Live review: Current 93 at Union Chapel 2025
C93 appeared on stage one by one right after a succession of hallucinatory images with a symbolic gaping black hole in the centre that changed shapes. With a captivating kindness and a ferocity that has the power to awaken ancient forces, David Tibet channeled serenity and disquiet in equal measure. Read more......Read more...
Interview: Camerata Mediolanense 2024
We started out defining ourselves as "Mediolanenses", to underline with a certain pride our Milanese city roots...Read more...
Live Review: ANOHNI and The Johnsons live at The Barbican 2024
…or else ANOHNI – transformed, transcendent, and risen like a phoenix – conjures up the spirit of the Johnsons and offers a career best performance at the Barbican...Read more...
Live Review: Byronic Sex & Exile ‘Stage Fright’ tour live in London
We’ve gone down the steps to the basement of Aces& Eights countless times but the vibe that was generated that night, a few days ago cast a dark veil over the space and made it feel much darker than usual.Read more...
This is an interview with Lynette Cerezo of Bestial Mouths.Read more...
Live Review: The Black Delta Movement, Taigen Kawabe, Oliver Marson, live at The 100 Club 2023
I went to this gig positively biased as I absolutely loved the sophomore album 'Recovery Effects' by The Black Delta Movement. Even though I was utterly ignorant of the talent of their support bands, this was the perfect opportunity to listen to the band’s latest release live.Read more here
This is the second part of our interview with the band ATARAXIA.Read more here Read more...
ATARAXIA, an all-time favourite band of ours from the neoclassical/ethereal spectrum of the dark alternative scene, released a beautiful album towards the end of 2022...The visuals and the video press release intrigued us further at a deeper spiritual level so, naturally, we wanted to catch up with the band and learn more about how they are and what inspired them this time. In this interview we talk about their inspiration. Read more...
We were delighted to carry out an interview with the talented Nick Carlisle two years after our previous interview with Katy and NickThis time, Nick is talking about his new score to celebrate the centenary of the unique movie entitled Haxan. Read more here Read more...
It is quite hard to describe the feeling of coming across a band that reminds you of the qualities you value so much in music and which have somehow, lately, been set a little bit aside by most bands. This was the feeling since we came across the latest release by Misfortunes entitled 'Brilliant Endings'. In fact, we were so touched by the melancholic melodies and the poetic lyrics that it became imperative that we talked with the musician behind this brilliant project, Ioakim Vasiliadis. We talked about the band’s beginning, the songs, the collaborators and the future. Read more...
Live Review-hackedepicciotto at New River Studios 2022
We have started going back to gigs – yes, with other people around us – no longer restricted to an experience on a screen Read more...
Live Review-12 Years of Chaos: The Black Heart Camden 2022
It made perfect sense to choose a celebratory gig by a favourite promoter as our first gig for 2022. It made sense because we are absolutely thrilled that Chaos Theory hung in there during covid and has now come back. . Read more...
Live Review-New Model Army 40th anniversary tour 2021
We attended their second London gig at the Roundhouse and, as we were getting out of Camden high street (deserted but for the rest of the black dressed crowd), we had only one thought in mind: if this gig were a message then it would say "Go out and fight the sickness of this world in any form or shape you encounter it". Read more...
Sukie Smith, a multifarious musician whom we have met through her band MADAM. is a artist who has always approached the world, sound and the audience in truly open, always thought-provoking, dynamic and passionate ways where an exchange of energies and ideas is happening with honesty. We caught up with Sukie Smith following her appearance in the four-day long multimedia event on Gallery 46 Read more...
