Full Interview with Joke Lanz about his beginnings in the Punk scene in Switzerland in the 1980s, the birth of his son and the early years of the Sudden Infant project and Schimpfluch Gruppe. From Punk to Noise to Actionism, the human voice as expression and instrument, extensive touring and eventually a turn back towards a more rock oriented format in the latest incarnation of Sudden Infant as a noise rock band.
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The Molehill Report #11 from January 2023 presents as special guest Joke Lanz, aka Sudden Infant and traces his journe from punk to actionism. We also celebrate the first birthday of The Molehill Report and look at what else is in store for the Noise & Politics YouTube channel.
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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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Announcement for the release of the 19th print edition of Datacide. We present it at the Hekate Soundsystem party weekend in Rome for the first time in early October, present a stall at the London Radical bookfair in November.
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Announcement of a Berlin Premiere of the Joke Lanz/Sudden Infant biopic ‘My Life is a Gunshot’ by Marcel Derek Ramsey January, 2020.
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A new short story by Joke Lanz:
Her toenails perfectly match the colour of her smartphone. She wears a handbag with a huge Gucci print on it. I look around, more office ladies with handbags, more handbags with prints on it.
Secret codes? Secret messages?
Secret coincidences?
Event announcement of a two part presentation of talks and spoken word, featuring
Christoph Fringeli: The Situationist International as World Cultural Heritage? A critique of the historicisation of a revolutionary group.
Joke Lanz: Spoken Word Performance