Sudden Infant/Carlos Giffoni (E40) : Entr’acte

Sudden Infant/Carlos Giffoni
Oslo Oscillation Orgy 12" (E40)

This collaborative release has its origins in a joint performance
which took place in ‘a shady pub in London’ [the Strongroom
in Shoreditch] in 2006, according to Carlos. Recordings have
since been exchanged and reworked, and finalised when the
two played together again in Oslo this year.

Based in Berlin, Joke Lanz toils ceaselessly to create new sounds.
He crafts an abrupt musique concrète, a bewildering edifice of
no-fi electronics, turntables, and unexpected and disorientating
sound sources. Since 1986 he has appeared under a variety of
guises besides the ubiquitous Sudden Infant, including Schnäbi
Gaggi Pissi Gaggi, WAL, Catholic Boys in Heavy Leather, and
Opposite Opponents. Lanz is also the co-founder and a member
of Schimpfluch-Gruppe.

Carlos Giffoni is a Venezuelan artist based in New York.
His compositions utilise analogue and digital synthesis, modular
manipulation, feedback systems, and rewired electronic instru-
ments. He is a prolific performer, appearing with Thurston Moore,
Jim O’Rourke, Kid 606, Merzbow and Smegma, amongst many
others. Carlos is the curator of the annual experimental music
No Fun Fest in Brooklyn, and also a member of no wave/noise/
rock trio Monotract.

Sudden Infant live at Cut and Splice, Huddersfield 2007
BBC Radio 3 broadcast