CTM x ICA Theatre 2

Opium Hum

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Prison Religion – live

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PLUS44KALIGULA – live

00:00

Gabber Modus Operandi – live

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Diana Azzuz

00:00

Ticketing closed

Gabber Modus Operandi will perform their mind-bending fusion of gabber, rave, punk, and noise with a number of uniquely Indonesian sounds such as jathilan (a trance dance in which a spirit possesses the body), dangdut koplo (a subgenre of a popular folk music), and funkot (reminiscent of both European happy hardcore as well as dangdut). Having infected dancefloors worldwide, hyperactive MC Ican Harem and producer Kasimyn will finally land in London for their long-awaited UK debut.

Prison Religion’s sound is a genuine reaction to the world around them: we are already in the apocalypse. The duo manifest as a caustic wall of sound, with heavy beats akin to public gunshots, mumbled screams like breaking glass, thumping flourishes of techno or weighty drones. Just as hard bop challenged established jazz back in the 1950s, their latest record is one that channels the exploratory nature of jazz, constantly subverting and up-ending where you think their music will take you at any given moment.

Cally Statham, better known as the stage name PLUS44KALIGULA is a songwriter, electronic music producer, composer and performance artist from Oldham. Initially inspired by her step dad’s old glam rock record collection and her gran's love of classical and jazz music, Statham’s later discoveries of Bowie's Thin White Duke, and artists such as Laurie Anderson and Scott Walker have made for a dark and dramatic music and performance style, blending teen pop structures into howling choirs of biblical angels.

Standard Deviation affiliate Diana Azzuz seeks to challenge notions of sound explicitly by disobeying common expectations and preconceptions. Her DJ sets layer relentless techno with the darker sides of drum&bass, jungle, and other fast-paced genres.

CTM Festival curator Opium Hum will support the night with a DJ set. He is known for his oversized interest in adventurous electronic music and his eclectic sets covering a broad range of dance-floor focussed sounds, often highlighting the genres happening at the margins of underground dance music.

Supported by Goethe-Institut London.