The Body & Dis Fig

22nd Oct 2024 22nd Oct 2024 20:00 open end

Support: otay:onii

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The Body & Dis Fig

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Bi NuuTickets 23 €

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The Body and Dis Fig find kinship in reimagining what it means to make »heavy music.« Their debut Orchards of a Futile Heaven is the perfect synthesis of two forces, twisting melodicism and intoxicating rhythms, layering a dense miasma of distortion with intense beats and a soaring voice clawing its way towards absolution.

Photo: courtesy of the artists

Prolific musical force The Body have over the course of two decades consistently challenged categorization, redefining what it means to be a heavy band. The duo of Chip King and Lee Buford emote pain like no other band, and harness an ability to move nimbly between the often strict confines of the metal world and the electronic music sphere. Dis Fig, aka Felicia Chen, pushes electronic music into dark extremes, from warped DJ sets and avant production, to being a member of Tianzhuo Chen’s performance art series »TRANCE.«

  • Orchards of a Futile Heaven, by The Body & Dis Fig

  • Orchards of a Futile Heaven, by The Body & Dis Fig

Orchards of a Futile Heaven’s walls of sputtering texture and tectonic booms are soaked in the reverence and melancholy of sacred spaces brought to life by palpable intensity by Chen’s voice. Crafted during a time of personal fragility, the album’s devastating force lies beyond any of the expected noise and abrasive textures typically associated with both The Body & Dis Fig. Suffused with a raw vulnerability and a longing for catharsis, Chen’s voice searches for escape in the midst of oppressive atmospheres as if determined to find relief from guilt.

The multidisciplinary artist and performer otay:onii infuses her productions with a shapeshifting voice, leaping from oddball pop melodies to shrieking caprice as she explores themes of anxiety and selfhood over swirling drones, distorted harmony, noise, and carnivalesque ceremonial forms. With the revenant might of a lunar spectre, her hull-breached vibes twist and scurry like the by-blows of a dead god’s dreams, corkscrewing down into the mind’s cringing eye to pick on one’s own psychosis. Her latest album 夢​之​駭​客 Dream Hacker is out on WV Sorcerer—the perfect soundtrack to your next trip through the void.

  • 夢​之​駭​客 Dream Hacker, by otay:onii

  • 夢​之​駭​客 Dream Hacker, by otay:onii

Event Access

Warning: This show will take place with loud volumes and stroboscopic lighting effects. Ear protection is available at the door.

Entry is 18+.

Persons taking public transit may check the current status of elevators at the subway stops nearest each venue, via the BVG (both in German and English). U-Bhf Schlesisches Tor has no elevator. People with limited mobility are advised to use U-Bhf Warschauer Straße.

Bi Nuu is wheelchair accessible. Venue staff can always be asked for help with regards to mobility, and we encourage visitors to get in touch with us in advance so that we can help plan your visit. We offer free access for an accompanying person for holders of a »Schwerbehinderten Ausweis mit Kategorie B« card. If you have further questions about event and venue accessibility, or to help plan your visit, please write to us at accessibility(at)ctm-festival.de.