Timelash (CL/USA) / Monopoly Child Star Searchers (USA) / Stylianos Ou (GR)
Three sets of electronic and experimental sound by Timelash (Chile/USA), Monopoly Child Star Searchers (USA) and Stylianos Ou (Greece).
Timelash is the freshly erupted synthesizer & SFX duet of Embassador Dulgoon (Nonlocal Research) and Grant (Psychic Sounds / Million Brazilians). Together they reveal new sound forms by playing with primeval motifs contrasted sharply against unfolding futuristic developments. The result is a simultaneous listening experience of ancient and alien settings told through their unique rhythm of language by mood-driven atmospheres, exotic tones, and electrifying sci-fi Cumbia jolt. They present at KET their latest album, “Feral Lands & Forbidden Cities”, recently released by the Belgian label Aguirre Records.
www.aguirrerecords.bandcamp.com/album/feral-lands-forbidden-cities
Spencer Clark (aka Monopoly Child Star Searchers) started making music twenty years ago. With James Ferraro, he formed the duo The Skaters, which left a resounding imprint on the American noise scene of the 1990s. Spencer Clark went on to adopt various monikers (Black Joker, Vodka Soap, Monopoly Child), creating a music described by music critic David Keenan, in The Wire magazine, as “hypnagogic pop”. In the same magazine, Britt Brown noted in 2015, “Of all the sources that emerged from the American underground scene of the 2000s, few flow as deeply into the imagination as Spencer Clark’s music.”
Under one artistic pseudonym or another, Spencer Clark has never ceased from the beginning to question the division between “high” and “popular” music, exploring ways to connect them. In this respect, one of his most important works is “Fourth World Magazine”, of which the third part, “Neoplatonic Aquatic Symposiums”, was recorded in Athens by Teemu Takatalo (Mutual Sound Studios). Born in Los Angeles, California, Spencer Clark now lives in Athens, where he runs the record label Pacific City Sound Visions. At KET, he appears as Monopoly Child Star Searchers to present his latest album, “Barbados Wild Horses”, which he recorded with Sun Araw.
www.pacificcityvisions.bandcamp.com/album/barbados-wild-horses
Stelios Papagrigoriou (aka Stylianos Ou) lives and works in Athens. He is a writer, visual artist and sound artist. His different skills are in constant conversation: he uses painting, sculpture, installations, literary text, sound, digital video. His work revolves around the theme of the human form and the deformations it can undergo. Since 2015, he has participated in concerts in Europe, Israel and New York with the artistic group Hand & Leg.