“I remember that one day, when we were in a car tooling along at top speed, we crashed into a cyclist, an apparently very young and very pretty girl. Her head was almost totally ripped off by the wheels. For a long time, we were parked a few yards beyond without getting out, fully absorbed in the sight of the corpse. The horror and despair at so much bloody flesh, nauseating in part, and in part very beautiful, was fairly equivalent to our usual impression upon seeing one another.”
A Temple by The Sea is the first release by YSTLUM GWYN, a collaboration between Bethan Lloyd (Ystlum) and Ben Whitehill (Devvin Gwyn). The album was arranged from material recorded over a couple of days in November, in a vicarage in Llandudno, N. Wales; and the presence of the neighbouring church, sitting empty save for it's ghosts, looms heavy over the recordings. The house that was their setting served as surrogate temple for a domestic ritual - a communion of sound in consecration of the old building to secular yet devotional tones and echos - and preceded an album of spectral presence. Bethan's pensive melodies and layered vocalisations sing from distant hills, born on the squall of Ben's electro-acoustic investigations. The colours in a tapestry of tempestuous noise. Invocations summoning other strange voices.. Within the walls or above the ceiling, out to sea.
A few photos from Fagmente, Wiesbaden. Many thanks to Holger Adam For organising a great little event. I feel honoured to be one amongst the many fine musicians who have contributed to Phantom Limbo events in the past. Also very pleased to have been a part of this exhibition and supported the wonderful work of Albina Gräfe and Christian Schoppiks. Albina Gräfe legt in ihren Fotografien keinen Fokus auf bestimmte Subjects, vielmehr fängt Sie ein, was oft nur rauschhaft, im Vorbeischauen, wahrgenommen wird. So bilden Empfindungen und Stimmungen den zeitlosen Rahmen der eingefangenen Momente. Dabei tritt alles Belebte, mit Schlieren der Bewegung und Schleiern der sich ausdehnenden Zeit, in den Vordergrund und das zwischen den Dingen Liegende wird zum Hauptakteur. Um Christian Schoppiks Malerei zu beschreiben, kommt man nicht umhin, auf deren Ähnlichkeiten zum deutschen Expressionismus und der osteuropäischen Naiven Malerei zu verweisen. Mit vielfältigen, satten Farben und groben Konturen wird hier Triviales zu Magischem. Ob in Natur oder WG-Küche, alle Dinge scheinen symbolisch und mythologisch geladen. second in a series of events revolving around intimate solo performances. featuring a trio of drum / percussion solos with/ the russling agitations and morphing, mettalic landscapes of YORGOS DIMITRIADIS the anarchic clamour of BASTIAN HAGEDORN and/ a microcosmic presentation of resonant abrasions from BENJAMIN WHITEHILL The Month of January
It was in the month of January The snow melted as it fell An aquarian winter The ground knew better than the sky Ivy crawling the walls of a disused bunker That sober refuge Where I took solace In another future Yet to be visited Though it's over now We sat In retrograde fashion Discussing how our bodies orbited about each other Or about some other point All around fresh anthropocene relics Still twitching numb with slogans and memories A salt tear fell from my eye A baby cried Bitterly We carried out hearts Still pierced with cold Through the winter's night The first in a series of events revolving around intimate solo performances
