Tag: doom
?alos spring tour!
?alos will be out on tour this spring in support of her forthcoming album, matrice! go see her europe!
?Alos – Martice tour dates:
25/03 Bologna (IT), Freakout (w/ Mai Mai Mai)
26/03 Torino (IT), Blah Blah (w/ Mai Mai Mai)
27/03 Ferrara (IT), Arci Bolognesi (w/ Mai Mai Mai)
28/03 Recanati (IT), Circolo Dong
01/04 Latina (IT), Circolo Hemingway
02/04 Roma (IT), Dal Verme (Thalassa Fest)
03.04 Torricella Verzate, Pavia (IT), Pelle D’Oca Pub
04/04 Lugano (CH), Sonnenstube
05/04 Zurich (CH), Klubi (w/ The Land Of The Show)
07/04 Liege (BE), La Zone (w/Oozing Wound)
08/04 Utrecht (NL), The New Bikewars
09/04 Gent (BE), Kinky Star
11/04 Bruxelles (BE), Magasin4 (ZomBIFFF night #5)
13/04 Berlin (DE), Schokoladen
16/04 Prague (CZ), Chapeau Rouge (w/ Kayo Dot )
17/04 Pilsen (CZ), TBC
18/04 Budapest (HU), Corvinteto
02.05 Ravenna, Bronson (w/ Zu)
more details here.
pan y rosas discos release yomi, l’oscura terra dei morti by ?alos!
hey everyone, as a treat for the winter solstice pyr releases some avant doom courtesy of ?alos!
yomi, l’oscura terra dei morti acts as a bridge between what ?alos was and what it is becoming. the first two songs are new versions of old songs; re-played and re-sung in a way that is closer to ?alos’ live sound. her voice is more aggressive and the guitar more abrasive. the third song, panas, will appear again on ?alos’ next album, era, but it appears here remixed by kawabata makoto of acid mothers temple who transferred ?alos’ original recording to an analogue tape and then added layers of his own guitar, tambura, and sitar to it.
additionally yomi… sees ?alos’ focus transition from the role of woman in the social context of her work to that of woman as shaman; a keeper of secrets – nature’s secrets, herbal secrets, afterlife’s secrets, birth and death’s secrets. roles that have been forgotten – misrepresented by a patriarchal and christian concept of progress. these women were accused of witchcraft, persecuted and driven to the underground, and thus often forgotten.
?alos is musician/experimental performer stefania pedretti’s solo project that began in 2003. her performances blur the lines between performance art, experimental music, improvisation, video art and force the audience to actively participate. the feminine figure and its role in history and contemporary society is at the heart of her performances.
yomi, l’oscura terra dei morti was originally released by bar la muerte records in 2010. this is the third of three ?alos reissues.
get it here.
pan y rosas discos release ricamatrici by ?alos
?alos is musician/experimental performer stefania pedretti’s solo project that began in 2003. her performances blur the lines between performance art, experimental music, improvisation, video art and force the audience to actively participate. the feminine figure and its role in history and contemporary society is at the heart of her performances.
?alos’ second album for pan y rosas is a fragmented concept album that takes its inspiration from industrialized garment production. seamstresses, women who spend their lives sewing in factories and basements – leaving their dreams and aspirations behind. sewing machine as sound creation. electronics. blindfolded piano played by instinct, touch, feeling, listening. full songs and small fragments of sound narration – alarm clock, pen, snippets of piano denote times and places – advance the narrative, the journey of a seamstress. arrival in the city via train. hopes and dreams to be crushed. departure and a new start in a new town. more now wave noise but shifting towards doom.
ricamatrici was originally released by bar la muerte records in 2009. this is the second of three ?alos reissues. get it here.
pan y rosas release ricordi indelebili by ?alos
?alos is musician/experimental performer stefania pedretti’s solo project that began in 2003. her performances blur the lines between performance art, experimental music, improvisation, video art and force the audience to actively participate. the feminine figure and its role in history and contemporary society is at the heart of her performances.
on her first album for pan y rosas, ?alos explores personality, mutilated beauty, psychological themes and emotions using beats, guitar, piano, violin and cello. the sound is: violin drones and breaths. incantations. break-beat guitar crunch. chant. now wave skree/chime. synthetic toy noise. sirens. bass sing song. electro rumble. string scratch. descension piano.
ricordi indelebili was originally released by bar la muerte records in 2006. this is the first of three ?alos reissues. get it here.