Katy and Nick, a.k.a Katy Cotterell and Nick Carlisle have mesmerised us with their debut album made up of psychedelic sonic stories entitled 'What I Did For You'; and when we feel that way about an album, we want to learn more about the people behind its sound...Read more
Live review: The Chameleons live at 229 the venue
For this gig, Mark and Reg have reunited on stage in order to celebrate 36 years since the release of the band’s debut album ‘Script of The Bridge’ and the beginning of their career....Read more
Live review: OTHON with Owen Pratt-The God Within
On an otherwise normal weekday evening, we gathered at this intimate theatre in Athens in order to listen to the new sonic offering by OTHON and Owen Pratt. Little did we know, that what we were about to witness would be a sort of personal procession through sound that both musicians would be creating for all of us...Read more
Live Review-The Membranes at 100 Club
What a great gig! It felt like a punk gathering, it had an (almost 'lost' from the scene) kindness in its overall atmosphere, it was fierce and rich in terms of its sonic output and it lifted our spirits...Read more
We had the pleasure of discussing the new album 'From Here' and many more things with Justin Sullivan over the phone, a few days before the band's Autumn tour begins...Read more
Live review: Sex Swing, Grey Hairs, Agathe Max at Paper Dress Vintage 2019
Below, you will read about the gig that numbed my brain for at least two hours after it finished...Read more
Live review: Whispering Sons 'Image' tour 2019,London
We had been waiting for this gig ever since the debut album of Whispering Sons was released in October 2018...Read more
Live review: Author&Punisher, Lingua Ignota, Riotmiloo, Electrowerkz 2019
The story that was narrated through sound in 3 ½ hours was one that was rooted in personal experiences. For the sake of this text, let's compare this gig to the walk of a character on a path with different surfaces...Read more
Re-textured festival: Live review Cabaret Voltaire
It was about time for a new festival to present itself in London. Re-textured is an ambitious endeavour that has been inspired by the underground electronic parties of Berlin and festivals such as Berlin Atonal and Unsound Festival in Krakow...Read more
Live review: Xiu Xiu, John Bence live at Islington Assembly Hall 2019
It was an ordinary Tuesday evening, the day after Scott Walker had passed away and we went to Islington Assembly Hall prepared to experience something similar to the last gig of Xiu Xiu. We were spectacularly wrong as this live performance was different in many ways and even more powerful...Read more
Live review: Scratch Massive-Polygrains gig at Dingwalls Camden 2019
Experiencing the magic of Scratch Massive's music live, was on my 'to do' list for quite some time now. Maud and Sébastien's gigs are sold out in France but the duet had never performed live in London before so, first of all, we need to thank Snap Crackle &Pop for bringing the band to London and making our wish to see this band live, come true...Read more
Chris Connelly, the man with a thousand (and more) musical faces, released his latest album entitled 'Bloodhounds' through Armalyte Industries.As has always been the case with Chris Connelly's work, the songs are much more than great music with great melodies and a beautiful performance...Read more
Soft Cell- 40 years A Wild Celebration
Soft Cell sang a sassy, gothic, pop, rock, shambolic, inappropriate (in the politically correct term), funky, techno, occult, seductive, ceremonial and psychedelic goodbye to their devoted fans and audience with a 31 track set, beautiful sound production and visuals that were consistent with their past and present characters...Read more
Metalogue, Riotmiloo, Warren Schoenbright live at The Black Heart 2018
We don't often have the chance to attend a nicely organized IDM/experimental/noise gig in London, so when Chaos Theory decided to put together this great line up with Metalogue, Riotmiloo and Warren Schoenbright the only thing we did was to clear our schedule and attend it...Read more
MONUMENTAL:Animals of Distinction with live score from Godspeed You!Black Emperor-Barbican 2018
Dance is music in another form and vice versa. Music can help you visualize things but is not necessarily an image in another form. Dance is also text and ideas in another form, as is music. Merce Cunningham, John Cage, Marcel Duchamp and Maya Deren are just a few artists that have touched on these concepts through multimedia experimentation...Read more
Just a few hours before Siglo XX were about to perform live for the first time since 1991, exclusively for the audience of WGT, Blaue Rosen had the enormous pleasure to talk with Klaas (Hoogerwaard) and Antonio (Palermo) about what Siglo XX used to be, what inspired them then, what inspires them now, what matters and what does not...Read more
Dark Door a.k.a Mario D'Aniello and Federica Velenia, is a band that was formed in Naples and a band that you should know about, because their music is beautiful and their performances are emotionally and visually very strong!...Read more
Hector Gannet, is a band with a fascinating story but it is also a band with a name and surname, whose songs will definitely make your mind navigate, with the calmness required before making important acknowledgments, not only to the places the lyrics refer to but also to the places close to your heart...Read more
There is something about musicians that approach their art with thoroughness and give some form to a multitude of influences, that Blaue Rosen absolutely loves.This does not necessarily have to do with the genre or the quantity of influences, but with the way they have been approached by the artists, in a tireless quest for essence...Read more
Alva Noto, Anne-James Chaton live at The Barbican 2018.
