Søren – JANE PAIN

PHOTOS FROM ASCETIC HOUSE 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND

July 15, 2014July 17, 2014Posted in UncategorizedTagged Albrech Uniform, Appetite, Ascetic House, Astroglide, Blood, Bookworms, Booty Shorts, Chelsea Marks, Ciarra Black, Coil, David Allan Coe, Destruction Unit, Drew McDowell, Drugs, Dunk Tank, Encapsulate, Flaunt it, Gimpy, Hostown Hazin Craze, J.R. Nelson, Jerome, Jock Club, Knife, L.O.I.T.O.N., Lazy Magnet, Lick, Ligaturem Saran Man, Margaret Chardiet, Marshstepper, Mercury Living, Moil, Mommy, Nightmare Walk, Nikki Sneakers, No-Tech, Outmode, Person of Interest, Søren, Scout Pare-Phillips, Septic World international, Simon Chardiet, Slip n Slide, Snakes, Speedboat, Stick it in, White Boys, Yellow Tears1 Comment

This is by no means a comprehensive photo documentation of the weekend. Simply a few snaps of one of the most inspiring and insane weekends I have ever enjoyed in semi-chronological order. Shout out to all who made it possible, to smoke machines for looking really cool but making it really hard to take pictures and, of course, to astroglide.

Destruction Unit at the Studio at Webster Hall.

Hanging up flyers before the July 4 show at Palisades.

Chelsea in "the alley". — Chelsea in “the alley”.

Outmode's special set which had to be altered to be performed with only one hand. — Outmode’s special set which had to be altered to be performed with only one hand.

Jerome. Insaneeee set by the artist formally known as Lazy Magnet.

Incomplete beach crew... Far Rockaway. — Incomplete beach crew… Far Rockaway.

Josh + Party Tom in matching shades in front of the lovely ghetto by the sea.

We went to go see my Dad play in a surf band while the sun set before heading to Redlight District.

Hosetown Hazin Craze, a homemade amusement park brought to you by Yellow Tears in celebration of the release of "Golden Showers May Bring Flowers". — Hosetown Hazin Craze, a homemade amusement park brought to you by Yellow Tears in celebration of the release of “Golden Showers May Bring Flowers”.

Nightmare slip n slide. Still covered in bruises.

Better grab your shower cap, things are going to get wet.

Nikki Sneakers getting dunked in the dunk tank.

Mike reppin' Mommy during L.O.I.T.O.N. — Mike reppin’ Mommy during L.O.I.T.O.N.

Love is the Law, love under will. Thee end.

PHOTOS OF MARSHSTEPPER

March 5, 2013March 6, 2013Posted in UncategorizedTagged Ascetic House, Foreplay, Marshstepper, Profligate, Saint Vitus Bar, Søren, YOU.3 Comments

Marshstepper is more than a just band, they are a perfect extension of the Ascetic House collective that the members have built. Spearheaded by J. Aurelius, A. Jarson, N. Nappa and D. Pupillo; Tempe, Arizona’s Ascetic House releases everything from video art and cassette tapes to handsome zines. Releases often feature musicians extending their creative impulse to create visual art and words. In Marshstepper’s case, the band has pushed beyond simply playing music and create an eerie aura at live shows that includes performance, costume and a whole lot of fog.

D. Pupillo seems like the projects front man but he does not contribute to performing the music live. Generally D. Pupillo performs in masks and participates in rituals with nude models. At a recent show at Saint Vitus Bar in Brooklyn, his performance also included two girls in gimp masks and domanatrix gear brutally dominating him live. While N. Nappa held down electronics and vocals, J. Aurelius took time off the gutair to read from his most recent zine, which he then set on fire. The gesture was intensified by his own photo on the books cover, which was slowly burned into a crisp.

But don’t let my concentration on Marshstepper’s performative aspects distract from Marshstepper’s music. Releasing cassettes on their own Ascetic House imprint and also Greh Holger’s impeccable Chondritic Sound, Marshstepper have created a sound that is so solid, I would have put it at the top of my 2012 list. Guitar and synth driven noise melts into spooky dance music to create a perfect balance of tripped out ambience and utterly entrancing EBM and techno tinged tracks . I had a chance to shoot these photos at their performance at Saint Vitus bar in Brooklyn, February 28 when they played alongside Soren, Foreplay [my new project with Chris Hansell, who also happen to now have a tape available through Ascetic House], Profligate and YOU.