-ULTRADEMON-
HEREIN LIES THE ULTRADEMON
HE WILL BREAK THE DOOR
HE WILL WRENCH THE LOCK
HE WILL SMASH THE DOOR-POSTS
HE WILL FORCE THE DOORS
HE WILL BRING UP THE DEAD TO EAT THE LIVING
AND THE DEAD WILL OUTNUMBER THE LIVING
THE SEAT OF HIS WORSHIP LIES BEHIND THE EYES
HIS TEMPLE LIES BEHIND THE EYES
LORD TEMPORAL OF ETERNAL RETURN
HIS RETURN IS ETERNALLY IMMINENT
https://soundcloud.com/fireforeffect
-SSION-
Referring to the old John Waters adage asserting entertainment is inseparable from bad taste, few bands exercise that sentiment to the degree of Ssion. Ssion (pronounced “shun”) is a ten-years-strong art-punk dance/design/film collective from Kansas City, Missouri, headed by Cody Critcheloe.
Ssion has gained notoriety not only for their gay-disco-meets-punk-rock musical stylings, but for their outrageous stage shows and videos, which incorporate a harem of dancers and backup singers, comically cheap home-made props, supersized video projections, over-the-top costumes and make-up, and a visual sense of wonder recalling something between twisted humor of Pee Wee’s Playhouse and Madonna’s Blond Ambition.
Called a “no-budget Fischerspooner by way of Hee Haw” by the Chicago Reader, Ssion have toured with the likes of Liars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, CSS, Tilly and The Wall and Numbers. Some of Ssion’s high-profile proponents include, Ed Droste from Grizzly Bear, Johnny Jewel (Glass Candy), and the aforementioned Yeah Yeah Yeahs, who have tapped Critcheloe’s graphic design talents for their releases. Pitchfork called Cody “likely to pluck used tampons from Karen O’s trashcan and lip-sync into them.” And later refered to him as “the corpse of electroclash…wrapped in dirty baby diapers and stuffed in a Dairy Queen dumpster.”
A departure from their previous ultra-distrorted B-52’s meets Pussy Galore sound, their latest release, “Fool’s Gold,” fuses new wave/synth-pop, glam, punk, classic hi-NRG rave, and Italo-disco to create a true sleaze-pop masterpiece: ten unstoppably catchy (and surprisingly witty) tracks alternating between raunchy dancefloor anthems and heartbreakingly sincere confessional pop.
http://ssion.com/
-GATEKEEPER-
Inspired by the sounds and visions of forgotten b-movie film scores, classic fantasy games and lurid arcade imagery, the duo of Aaron David Ross and Matthew Arkell have created their own morbidly compelling discotheque, a vividly detailed flight of fancy in which the conventions of techno, Chicago house, italo-disco and industrial are transfigured into a singular phantasmagoric adventure populated by hushed screams, Gregorian dungeon chants and cinematic washes of mammoth sound.
It is easy to understand why the bands early outings were sometimes dubbed “slasher-disco”. Meeting in Chicago in 2005 while studying in art-school, Ross and and Arkell began experimenting with different musical projects, but it was when they stumbled upon a YouTube video of electronic music pioneer Mark Shreeve covering John Carpenter that Gatekeeper discovered its’ true calling and inspiration – bringing the intensity and power of visual imagination to evocative, distinctly danceable musical realization. Early tracks caught the ears of new Kompakt imprint ‘Fright’ , releasing the limited “Optimus Maximus” 12” EP last October, which was received with enthusiastic intrigue. The band also became noted for their unique live appearances, playing special installation-type locations while utilizing custom-made special effects light shows from the talented Thunderhorse team.
Named after the historic Egyptian city known for its ancient monuments, their newest EP ‘Giza’ indeed finds the band advancing into more exotic, outlandish territory. It also sees them fusing their earlier disco leanings with a faster-paced, more club-oriented approach, as exemplified in the arcade biker theme of ‘Chains’, the haunted melody swirls of ‘Storm Column’ and ‘Serpent’, or the feverish, nightmare-ridden after-hours club romp of ‘Mirage’. Released December 6th on the ever progressive Merok Records, the label responsible for unearthing such cutting-edge talent as Crystal Castles, Salem, Titus Andronicus, Active Child and Teengirl Fantasy, ‘Giza’ provides a compelling showcase of Gatekeepers’ wonderfully fey imaginary world. Simultaneously celebratory and macabre, paranoid and darkly seductive, studied and deranged, it is one that will alternately make you want to move as well as cling to the edge of your seat.
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