Perlonex (Infos)
PERLONEX was founded in late 1998 and has since then extensively performed and toured numerous countries. Over the years PERLONEX have created a unique mix of different styles – settling somewhere in the no man’s land between electro-acoustic, industrial noise, ambient, minimal and often even incorporate elements of psychedelic music. On their extensive tours they have performed in an extreme range of different settings; from academic new music festivals via improv and electronica venues to rough underground and punk/noise clubs and many prominent festivals all over Europe, the USA and Russia.
In Autumn 2004 Perlonex invited two guests, Keith Rowe & Charlemagne Palestine, to join the trio for each one set at the Berlin Podewil. The event was called perlonex.tenions and was released as 2CD on Nexsound. The meeting with Charlemagne Palestine turned into a very special and magic event, both in a musical and personal way. Since that every once in a while Perlonex teams up with Palestine and he has become a frequent guest to the group. Meanwhile there were half a dozen of Perloenx & Paletine concerts in cities like Geneva, Paris, Bouronne, Vienna, Graz, ... and the music has become more and more intense. Another live double CD is due for relase on the Portugese label Cronica soon.
Allthough Perlonex normally don’t perform with guests they have made a few exceptions and teamed up with Keith Rowe (tabletop guitar), Charlemagne Palestine (grand piano, keyboards) for the perlonex.tensions festival in 2004 and with Mike Cooper (slide guitar, vocals) for the Time Shifts project in 2007. They also often collaborate with the german visual artist Ulrike Flaig who adds live video feedback.
SELECTION OF FESTIVAL APPEARANCES
FAM (Berlin), Garage (Stralsund), Loop Festival (Berlin), Interzone Festival (Berlin), Ludwig’s Lust (Hamburg), Postfuhramt (Berlin), Gaudeamus Festival (Amsterdam), IZ(Z)VEN (Maribor-SLO), Rumor Festival (Utrecht), Musique Action Festival (Nancy), Int. Night of Noise (New York City), Aural Anatomy (Pittsburgh), Foton Factory (Bruxelles), Kryptonale (Berlin), Hoerkunstfestival (Erlangen), Fotones (Bruxelles), Fruits de Mheres (F), Stare Ueber Berlin (D), perlonex.tensions Berlin (D), Kill Your Timid Notion (Dundee, UK), SKIFF St.Petersburg (RUS), Stare Uber Berlin, perlonex.tensions Berlin, Fete De La Musique (Geneva), Jeunesse (Vienna), Open Music (Graz), Fete De La Musique (Luxembourg), Time Shifts (Berlin), Maerzmusik (Berlin), Angelica (Bologna),...
SELECTION OF CLUB PERFORMANCES
Kule Berlin, Bastard Berlin, Fabrik Potsdam, Club 2 MŸnchen, Zeughaus Passau, Galerie 03 WŸrzburg, Zakk Bremen, CUBA Muenster, Extrapol Nijmwegen (NL), Felix Meritis Amsterdam (NL), Foton Space Bruxells (B), Instants Chavires Montreuil/Paris (F), Unten Saarbruecken, Worm Rotterdam (NL), The Skinny Portland/Maine, Flywheel Easthampton, Knitting Factory New York, MOCA Washington, Ethical Society Philadelphia, Speak in Tongues Cleveland, Artswatch Louisville, Ruby Green Gallery Nashville, Map Room Memphis, Nervous Center Chicago, Stormy Records Detroit, Southgate House Newport/KY, ABC No Rio New York,TUBE Munich, Staatsbank Berlin, Kontor/A-Musik Cologne, Recylart Bruxelles (B), Laznia Art Center Gdansk (PL), Offycina Szcezecin (PL), Belgie Hasselt NL), Museumsquartier Vienna (A), Association 102 Grenoble (F), MusŽe D’Art Contemporain Strasbourg (F), Apo 33 Nantes (F), Ausland Berlin, Boers Shouwbourg (Bruxelles), Cave 12 (Geneve), Dock (Kassel), The Centre for Contemporary Art/Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw (PL), Museumsinsel (Berlin), Podewil (Berlin), Ecole Nationale De Danse et Musique Montrieul/Paris, Madiatheque (Bouronne, F), Porgy & Bess (Vienna), IEM Cube (Graz), Salle Roland Knieps (Luxembourg), ...
Discography
Perlonex Bad Alchemy #35 7” EP Bad Alchemy 2000
Perlonex Perlonex CD Zarek 2000
Perlonex peripherique CD Zarek 2001
Perlonex/JuliJuni With Enemies Like These Who Needs Friends Split-LP Happy Zloty 2003
Upcoming soon:
Perlonex +Keith Rowe/Charlemagne Palestine perlonex.tensions 2CD tba 2006
Perlonex & Ulrike Flaig s/t DVD Zarek 2008