with/ elegant investigations of the guitar from JON COLLIN and/ the singular cello probing of ANSGAR WILKEN + a one off trio performance for two guitars, tape and voice by BEN WHITEHILL, MATHEW JOHNSON and BETHAN LLOYD (Ystlum) |
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09/08/19 - Berlin // Whitehill x Sollo x Mottel // @ Schrererstr. 8 // + Mesecina, V V R N G D N G, Ybutteroy, JD Zazie, Cri aka Bonnie Parker, Ryosuke Kiyasu // 26/06/19 - Berlin // Scree Fucking Junk feat. kriton b // @ Loophole // + Inutile Témoin, Buckelman x Busato x Davila x Mengersen, Textet // 23/06/19 - Berlin // Whitehill x Yurdel Caglar // Multiversal x A.I.D @ Loophole // + Busato x Erdem x Tenenbaum, Apoteke, Odio // 22/06/19 - Berlin // Whitehill x Timothée Quost // Sad Fridge Fest 3000 @ World Wide Window // + Narvel Orquesta, Quentin Coppalla, Mi Ho, Yr Lovely Dead Moon, Jet Pack Dog, DJ Pax Kivi // 28/05/19 - Berlin // Whitehill x Busato // Starling Murmuration #33 // @ Loophole // + Andreucci x Tavil, Drasler x2, The Rambo, Lubys Schick // 09/05/19 - Denmark // B. Whitehill // Third Space issue II launch party // @ 7e Space, Kopenhagen // 08/05/19 - Denmark // B. Whitehill // @ Makvärket // + Dicht // 20/03/19 - Berlin // FDBK EXPT w/ Alexei Borisov @ Kuhlspot Social Club // + NATHAN L. & SAD ED // 28/02/19 - Berlin // B. Whitehill // Sonic Krause #14 // @ Hauskonzert // + Hannes Buder, Johannes Zins // 14/02/19 - Berlin // Whitehill x Autr // AV Soli Noise Bar // @ Ratiborstrasse WagenPlatz // + Hemant Sreekumar // 09/02/19 - Berlin // B. Whitehill // 'i am trying to reach you' Vol. 1 @ Gelegenheiten // + Hannes Buder // 25/01/19 - Berlin // FDBK EXPT (Whtehill x Kriton Beyer) w/ Norbert Stammburger // @ Geyger Gallery + Quasi Stella, Semiotic Primate // 10/11/18 - Bern // Scree Fucking Junk // @ Schwob Haus // + Naked in the Zoo // 09/11/18 - Lyon // Scree Fucking Junk // @ Bimbo // + Naked in the Zoo // 08/11/18 - Basel // Scree Fucking Junk // @ Off Bar // + Naked in the Zoo // 07/11/18 - Wesserling // Naked Junk in the Scree Fucking Zoo // @ château d'Eau // + Timothee Quost // 06/11/18 - Besançon // Scree Fucking Junk // @ L'Atelier de l'Etoile // + Naked in the Zoo, Timothee Quost // 03/11/18 - Innsbruck // Scree Fucking Junk // @ Cafe DeCentral // + Naked in the Zoo // 02/11/18 - Feldkirch // Scree Fucking Junk // @ Chybulski // + Naked in the Zoo // 01/11/18 - Biel/Bienne // Scree Fucking Junk // 'Noise & Poetry' @ Labiu // + Naked in the Zoo // 13/10/18 - Berlin // Whitehill x Bastian Hagedorn // 'Ohne Vorschlag' @ Geyger Gallery // + Simon Rose x Joshua Weitzel, Marcelo Cabral // 10/10/18 - Berlin // Whitehill x Busato // @ Loophole // + Lorenzo Colocci x Thiebault Imm x Ole Mofjell, Anil Eraslan x Ruben Tannenbaum // 04/10/18 - Berlin // Whitehill x Marcello Busato // Redox Reaction @ West Germany // + Kriton b x Simon Rose, Sink // 23/09/18 - Bologna // Whitehill x Giulia Valenti (Unprofessional) // Discomfort Dispatch @ Mikasa // + Bomi Kim x Jacopo Mittino, Laura Agnusdei x Diego D'agata x Fra Zedde, Guajetern, Heaven, Self Toxification, Carlo Marrone x Paulo Gaiba Riva // 22/09/18 - Civitanova Marche // Whitehiil x Alessandro Funari // MULTIMACE_micro @ Jolly Roger // + Gangbang, DJ Balli, Unprofessional, Guajo Eterno, Self Toxication, Heaven // 07/09/18 - Berlin // Ystlum Gwyn // Session #101# @ Geyger Gallery // + -ASTO-, Alex Moran, Bruno Kretz // 28/08/18 - Berlin // Whitehill x Erika Sofia Sollo // Starling Murmuration @ Loophole // + Marcello Busato x Frank Szardenings x Antti Virtaranta, Simon Rose x Nicola Hein // 03/08/18 - Berlin // Ystlum Gwyn // @ Loophole // + SN50, Samin Son x Skuv, Seth Frightening, Cozmik Onion Express, Madamo, MIIN, 93N3R4TΩR x Natarajan, ORCH-OR x Alexandra Maciá, Vincent de Quiram, Jeroen x Boris // 25/07/18 - Berlin // Scree Fucking Junk (Whitehill/Ray) // @ Loophole // + Palm Squirrel, Zhenja Oks 24/07/18 - Berlin // Whitehill x f:rar x Royston-Ward // Starling Murmuration @ Loophole // + Kalashnikov x Lanzo x Tavillah, NEXUS / OKUDA // 29/06/18 - Berlin // B. Whitehill + Issac Ray // @ Kék Ló // 23/06/18 - Berlin // Scree Fucking Junk (Whitehill/Ray) // @ Geyger Gallery // + Naked in The Zoo, Santa Binder // 24/04/18 - Berlin // Scree Fucking Junk (Whithill/Ray) // @ Loophole // + Laura Boer, Zhenja Oks // 18/04/18 - Berlin // B. Whitehill // @ Kék Ló // 27/04/18 - Berlin // Scree Fucking Junk (Whitehill/Ray/Maria-Adam) // Patchworkin' @ Bei Ruth // + Technosekte, Rudolph/Ennsen/Klotz, Viscerale, Esura, Gtuk // 27/01/18 - Berlin // Scree Fucking Junk (Whithill/Ray) // Backwards Face Bash @ Hauskonzert // + Ugly Object // 10/01/18 - Berlin // B. Whitehill // @ T, Berlin // + Hannes Buder // 07/01/18 - Berlin // B. Whitehill // Sonic Krause#10 @ Hauskonzert // + Hannes Buder / Marie Takahashi // 17/11/17 - Berlin // Scree Fucking Junk (Whitehill/Ray/Maria-Adam) // @ West Germany // + Blevin Blectum, Bridget Feral // 06/11/17 - Berlin // Scree Fucking Junk (Whitehill/Ray/Maria-Adam) // @ T, Berlin // + Bird People // 24/07/17 - Berlin // Dead Lifts (Whitehill /Ray/Maria-Adam) // 'Experimontag' @ Madame Claude // + Torba // 14/07/17 - Berlin // Douglas Firs (Whitehill /Ray/Maria-Adam) // 'ICH HÖR DAUERND HÜHNER' @ Bei Ruth // + Electric Anthillman, Duvel Brothers, Adel Akram, DJ Ansgar Wilken // 1/07/17 - Oranienburg // B. Whitehill / I. Ray // Grabowsee abandoned sanatorium // 04/06/17 - Wiesbaden / B. Whitehill [guitar solo] // Albdrunck und sommerfrisch vernissage @ Fragment // 03/06/17 - Köln // B. Whitehill [guitar solo] // @ ChaCha & Tantra // + Roland Wendling // 01/06/17 - Berlin // B. Whitehill [guitar solo] // @ T, Berlin // + JP. Carter, Tyson Naylor // 19/05/17 - Vilnius // B. Whitehill [guitar solo] // 'Sound Ideas' @ Ideas Block // + Roberto Baccera // 23/03/17 - Berlin // B. Whitehill [percussion solo] // 'Ornaments'#2 @ T, Berlin // + Yorgos Dimitriadis, Bastian Hagedorn 22/03/17 - Berlin // B. Whitehill / M. Johnson // 'Infinite Pest'#3 @ Yodel // + Isaac Ray // 12/02/17 - Berlin // B. Whitehill [guitar solo] // Sonic Krause#5 @ Hauskonzert // + Hannes Buder & Brianne Curan, Ulf Mengersen // 10/02/17 - Berlin // B. Whitehill [guitar solo] // 'Infinite Pest'#2 @ Gelegenheiten // + Johnson // 12/12/16 - Berlin // M/S/M/S // 'Experimontag' @ Madame Claude // + Matias Brunacci & Juan Orozco // 12/11/16 - Manchester // Ystlum Gwyn // 'Liberate yourself from my vice like grip' @ Islington Mill // + Mother, ILL, The Yossarians, Shield Pattern, Andy or Jenny // 06/10/16 - Berlin // B. whitehill / M. Johnson / B. Lloyd // Ornaments#1 @ t-Berlin // + Jon Collin, Ansgar Wilken // 22/09/16 - Berlin // M/S/M/S // @ t-Berlin // + Zeta, Hunllef, Bruxa Cosa, Oscar der Winzige // 08/08/16 - Berlin // M/S/M/S // 'Experimontag' @ Madame Claude // + Conure // 28/07/16 - Berlin // I. Ray / B. Whitehill // @ t-Berlin // + FITH + Bruxa | Cosa // 16/07/16 - Poland // B. Whitehill [percussion solo] // 'The Palace Arts' Festival 25/06/16 - Berlin // B. Whitehill [percussion solo] + Isaac Ray [reading] // 'Voll Verkabelt Kunst Kiosk #2' as part of '48hours Neukölln' @ Obst & Gemüse // |