Datacide Issues – Datacide

datacide January 23, 2024February 1, 2024 0 Comments 1960s, Anti-Imperialism, Berlin, Situationist International, Vietnam

Vietnam, the Third World and the Self-Deception of the Left (1967)

In our series of documents on revolutionary history – for the first time in English: A critique of anti-Imperialism from Berlin 1967 based on the Situationist International’s ‘Address to Revolutionaries of Algeria and of All Countries’ which first appeared in Internationale Situationniste #10 in March 1966. With an introduction by Christoph Fringeli.

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Joke Lanz December 29, 2023February 10, 2024 0 Comments Egypt, Joke Lanz, Poetry, Sudden Infant, Vétomat

Hundsteinweg – Text of Spoken Word performance by Joke Lanz

The text of a spoken word performance by Joke Lanz (of Sudden Infant fame), originally performed at a Datacide event in 2018 in Berlin, explores autobiographical impressions combined with poetry and sound.

Here you’ll find the full text, with embedded video of the performance and an exclusive collage by Joke Lanz.

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Ian Trowell December 24, 2023February 3, 2024 1 Comment 1978, Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Genesis P-Orridge, Industrial Music, Peter Christopherson, Peter Sutcliffe, Throbbing Gristle

Industrial Music for Industrial People: Throbbing Gristle 1978

Excerpt from Ian Trowell’s new book Throbbing Gristle – An Endless Discontent, published by Intellect Books, details the first gig Throbbing Gristle played north of London in 1978, at the Wakefield Industrial Training College. Uncanny overlaps of TGs touring and the Yorkshire Ripper’s killing spree emerge.

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DJ Balli December 22, 2023February 3, 2024 0 Comments Gabba, Gabber, Human Pyramid, Sonic Belligeranza

Human Pyramid 3 + 3 + 3

Human pyramid is a distinctive feature of the Italian gabber scene. Some of his initiates known locally as “Hardcore Warriors” started to rise up shoulders upon shoulders, deltoid upon deltoid until the strongest of the group touched the ceiling of the club. And in this very moment lights were back, the night was OOVVVEEERRR.

Datacide 19 Fiction

Dan Hekate December 19, 2023February 3, 2024 0 Comments 2023, Dan Hekate, Dan Moss, Hektate Sound System, Short Story

Distant Sky – New Short Story by Dan Moss

The rocks and soil above his head rumbled and shook. He looked upwards; shafts of light pierced the darkness. There was nowhere below him, what had been his home was now a pile of debris and death. Above him lay the bright lands, the hairy two legs and their infernal contraptions. His huge arms powered him upwards, there was only forwards.