Drahla (+ Elektrokohle) · Urban Spree - Berlin

DRAHLA (+ ELEKTROKOHLE) · 11.05.2024 · Urban Spree
Einlass: 20:00 Uhr
Beginn: 21:00 Uhr
VVK: 17,00 € zzgl. Gebühren
AK: 20,00 €
Tickets: https://www.greyzone-tickets.de/produkte/818
dq agency & Greyzone Concerts & rausgegangen presents:
Drahla (Leeds, UK)
This year, Drahla make their long-awaited return with their astounding second record angeltape. It’s an
offering that was not only interesting for the Leeds-based art-rock experimentalists to make, but offers an intriguing world for audiences to explore with a similar curiosity that informed the songwriting process. This inclination to eschew conventional melodic structures and embrace uncertainty across their latest material gives fans an unfiltered insight into a challenging transitional period the band found themselves in following the release of their 2019 critically acclaimed debut, Useless Coordinates. That blistering introduction, described as a “darkly affecting uncompromising listen”, along with the success of their Third Article EP from 2017, saw them share stages with Parquet Courts, Ought, Buzzcocks and several more.
Angeltape, recorded with Matthew Benn and Jamie Lockhart in 2023, is an altogether more introspective and abstract examination of the self: “The core is off kilter I’m sure / When you feel too detached for your own words,” Brown intones on ‘Lip Sync’, an early glimpse into Drahla’s extraordinary artistic evolution.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrAK1cUYvuc
Elektrokohle
International Noise-Post-punk newcomer trio based in Berlin comprises members from Italy, Germany, and Brazil, namely Suzan Flag (bass), Mr. Cigarette Butt (vocals, synth), and Mona Manie (guitar).
Pulling their inspirations from ’80s Punk, Noise, Krautrock, DarkSurf, and Punk-Blues bents, the band’s self-dubbed “Cold Punk” sound is defined somehow as a visceral and gritty mix between Suicide, Birthday Party and Warsaw with a sound palette of its own.
Sparse bilingual vocals, motorik beats, industrial clangs, screeching and echoing guitar and a hypnotic synth, all amount to an intoxicating mix.
The band is known for intense, chaotic and energetic live performances and their music pushes the boundaries of what can be, yet remains deeply rooted in the raw, gloomy underground Berlin sound. They have already shared the stage with post-punk icon Lydia Lunch (US), She wants Revenge (US) and Girls in Synthesis (UK), New Model Army (UK).
In spring 2024 they released the 7" I Wanna Cry / Abstand with Dushtu Records and Off Label Rec. Both tracks round off the strong first impression of Elektrokohle and arouse anticipation for the band's first debut album, which will be released at the end of 2024.
Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38N_Vde2ZSc