BACCHUS HARSH
Bacchus Harsh (f.k.a. Xian) is the sonic vessel of Christian Bishop of Naarm/Melbourne. Once a breakcore agitator, now a conjurer of visceral, post-club extremities, his work traverses the unstable terrains between body music and spectral noise.
Through a volatile alchemy of haptic-triggered sampling, corrupted signal chains, bespoke instrumentation, and fractured vocal utterances, Bacchus Harsh engineers soundscapes that are cinematic in scale and ritualistic in execution. Bass ruptures, decaying drones, and ambient dissonance collide in a pursuit of the ecstatic and the abject — the sonic monstrous.
A descent into haunted architectures of sound, his 2019 full-length Caveat Tumulum (Heavy Machinery Records) forged deep subterranean echoes.
https://bacchusharsh.bandcamp.com/album/caveat-tumultum-2
KOLYA
An enigmatic mainstay of underground electronic and dance music in Aotearoa, Kolya’s performances are as eclectic as they are uncommon, and uniquely crafted for venue and audience.
Sporting tables of synthesizers, samplers, and drum machines with an intuitive understanding of space and energy, each set unfolds as a story, unpredictable and hypnotic. It shifts and morphs, a constant push and pull between tension and release, weaving through the chaos with a purposeful grace.
https://www.instagram.com/kolyamuzak/
https://soundcloud.com/k0ly4/113live
LOW IMPACT BOUNCE
Low Impact Bounce (Alex Sipahioglu and Thomas McGrath) use a mix of instruments, synthesisers, and samplers to play whole ‘takes’ of never-before and never-again music. Every session is a live capture of unique sonic conversations intended equally for moving, feeling, and thinking. The power duo are as propelled by the Chemical Brothers as they are by CAN. In their world, Funkadelic and Autechre aren’t that different. Steve Reich sits beside Stereolab. Thee Oh Sees fill the gaps between Justice and Fela Kuti. Nothing is off limits, and anything can happen — just don’t ask them what.
https://lowimpactbounce.bandcamp.com/album/wxwrk
Special thanks to Creative New Zealand for supporting Pyramid Club's programme
