Jo Burzynska, Author at Datacide

2016 Almanac for Noise & Politics 2016

Jo Burzynska May 18, 2021July 6, 2024 2 Comments Adverse, Dead By Dawn, Noise, Nomex, Praxis, Trocante Gramofony E.P.

Nomex: A Life in Full Frequency

When selecting an alias for his artistic persona, Paul Kidd chose the name of the flame resistant material, Nomex. A protective shield suggesting indestructability, it appeared an apt moniker for someone who liked to “keep it cryptic” and push the limits of both his art and in his own life with an intense fervour. For those of us who knew the man behind the name, that this great force has been extinguished is hard to comprehend. However, his music endures.

2000 Articles Book Reviews Datacide 17 Interviews

Jo Burzynska August 6, 2018July 13, 2024 0 Comments Cosey Fanni Tutti, Industrial Music, Throbbing Gristle

Cosey Fanni Tutti: Memoirs of a Woman of Extreme Pleasures (Interview and Book Review)

Cosey Fanni Tutti interviewed by Jo Burzynska. Originally conducted in 2000, this interview with female pioneer of industrial music and artist Cosey Fanni Tutti finally made it into the pages of Datacide in issue 17, along with a book review of her memoir Art Sex Music.

1997 Datacide 2

Jo Burzynska January 22, 2009July 3, 2024 3 Comments Media, Operation Spanner, politics, Surveillance

What the Fuck? – Operation Spanner

The Spanner case started in 1987 when the Manchester police, through their large scale “Operation Spanner”, seized a number of videos of sado-masochistic activities involving a large group of gay men, and became a landmark case in the 1990s where consensual sadomasochistic activities were criminalised.