TOP TWENTY 2012

Here are my personal Top Twenty live shows of 2012:

Bryan Lewis Saunders - live at Extreme Rituals, Bristol
Runzelstirn & Gurgelstøck - live at Extreme Rituals, Bristol
Lasse Marhaug - live at El Nicho Aural, Mexico-City
Julian Sartorius - live at Reitschule, Bern
Der Tapeman - live at Ausland, Berlin
Trevor Wishart - live at Extreme Rituals, Bristol
Skunk Anansie - live at Columbiahalle, Berlin
Alice Kemp - live at Extreme Rituals, Bristol
Russell Haswell - live at Next Festival, Bratislava
KK Null - live at Cafe Oto, London
Gerritt Wittmer - live at The Lab, San Francisco
Damion Romero - live at Dem Passwords, Los Angeles
Rashad Becker - live at Extreme Rituals, Bristol
Daniel Menche - live at West Germany, Berlin
Anla Courtis - live at El Nicho Aural, Mexico-City
Trepaneringsritualen - live at Fylkingen, Stockholm
Phurpa - live at Extreme Rituals, Bristol
Charles Moneypenny - live at Staalplaat, Berlin
Elggren/Löwenbrück - live at Extreme Rituals, Bristol
Astro - live at Ende Tymes Festival, New York City

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Extreme Family!

Extreme Rituals - A Schimpfluch Carnival 

A festival of Extreme Music and Performance celebrating the work and legacy of the Schimpfluch-Gruppe art collective:

That incredible weekend of 30th November - 2nd December 2012 at the Arnolfini in Bristol still dominates my mind. Every day I have to think back to this intense experience we all went through, we all shared, we all celebrated! It was a unique feeling of security in extreme actions and passion. In some ways we were one family, one extreme family!

My ER email folder dates back to early 2011 when everything began with an idea and some first contacts to Sound and Music London. Since then almost a thousand emails were exchanged between Steve Underwood (Harbinger Sound), Richard Whitelaw (Sound and Music), Rudolf Eb.er (R&G) and my humble self.

Without Steve, the driving force behind the whole idea, and Richard, the brain who brought all the bits and pieces together, this festival wouldn't have been possible in the way we experienced it. Thanks to the artists who contributed passionate and intense performances and the Arnolfini team who was incredibly supportive, we all witnessed some historical moments in Extreme Music and Performance.


"I'm not here for your amusement. You're here for mine." 
(Johnny Rotten)

Festival:
http://www.soundandmusic.org/projects/extreme-rituals-schimpfluch-carnival
https://www.facebook.com/events/450662358290097/

Reviews:
http://exeuntmagazine.com/features/extreme-rituals/
http://idwalfisher.blogspot.co.uk/2012/12/extreme-rituals.html
http://www.musiquemachine.com/articles/articles_template.php?id=288
http://muhmur.blogspot.de/2012/12/extreme-ritualsarnolfini-bristol-nov-30.html
http://gx-communique.blogspot.de/2012/12/schimpfluch-carnival-2012.html

See you in 2013 somewhere on this planet!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

JL

England, oh England!

To warm-up for 'Extreme Rituals' festival in Bristol, I decided to play some solo shows across England and introduce my body and mind again to those wonderful rituals of this glorious kingdom:

No time for Stonehenge or Westminster Abbey but always plenty of time for another pub and a service area on the motorway between London and Leeds or Nottingham and Manchester:

Worth mentioning: 

The Whalley (Manchester) --> Best jukebox, cheapest beer prices!

The Duke of Cambridge (Nottingham) --> Best blondes over 45!

The Raven (Nottingham) --> Best working man's pub!

The Vine (Nottingham) --> Best fucked-up karaoke singing and smallest stage in Great Britain!

SUDDEN INFANT UK-Tour 2012

November 22 - Leeds - Wharf Chambers
November 24 - Manchester - St Margarets Church
November 25 - Nottingham - JT Soar
November 27 - London - Cafe Oto

Huge thanks to Steve Underwood for driving me around, giving me a shelter and a beer and showing me 'The Army of Walking Sticks'. Also massive thanks to Anke, Tom, Pascal, Kelly, Jenna, Lee (TUSK), Oli, Sara, Kingsley, Andy (Sleaford Mods),  Zenon, Simon, Mark, Peter, Jac, Julian, Tom, Stelios, Paul and last but not least Mandy and of course all friends who came to the shows. Cheers!

