The Living Jarboe

Denne fantastiske gudinnen for sonisk ekstremitet har i løpet av sin karriere, fra sin tid i det sjelrystende Swans til hennes nyeste kritikerroste samarbeid med Neurosis, bygd opp et intenst personlig og like vel spredt repertoar som har satt et kraftig merke i ekstrem musikk sjangeren.

Nå kommer den ekstraordinære vokalisten Jarboe til Norge . Med seg har hun blant annet Paz Lenchatin (A Perfect Circle and Zwan) og to! trommeslagere.

Søndag 16 oktober på Garage oslo
Bill. kr. 160,- Dørene åpner kl. 21.00 - 18 år leg.

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ANHEDONIAC:
"Into her inner oblivion... Wounded sadomasochist Satanic gospels . . . Her shrieks and roars on 'I'm A Killer' and 'Burnt' are too scary, too open, too evil. Black Metal has not gone anywhere near this...."

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE LTD:
Creepy obscure exotica, the most lounge-like industrial music ever. . endearing in its baffling utter otherness and confusing and disorienting and ability to fuck with your soul."
Avi Pitchon (TERRORIZER (U.K.) # 130)

THIRTEEN MASKS :
"Perfect song-writing such as in 'A Man Of Hate' , makes this album a Classic."

A MYSTERY OF FAITH :
"devastatingly essential."

Jarboe har gjennom sine album og performance prosjekter produserte en helt særegen form av energi. Hennes framførelse kan vris gjennom det uskyldige, kunnskapsmektige, forføreriske og voldelige – utført i en melodisk så vel som eksperimentell komposisjon. Hovedmålet for Jarboe er å fjerne gapet mellom publikum og artist, noe hun sørger for gjennom totalt underkastende og fandenivoldsk opplevelser ved sine opptredener. Hennes optimaliserte repertoar inkluderer alt fra sjenert skolepike til forførerske til demon. Hennes arbeid innenfor og utenfor det legendariske bandet Swans har sørget for at hun gjentatte ganger har mottatt internasjonal oppmerksomhet fra pressen. Jarboes inspirasjon er trukket fra flere kilder, og spinner fra hennes tidlige erfaring med slange håndtering i Mississippi deltaet, til foreldre som arbeidet for FBI, eksperimentelle opptredener i gallerier og direkte radio settinger, og hennes 14år lange karriere med Swans som medførte konserter over hele verden og flere dypt anerkjente album. Jarboe har gitt ut 9 solo album og til litt over 20 Swans album og over 60 andre samarbeidsprosjekter med visuelle og musikalske artister over hele verden.

Jarboe’s direction with her recorded and performed projects leads towards producing a brand of energy specifically her own. Her delivery can be at turns innocent, knowing, seductive, & vitriolic - contained in melodic as well as experimental compositions. A primary objective for Jarboe is to close in on the gap in the audience/performer relationship via complete submission and vicarious experience through her performance. This is at times done through visceral vocals and music from a variety of cultures and sound vignettes. She has optimized her repertoire to include a vast variety of voices from the shy schoolgirl to seductress to demon. Jarboe’s private agenda over the course of her life has been to fine tune endurance - physical, emotional, and

spiritual. Through efforts in such disciplines as weight-lifting, kick boxing, mountain-climbing, running, role-playing, studies in meditation and Buddhism, and her intense work with swans, she has journeyed her body towards exhaustion specifically with the intent of rebuilding / reinventing identity and exploring the structure of persona. Jarboe’s musical explorations have led to select comparisons to other female musicians with regard for their success in penetrating the otherwise male-dominated “rock” subculture. Her work in and outside of the legendary band Swans has received international attention from publications such as: The Wire, New York Times, The New Yorker, Time Out, Tip, Spex, People, LA Weekly, SF Weekly, Terrorizer, Rolling Stone, Art Papers, Outburn...

Jarboe's inspiration is drawn from a variety of charged sources, spanning from her early exposure to snake-handling revivals in the Mississippi delta, to parents who were in the FBI, to participation in a lounge act, experimental performance in gallery & live radio settings, and her 14-year collaboration with worldwide concerts (clubs, theaters, festivals, live radio, European television) and critically acclaimed recordings in Swans. Featured prominently in Andrea Juno’s groundbreaking book: Angry Women In Rock, and Adele Olivia Gladwell’s women’s studies/cultural theory: Catamania, Jarboe is also a recipient of the corporate sponsored “Work In Progress” arts program that resulted in rock theatre The Living Jarboe performances in NYC, Chicago, and Atlanta. She has performed at the Museum Of Contemporary Art in Porto as a guest of the Serralves Foundation in Europe. Additionally, curatorial selected performances have included PS122 in NYC. Recent live performances have included tours with the Italian avant-garde group, Larsen and the American rock group,Neurosis as well as The Living Jarboe performances in the Baltic region, which included performances in cathedrals. In 2005, an East Coast tour of intense performance pieces involved the renowned San Francisco band, Amber Asylum.

A sampling of the eclectic roster of Jarboe’s musical collaborators includes: Michael Gira, Bill Laswell, Jim Thirlwell, Lustmord, PanSonic, Mark Spybey, Steven Severin, James Izzo, Chris Connelly, Alan Sparhawk, Neurosis, Edward KaSpel, William Faith, David J, David Torn, Paz Lenchantin, Bill Rieflin, Iva Davies, Blixa Bargeld, Kris Force, Nic Le Ban, Julia Kent, Brian Castillo, Renee Nelson, and Lary Seven. She has worked with visual artists in design / film / photography including: Richard Kern, Beth B, Laura Levine, Wim Van De Hulst, Cedric Victor-DeSouza, and music video

director Chad Rullman. As an “ internet pioneer, “ Jarboe was an invited panelist on “Artists and the Internet” at the CMJ convention in NYC. Jarboe has released 9 solo albums in addition to working on 20+ Swans albums and 60+ collaborative projects with visual & sound artists all over the world. Her cd, Disburden Disciple contained material she recorded in the Middle East. The Conduit is a collaboration between Jarboe, poet Joshua Fraser, guitarist Nic Le Ban, and her "Living Rumor" Internet subscriber list. Knight Of Swords /

The Beggar is a limited edition project with Nic Le Ban ( October 2005 ). The Men Album ( October 2005 ) features a diverse global selection of vocalists / musicians / producers. In progress is : a collaboration with (core Dysrhythmia members) Byla, and The Living Jarboe European and U.S. concerts. A new cd is in production as of 2005/6.