Suburbia x Strange Therapy: Death Disco (Samuel Kerridge x Maxim Barron) + Mai Mai Mai (IT) + Constanza Castagnet
Two of Amsterdam’s sonic hawkers, Strange Therapy and Suburbia, clash for a night of dissonant ritualistic noise, intense electronics, and gritty punk mayhem. The event unfolds at OCCII on February 1st, 2025.
DEATH DISCO (UK)
Together, Samuel Kerridge and Maxim ‘Panda’ Barron conspire against the living with their electrifying new project, Death Disco.
Drawing deeply from the rebellious roots of punk and the DIY ethos, the duo has crafted with their debut album ‘Death Notes’ (brought by Downwards and Strange Therapy), a sense of urgency and authenticity. Samuel’s fierce vocal work and electronics gives the album an emotional depth that goes beyond its aggressive nature, while Maxim’s pulsating rhythms keep cutting through the atmosphere with skin-stripping power. Death Disco moves through different experiences and paces, carving out an unique norm in an equally unsettling and uncompromising sonic world.
Live snippet: https://www.instagram.com/p/DCoptKBA3fe/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/death_disco_official/
MAI MAI MAI (IT)
MAI MAI MAI is an Audio/Video project by Toni Cutrone, weaving together the sounds and imagery of a dark journey through the traditions and folklore of Southern Italy and the Mediterranean . It delves into the sonic exploration of the interplay between pagan rituals and Catholicism, nature and magic in rural life, utilizing archival sounds and field recordings alongside collaborations with contemporary “avant/ethnic” musicians such as Vera di Lecce, Lino Capra Vaccina, Maria Violenza, Youmna Saba, Mike Cooper, Nziria, Go Dugong..
It embodies a Mediterranean Hauntology that, far from being merely nostalgic, loudly awakens those Spectres it speaks of and summons them to accompany us in our daily lives.
Mai Mai Mai has releases out on Boring Machines, Yerevan Tapes, Not Not Fun, God Unknown, Instruments of Disciplines, La Tempesta International, Maple Death Records, WV Sorcerer Production...
Performance video by Vincent Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKwqSpGSs10
Videoclip for Secondo Coro delle Lavandaie: https://youtu.be/rw3MoT1wSyg?si=hqWNAl1MXqEeHnUd
Bandcamp: https://maimaimai.bandcamp.com/
CONSTANZA CASTAGNET
Constanza Castagnet is an Argentine artist and composer based in Amsterdam. Her work intersects voice, video, sound, performance, and installation, with the voice at its core not merely as a tool for communication but as a mutable element that moves beyond conventional sense-making.Through vocal experimentation, digital manipulation, and distortion, Constanza creates narratives that position the voice in environments that feel both intimate and eerie.
Her work has been exhibited internationally at venues such as Tempel, De Thomas Kerk, and Het Hem (Amsterdam); PROA21, Festival Hyperlocal, CCK, and CNB (Buenos Aires); Les Instants Chavirés (Paris); ONOFF Gallery (Milan); and QO-2 (Brussels)
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Suburbia IG: https://www.instagram.com/sss_suburbia/
Strange Therapy IG: https://www.instagram.com/strangetherapytapes/
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