ELECTRONIC ROCK DUO WORKING WITH SELF-BUILT INSTRUMENTS, SENSOR-AUGMENTED GUITARS, AND POST-PUNK INFLUENCED PERFORMANCE
OBI BLANCHE AND KRISTINA TICA MET IN LINZ, AUSTRIA, DURING AN UNEXPECTED B2B DJ SET AND QUICKLY RECOGNISED A SHARED LANGUAGE IN SELF-BUILT INSTRUMENTS, MINIMAL BEATS, AND RAW MELODIC STRUCTURES.
IN 2024, THEY FORMALISED THEIR COLLABORATION UNDER THE CONCEPT OF #POSTDIGITALPUNK, A PLATFORM MERGING DIY INSTRUMENT BUILDING, MINIMAL SONGS OF MELANKOLIKA AND SOMATIC PERFORMANCE.
THEIR HYBRID DJ LIVE SET MOVES BETWEEN DANCE FLOOR MOMENTUM AND TANGIBLE EXPERIMENTATION WITH SELF-BUILT GUITARS. OBI BLANCHE’S SOUND BALANCES DIRTY TRANSISTOR RHYTHMS WITH UNSTABLE, EXPRESSIVE GUITAR TEXTURES, SHAPED BY YEARS OF WORK ACROSS EXPERIMENTAL AND POPULAR CONTEXTS. KRISTINA TICA, ROOTED IN THE BELGRADE UNDERGROUND, PERFORMS ON BRAKE, A CUSTOM-BUILT BASS. HER MINIMAL YET HEAVY LOW-END LINES AND WORN BARITONE VOCALS GROUND THE SET WITH PHYSICAL PRESENCE AND RESTRAINT.
INFLUENCED BY UNDERGROUND CLUB CULTURE, ART SPACES, AND EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE, THE DUO CREATES IMMERSIVE LIVE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE BODY, BASS, AND TENSION BECOME PART OF THE COMPOSITION.
IN 2024, THEY FORMALISED THEIR COLLABORATION UNDER THE CONCEPT OF #POSTDIGITALPUNK, A PLATFORM MERGING DIY INSTRUMENT BUILDING, MINIMAL SONGS OF MELANKOLIKA AND SOMATIC PERFORMANCE.
THEIR HYBRID DJ LIVE SET MOVES BETWEEN DANCE FLOOR MOMENTUM AND TANGIBLE EXPERIMENTATION WITH SELF-BUILT GUITARS. OBI BLANCHE’S SOUND BALANCES DIRTY TRANSISTOR RHYTHMS WITH UNSTABLE, EXPRESSIVE GUITAR TEXTURES, SHAPED BY YEARS OF WORK ACROSS EXPERIMENTAL AND POPULAR CONTEXTS. KRISTINA TICA, ROOTED IN THE BELGRADE UNDERGROUND, PERFORMS ON BRAKE, A CUSTOM-BUILT BASS. HER MINIMAL YET HEAVY LOW-END LINES AND WORN BARITONE VOCALS GROUND THE SET WITH PHYSICAL PRESENCE AND RESTRAINT.
INFLUENCED BY UNDERGROUND CLUB CULTURE, ART SPACES, AND EXPERIMENTAL PERFORMANCE, THE DUO CREATES IMMERSIVE LIVE ENVIRONMENTS WHERE BODY, BASS, AND TENSION BECOME PART OF THE COMPOSITION.
HIGHLIGHTS
PERFORMANCES AT DIM BELGRADE, FOTOGRAFISKA BERLIN, 8MM BERLIN, BOILER ROOM BERLIN, STWST LINZ
COLLABORATIONS WITH ANIKA, YURI LANDMAN, ISABELLE WENZEL, THOMAS AZIER
FEATURED IN POST-PUNK.COM, GROOVE MAGAZINE, BANDCAMP DAILY
DEVELOPED CUSTOM POST-DIGITAL GUITARS (RAKE / BRAKE)
PERFORMANCES AT DIM BELGRADE, FOTOGRAFISKA BERLIN, 8MM BERLIN, BOILER ROOM BERLIN, STWST LINZ
COLLABORATIONS WITH ANIKA, YURI LANDMAN, ISABELLE WENZEL, THOMAS AZIER
FEATURED IN POST-PUNK.COM, GROOVE MAGAZINE, BANDCAMP DAILY
DEVELOPED CUSTOM POST-DIGITAL GUITARS (RAKE / BRAKE)
FOR FANS OF
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