an affectionate gaze in the eye, they are maneuvering and being maneuvered by a collection of insights about controlled consciousness, stimulation threshold and dysfunction. The dissonance between the chaos in the space and temptation it evokes is, perhaps, a reflection of the surreal environment portrayed in their life.
In this performance the audience confronts a brutal audiovisual flood that acts on all senses and has to decide whether to struggle or let the body immerse itself in the experience. The presence of the light and the image steals the spectator's awareness, as the thicket of smoke and frequencies moves the viscera and proves the existence of the body.
Synopsis:
Captivated by their own spell and awaiting the change, an underground exhibitionist group of artists with improbable dreams is imprisoned in an audiovisual performance they created themselves. Disoriented with sensory overload, with an affectionate gaze in the eye, they are maneuvering and being maneuvered by a collection of insights about controlled consciousness, stimulation threshold and dysfunction. The dissonance between the chaos in the space and temptation it evokes is, perhaps, a reflection of the surreal environment portrayed in their life.
In this performance the audience confronts a brutal audiovisual flood that acts on all senses and has to decide whether to struggle or let the body immerse itself in the experience. The presence of the light and the image steals the spectator's awareness, as the thicket of smoke and frequencies moves the viscera and proves the existence of the body.
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