The dilemma of whether to listen to electronic music sitting down in an environment with good acoustics or standing and dancing in an environment with not so great acoustics, will remain unresolved. But what is certain, is that once you get to listen to electronic music with great acoustics, this dilemma will puzzle you no more...Read more
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Das Ich, Red Sun Revival, Astari Nite, Machine Rox live in London 2018
If only all the gigs in London were as good as this one! We had an amazing time at this gig and so did everyone else who made this, a sold out gig...Read more
The show of Trisomie 21 in London, was much anticipated by at least two generations of music lovers. People had travelled from Oxford, Liverpool and other parts of the country, in order to see the legendary band of the French new wave scene of the 1980s perform live...Read more
After listening to their latest beautiful album entitled 'The Fellow Traveller' a few times, I just wanted to, theoretically, pick up the phone and congratulate The Frozen Autumn in person...Read more
A few days before the end of this musically beautiful year and following their sold out show in London that was one of the most memorable live performances of 2017, Boy Harsher took the time to join us in an interview... Read more
The Eden House,The Skeletal Family, The Society, Siberia live at O2 Academy Islington 2017
It is quite hard to describe the psychology of going to a gig of a band that one loves, especially when this gig is about the presentation of the band's latest album...Read more
I had no intention of writing a review about this gig as I was not sure whether I would be there, so I arrived at Birthdays relaxed and without my camera…what a big mistake that was!Read more
She Past Away, Lebanon Hanover,Mechanical Cabaret live at The Garage 2017
For some, this was the gig of the year, for others the perfect gig to kickstart the new season after summer. In any case, it was a gig that many people, 600 of them (that is the full capacity of the venue), were anxiously waiting for, since the day it was first announced, several months ago...Read more
IRFAN is a band from Bulgaria that does not play live very often but their music and especially the atmosphere they create while on stage, is unique...Read more
An interview with MADAM-John Lee Bird exhibition 'One Small Step At A Time'
It was during the 'quietest' part of this summer that the 'loudest' event happened at an old tavern in Greenwich, The Trafalgar Tavern: John Lee Bird's exhibition 'One small step at a time' accompanied by live music from MADAM...Read more
QUAL-Autumns live at The Waiting Room 2017
"Was he an animal that music could move him so? He felt as if the way to the unknown nourishment he longed for were coming to light" (Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis)
It becomes apparent after every gig that it is best not to expect anything in particular from a performance. That way the emotions can get to you with more strength and a certain element of surprise...Read more
"A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile, the moment a single man contemplates it, bearing within him the image of a cathedral…" (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince)
In music as in life, the devil 'hides' in the details. In other words, no one can guarantee that a piece of music will be perceived as something more than just the sum of its parts, therefore each time a debut album such as Overture's 'Screaming Silence' breaks through the multitude of releases that see the light of day, by offering music of sonic and emotional richness, we can't resist supporting it !Read more
And Also The Trees-In The Nursery-Cult With No Name live at O2 Academy Islington
There are few gigs within each year that get my heart racing and this one was one of them from the moment I learned about it in January..."Read more
Evil Blizzard-The Fierce and The Dead, Taman Shud live at The Underworld 2017
This was not a typical gig, it was not even a gig but a real-life experience inside a surreal dimension! The evening had a giant baby, a pink 'dog', a (bare assed) bin-man, a terrifying 'cleaner', fierceness, darkness, heaviness in sound and many equally important and 'freaky' guests....Read more
PJ Harvey live at O2 Academy Brixton
It's been a while since I last saw PJ Harvey perform live and a lot has changed since that day at a Rockwave Festival in Athens of Greece. Both her music and her stage appearance seem to have changed dramatically in the last 10 years..."Read more
Sudden Infant, Dario SanFilippo+SEC_,Les Énervès live at Cafe OTO 2016
