For over two decades, Xiu Xiu has reigned as one of the most unrelentingly inventive acts in experimental music. Led by Jamie Stewart, their music cycles through emotional and sonic intensities with disarming ease, Stewart’s quiver-to-bark vocals strutting and shivering in Angela Seo’s kaleidoscopic production. Beloved across scenes for their prolific output, gonzo explorations of darkness and experimental ferocity, theirs is music for those gnawed-out by life’s horrors yet unable to avert their gaze.

Kuntari’s primal-core sound snarls with the guttural echoes of mating calls and tribal Indonesian rhythms resurrected from the 16th century. Inspired by Hadrah Kuntulan rhythms and the clamor of field-recorded soundscapes, a brutal aesthetic devoid of distortion yet drenched in weight and resonance emerges. Instruments gasp, groan, and shriek under their touch, manipulated into sounds that scrape against the marrow, tearing them open with unflinching teeth.

Spooky-J will appear with a solo performance of amplified drums with effects processing. The alter ego of drummer and producer Jacob Maskell-Key, Spooky-J dives deep into the realms of solo drumming and effects processing for his performances. With roots in Amsterdam's vibrant improv scene, he evolved his sound by merging live effects manipulation and drum triggers to craft intense, doom-laden dance soundscapes.

Dies ist eine Veranstaltung ab 16 Jahren

CTM Festival

CTM 2025 - Spooky-J & Kuntari & Xiu Xiu

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Kuntari

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