New York noise artist returns...When Swans tour this year, the titanic American collective will be joined by New York noise artist *Pharmakon* - yet it could all have been tragically different.
Releasing her debut album, Margaret Chardiet arranged her first European tour. Instead, the composer was rushed to hospital for emergency surgery which resulted in losing an organ.
Bedridden for three weeks, the traumatic experience feeds into new album 'Bestial Burden'. An uncompromising return, the material is harrowing, deeply personal but ultimately cathartic and oddly uplifting.
Here's an introductory quote:
"After seeing internal photographs taken during the surgery, I became hyperaware of the complex network of systems just beneath the skin, any of which were liable to fail or falter at any time. It all happened so fast and unexpectedly that my mind took a while to catch up to the reality of my recovery. I felt a widening divide between my physical and mental self. It was as though my body had betrayed me, acting as a separate entity from my consciousness. I thought of my corporeal body anthropomorphically, with a will or intent of its own, outside of my will's control, and seeking to sabotage. I began to explore the idea of the conscious mind as a stranger inside an autonomous vessel, and the tension that exists between these two versions of the self."
Check out a teaser below.
'Bestial Burden' will be released on October 13th.
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