EXTREME RITUALS

Infos & full programme:
http://www.soundandmusic.org/projects/extreme-rituals-schimpfluch-carnival

Venue & tickets:
http://www.arnolfini.org.uk/whatson/live/details/1425

Facebook event site:
https://www.facebook.com/events/450662358290097/

Berlin + Brooklyn

New CD:

JOKE LANZ & SHELLEY HIRSCH
Berlin + Brooklyn - CD (RS031 / Rossbin Records Italy)

Recorded live at NK Berlin and Public Assembly Brooklyn in 2011.
High speed story telling cut-up noise insanity! Vocals vs. Turntables!

Digipack with collages by JL.

Next live dates:
Dec 6 at NK Berlin
Dec 8 at Next Festival Bratislava
Jan 10 at All Ears Festival Oslo

http://www.rossbin.com/
http://www.shelleyhirsch.com/shelley/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH6cx3ZgJ-A

JL on JG's blog!

Just found myself on JG Thirlwell's blog. Nice!

click here!

Had a lovely chat with JG during Ende Tymes Festival in Brooklyn last May.
I've been a fan of his work since ages. Saw Wiseblood live in 1986 in Fribourg Switzerland and Mr. Mosimann and Mr. Thirlwell simply blew my mind!

Check out his blog anyway, it's full of interesting stuff.

http://foetus.org/
http://jgthirlwell.tumblr.com/

photo by Jamie McLeod

Cycling & Turntablism

After returning to Berlin with a huge Cairo bang in my head I needed some relaxation time and decided to cross the Swiss Alps with my bicycle. It was an unforgettable experience, a masochistic adventure and a great ride at full speed!
Thanks to my fellow sufferer: Ramsay and Michi!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susten_Pass



Later in August I travelled to Maribor (Slovenia) after an invitation from Goethe Institute to lead a Turntable workshop for Kids. Together with Martin Tétreault (Canada) and occasionally Ignaz Schick (Berlin) we had great fun with those wonderful Slovenian youngsters.
Huge thanks to: Heike, Jelena, Marko, Kris, Udo, Polonca, Vika, Maja, Jure, Mateja (for the dance)...

http://www.aswespeak.eu/
http://www.maribor2012.eu/en/

Bye Bye CAIRO!

Loud language!

Distorted faces, oppressed feet

Mouth wide open, toes wide open

All or nothing, blood or boredom

In my face, in my ear, in my fear

Fingers down the throat of love

Gargling syllables, glaring frequencies

Noise in heaven, metal in hell

Moaning prayers, yelling silence

Screaming eyes, stolen children

Joke Lanz / July 2012

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photo by Stephan Heiniger

Sisters of Morsi!

All photos by Joke Lanz (mobile phone)

http://www.thesistersofmercy.com/

http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/2012/06/2012624195841788845.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI3wG3loKlA

http://www.morsimeter.com/

Vote for NOISE!

The worlds loudest city is Cairo!
Cairo is the capital of Egypt!
Egypt needs a loud president!

Vote for Noise:

Further candidates:

Thanks to: Sandrine Pelletier for the poster work, Hicham Chadly for Arabic lettering, Hazem Salah Abu Ismail for inspiration, The Society of the Muslim Brothers for spreading xenophobia and all the Egyptian Spongebob fetishists for making Cairo such a fashionable place. 

You REALLY deserve a hug!

http://transitions.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2012/06/11/the_spy_who_said_really

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1QSmBVjG7c&feature=player_embedded

CAIRO IN MY FACE!

noise & disturbance

accidents & cut-ups

Thursday June 14 from 7pm till late
26th of July St., Building 30, Flat 68, Down Town, Cairo

Thanks to: Pro Helvetia Swiss Arts Council

Cairo weather! Part 2

Cairo - final phase!

"Playing back recordings of an accident can produce another accident!"
- William S. Burroughs 1972

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/360630