Sunday 24 May 2015, 5pm, OTO Project Space
First show of a two day residency from the fantastic Spanish group, LCDD (Los Caballos de Düsseldorf). Hailing from Madrid, LCDD are an open group with no fixed line-up – performing using their own instruments created using electronic circuits taken from toys, resulting in a gleefully unhinged and inspired sound that's all their own.
Associated with Spanish experimental labels such as Alehop! or Afeite al Perro, LCDD have released three LPs and one cassette tape. LCDD regularly participate in exhibitions and teach circuit-bending workshops using Nettle Soup as their guide.
LCDD (Los Caballos De Düsseldorf) is an open group from Madrid, Spain, that perform with their own instruments created using electronic circuits from toys. Drawing on artist Olaf Ladousse’s background as an industrial designer, they call these doorag, in tribute to the inspiring duo from Arizona.
LCDD have toured throughout Europe, Japan, USA and Mexico performing at festivals such as Sonic Protest in Paris, Bent Festival at the Silent Barn in NYC, Art Basel in Switzerland, at Le Dernier Cri’s Vendetta Festival in Marseille and venues ranging from Pudel in Hamburg, SuperDeluxe in Tokyo to the Antique Toy Museum (MUJAM) in Mexico City.
Associated with Spanish experimental labels such as Alehop! or Afeite al Perro, they have released three LPs and one cassette tape. LCDD regularly participate in exhibitions and teach circuit-bending workshops using Nettle Soup as their guide.
For the last couple of years Matthew Kent has run Blowing Up The Workshop - a middle-ground for artists, musicians and other peripheries to make and explore the possibilities of the mixtape online. The project has various influences (not least of which is the trend for weekly podcasts from music magazines) and combines artists from disparate practices and genres; having more recently commissioned work from Call Super, Robert Beatty, graphic designer Harsh Patel, artist Benedict Drew and the London record shop Honest Jon’s.
https://soundcloud.com/blowinguptheworkshop
