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Acoustic blitzkrieg – Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado in Łódź [REPORT]
On September 16, an attack on the listeners' senses was launched at the UV club in Łódź - an "acoustic blitzkrieg", as it was noted in the description of the event. Lydia Lunch, one of the leading figures of the New York no wave movement, an eternal rebel and the queen of counterculture, together with Marek Hurtado, a French musician and versatile artist, performed in the repertoire of the legendary Alan Vega Author: Justyna Wróblewska...
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"Mond" - the legacy of G. Rodenbach in the music of Soror Dolorosa
It was starting to look like a city. Once again he was the brother of silence and melancholy of this sorrowful Bruges, his soror dolorosa... - "Bruges dead" (1892) Author: Bartłomiej Krawczyk In 1892, a short novel by the Belgian symbolist poet and writer Georges Rodenbach (1855-1898) was published - "Bruges dead" ("Bruges-la-Morte"), pioneering for the time of its creation, illustrated with 35 black and white photographs of the city of Bruges....
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Stridulum: "Paradigm" [REVIEW]
Author: Bartłomiej Krawczyk On November 24, 2023, the premiere (via Manic Depression Records) of the second studio album of the native darkwave/dark electro duo Stridulum, titled "Paradigm", took place. This is definitely a portion of music that I still like to return to and will return to in the future. I already enjoyed the previous album (full-length debut) of Stridulum - "Soothing Tales of Escapism" (2021) ...
Retro-terror: "Carnival of Souls" (1962) [REVIEW]
Author: Justyna Wróblewska I don't belong in the world, that's what it is. Something separates me from other people. Everywhere I turn, there's something blocking my escape. – Mary Henry, “Carnival of Souls” A woman suspended between life and death. Strange, always incongruous. This is the heroine of "Carnival of Souls", the film that inspired a work that is a milestone of horror...
Scarlet Heart of a Legionnaire – Dernière Volonté at the NCN Festival [REPORT]
On October 18, Geoffoy D. is visiting Budapest. Meanwhile, memories of Dernière Volonté's performance at Deutzen still linger in the air. With songs such as "Les partisans", "Au travers des lauriers", "Les rêves de Dorian" and "En Espagne", the band presented a cross-sectional setlist from a quarter of a century of presence on stage. Author: Magda Z. September 7, at 10.30 p.m. It's getting dark, the trees...
She read the French press, wanted to find treasure and hear the nightingale singing. What do we know about Zofia Beksińska?
Author: Magda Z. “Legs as thin as holders in inkwells of black shoes. A dress made of dark fabric, still too big, probably from Marysia's sister. A double string of short beads around the neck and Maria Dąbrowska's fringe. Nothing about this child foreshadowed the beauty of the pin-up girl she would transform into in the 1950s," described five-year-old Zosia in the photo...
Lee Miller – the story of an artist posing in Hitler's bathtub
Author: Magda Z. Marlene Dietrich poses in dramatic light in a ruffled robe. Nearby, a crowd mocks four women with shaved heads accused of ties to the Nazis. Further on, the victims of the Dachau concentration camp are standing over a pile of human bones. Lee Miller's photographs continue to inspire and provoke Elisabeth Miller was born in 1907...
The surreal world of Barbi Bellamy
Barbi is an artist from Hungary, working in the digital art niche. She studied computer graphics and feels good in the world of 3D animation. Her works are a mesmerizing journey to a dreamlike land, reflecting her deep fascination with surrealism. She skillfully combines fantasy, which ignites the viewer's imagination, with mysterious colors, symbolism and geometric forms of the cold aesthetics of SF cinema. Below…
Pilar Garcia: capture a fleeting moment
Author: Editorial Team Pilar Garcia is an artist from Spain. He uses a variety of artistic techniques that are both expressionistic and surreal. He believes that hands, as extensions of the mind, convey subtle and deep feelings that often escape verbal expression, acting like a seismograph that registers psychic resonance in response to impulse. The artist's goal is to capture the fleeting moment when…
Chris Corner in Poznań – report from the concert
Author: Bartłomiej Krawczyk IAMX, during the European tour promoting the album "Fault Lines 2" on September 9, came to Tama Poznań on September 9 this year. I had the pleasure of experiencing the IAMX concert live for the first time, which took place at Tama in Poznań. Chris Corner and his famous electronic project are currently on a European tour promoting their latest, tenth…
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