International Womxn’s Day w/ LIONSTORM + GRÓA (ISL) + sascha sylbing + Pulp Apparatus
On International Womxn’s Day, we celebrate voices that refuse to be silenced, bodies that demand space, and energy that cannot be contained. This is a night of raw expression, radical sounds, and fearless performances from artists who shake up the norm and defy expectations.
LIONSTORM
LIONSTORM is the Netherlands’ first explicitly queer music duo consisting of Ski and Stars. They have their own signature aggressive clownesque style and make music based in the horrorcore, reggaeton and industrial metal genres. Their work mostly revolves around queerness, female sexuality and breaking taboos.
LIONSTORM – Daddy's Pussy feat. Quay Dash prod. Shurk [Official Music Video]Their sexy raw style is unique and reflects in their lyrics, performances, music videos, and merchandise which they all release under the same label. They’ve collaborated with icons such as Quay Dash, Madge and Grove.
Their shows are just as unpredictable; one moment you’re shaking your ass and the next you’re in the middle of a mosh pit. Forget the norm and get pulled into LIONSTORM’s world. It got them a Japanese and European tour and shows at festivals such as Festival de la Cité in Switzerland, BRDCST in Belgium and Rolling Loud Netherlands.
The norm will always get questioned by the duo, resulting in bans on YouTube and Instagram but that only makes their fire burn more intense. Their first single ‘No H8ro’ got released in a packed Melkweg where they also exhibited their photography. This single got named queer anthem of 2019 by i-D Magazine and LIONSTORM since got attention from media such as national Dutch television, multiple Dutch newspapers such as het Parool, Trouw and NRC and magazines such as Puna, Vice, Vrij Nederland and Linda Meiden.
GRÓA
GRÓA is a trio/quartet that merges elements of alternative post-punk, noise-rock and art-pop with absolute abandon, arriving at an explosive yet magnificently arranged sound. While their songs endlessly veer off into unexpected and sublimely jarring directions, all of GRÓA’s music reveals the deep sense of purpose behind their nonstop experimentation: a profound desire to shatter limitations, dismantle worn-out patterns and narrow ways of thinking, and uncover new possibilities for living without restraint in an all-too-rigid world. For the past three years GRÓA has been playing a lot, they have done Europe tours and played a couple of times in the US. Their live shows are about the communal experience. By releasing emotions, raw energy, love for music and creativity the room fills with energy. This spring they will be touring their newest album which will be out in February 2025. They will give all they’ve got and put everything into this tour. Prepare for a blast while it lasts, which it will, forever while GRÓA is on this earth. The band’s motto is energy, energy, energy, which is exactly what they want, and do, bring to their live show.
“With GRÓA It is clearly noticeable what is going on from the first note. Here is passion, energy, creativity, agitation, frency, fun and joy. There is hardly a pulse measurable in you if you do not notice this after about a half flow through one of GRÓA’s songs.” Arnar Eggert, Iceland’s leading music critic.
sascha sylbing
sascha sylbing, aka sausy, is a spoken word artist & dj. Through a combination of mixing and spoken word, she creates a storytelling soundscape, emphasizing the poetics, politics and playfulness of being LOUD. Central to their soundscapes are processes of rupture, affect, and resistance. In other words, sausy wants you to feel, twist, move, and be moved. She draws much inspiration from their personal heritage and the (living) legacy of the Black and brown queer communities which they make part of. Expect swift breaks, stompin’ bass, and sensual vocals, blended with powerful and vulnerable poetry.
Pulp Apparatus
Comprised of eight femme writer-performers, PULP APPARATUS is a collective in which each artist develops their approach to text and its performance.
