Pulse#252 | Giant Swan

Saturday 2 April 2022
Argo16 and Pulse present:
The Giant Swan live
MCMLXXXV
Santo Similaun Live
State Und
Communication reserved for ACSI members in possession of the reinforced Green Pass
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GIANT SWAN (United Kingdom)
Keck / White
Robin Stewart and Harry Wright are two punk kids from Bristol who accidentally cracked the code of rave music.
Their creature Giant Swan is an eternal calamity that, between rhythmic tension and frenetic improvisation, destroys and rebuilds a twisted vision of techno-non-techno. An intoxicating blend of industrial percussion, earth-shaking basslines and hypnotic noise, transmitted with disorienting energy through machines, overused guitars and wild vocal manipulations.
Ongoing tours, which have seen them perform as much on DIY circuits as in festivals such as Unsound and Atonal, have crowned them as one of the most unstoppable live acts around. Their discography, which from 2014 to today has seen them come out on labels such as Timedance, Mannequin and Whities, is a sequence of snapshots sculpted by the same ecstatic energy with which they ignite the stage. Their acclaimed debut album was released in 2019 on their new Keck label, followed the following year by the EP “Do Not Be Afraid Of Tenderness”.
https://giantswan.bandcamp.com
MCMLXXXV (DE)
Herrensauna
Founder and resident of the well-known Berlin queer party Herrensauna, MCMLXXXV has been dedicated for years to exploring the subcultures of music, art and fashion.
Drawing on an intense, seductive fusion of rhythmic tension and dark sonic imagery, MCMLXXXV celebrates a countercultural approach to electronics.
An instinctive understanding of the nuances between genres and any dance floor makes each of its sets a transcendental experience. Intertwining of electro, hard trance, industrial and references at first glance unlikely, but which reveal a deep knowledge of the underground, in all its rawness and glamor.

SANTA SIMILAUN (IT)
Sounds OOH / Prehistoric Silence
Sound designer Holy Similaun’s sonic creature portrays a constant feeling of helplessness. Compositions inspired by minimalism, returned through non-linear temporal manipulations and physical modeling synthesis, wrapped in heavy cinematic atmospheres that reflect a peculiar perspective on human crises, both internal and external.
After the release album that earned him the Aphex Twin seal of approval and his follow-up “Ansatz”, his third LP “Arcaskathel” is forthcoming, in collaboration with Archipel, which he will premiere at Pulse # 252. .
https://holysimilaun.bandcamp.com
UND STATE (IT)
Deep Thursday
Active for over twenty years, Enrico Bat is one of the hidden gems of the djing art of the Venetian underground, avid vinyl collector and founder of Thursdaysdeep. From his sets emerges the passion for Detroit techno, electro, acid and above all for the underground Berlin of the late nineties. In them, vinyl becomes an essential medium for the emotional loop between the machine and the listener.

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Artwork: Lorenzo Mason Studio