CAFÉ OTO has consistently exposed its members and devotees to pioneering music and acts that are artistically difficult to understand by conventional standards. Sudden Infant, Les Énervès and Dario Sanfilippo with SEC_ were no exception. Sudden Infant together with Merzbow who took Cafe Oto's stage a few days earlier, are probably two of the most disturbing and 'hard to swallow' acts that an unfamiliar audience can come across…or so I thought..."Read more
Following a captivating gig by (now full band) Sudden Infant a.k.a Joke, Christian and Alex kindly spent some time with Blauerosen to discuss the changes that Sudden Infant has gone through the past three years, their next album, their plans for the future, art, creativity, London and Berlin..."Read more
Hypnopazūzu,Stargazer's Assistant live at the Union Chapel
The only way you can attend a gig of David Tibet's is by going through some sort of meditation in order to prepare yourself for the energy that will envelop you. The only question will then be, which chords will be struck and how strongly..."Read more
ANOHNI-Hopelessness The Performance
I have never felt so tormentingly undecided about an album before. Despite the fact that the powerful album's title attempted to set my mood before I even had the chance to listen to it properly for the first time, this title was not the reason for my indecisiveness...Read more
Diary of Dreams,Red Sun Revival live at The Garage 2016
I don't usually see a favourite band play live very often so that I can appreciate and understand better all the changes that have happened to it in the meantime. This is exactly the approach I had with both Diary of Dreams and Red Sun Revival but the release of two memorable albums by both bands, made it imperative for me to attend this gig...Read more
SUEDE-Night Thoughts world premiere live at The Roundhouse
Prior to this gig I had only seen Suede once at an intimate, yet, for me, perfect gig, at the release of their previous album entitled 'Bloodsports' at Rough Trade East..."Read more
Cold in Berlin,Black Nail Cabaret, Winter Severity Index live at the Hope&Anchor 2016
I have lived in London for almost a decade and I had never been to the basement of the Hope&Anchor for a gig. On the other hand, the frantic rate with which post punk/cold wave bands are being formed lately, means that only a handful get any attention and even less manage to create a distinct sound...Read more
Autobahn,Sweat, The Bodies live at Sebright Arms
From the moment I listened to 'Dissemble' for the first time, I wanted to see Autobahn play live, in order to experience the psychedelic effect of their music. Influenced by post punk and minimal music and aesthetics, the 5 members' band from Leeds, have released the debut album in August 2015 through Tough Love Records...Read more
Chelsea Wolfe- 'Abyss' tour live at Bush Hall 2015
This second gig in London at Bush Hall, which was also part of the European 'Abyss' tour, was announced as early as August 2015. Having been completely taken over by the atmosphere of Chelsea Wolfe's last album 'Abyss' I was counting the days to this gig since its announcement...Read more
Killing Joke, Jah Wobble and the Invaders of the Heart, The Asylums live at Roundhouse, 2015
Here I was again, in London this time, 5 years after the first time I saw Killing Joke perform live in Athens of Greece. I have joined the rest of the gatherers (as Killing Joke refer to their 'fans'), in order to participate to one more carefully orchestrated live ceremony of Killing Joke.Read more
The Soft Moon live at Electrowerkz, 2015
Having been at the 24th WGT in Leipzig on May 2015, when Luis Vasquez last visited London, I jumped at the opportunity to see The Soft Moon so soon again in London.Read more
SNOG/Black Lung/Soma Interview
SNOG,Black Lung, Soma, an experimental movie that has only been screened in Italy (i.e. 'The Andronechron Incident') and a crime film (i.e. 'The Hard Word'). If you are wondering what is the thread that holds all these elements together, it takes the form of musician who answers to the name of David Thrussell. Read more
This interview took place after this mindblowing live appearance of Agent Side Grinder. Johan Lange (JL) and Kristoffer Grip(KG) took the time to discuss with Blauerosen about their music, the past and the future of electro/synth/experimental music, art and many more!...Read more
The Dresden Dolls live at Rough Trade, Brooklyn 2015
Blauerosen is not usually covering live gigs in other countries unless they are special appearances or important festivals...Read more
Xiu Xiu, Blood Music live at Birthdays 2014
Xiu Xiu turned every small detail into an important part of their performance and the overall performance wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for details...Read more
