Readies Release of Forthcoming Graphic Diary "We Are Gypsies Now!" Out August 13th on Amok Books
Premieres Video for "Es Gibt Kein Zurück" off New Album "Tacoma" Available Now
Watch the video for "Es Gibt Kein Zurück" HERE!
Written and illustrated by (former) Berlin-based multimedia artist and musician Danielle de Picciotto (Crime & The City Solution, co-founder of Berlin's "Love Parade"), forthcoming graphic novel "We Are Gypsies Now!" documents the author's transition to a nomadic lifestyle after becoming frustrated with a status-quo, materialistic culture, and setting out in search of a life with greater meaning and deeper purpose.
In her story, de Picciotto joins husband Alexander Hacke (Einstürzende Neubauten) on a multi-year voyage around the world, which includes stops in various global cities taking on odd jobs, non-stop live touring, and an array of trials, adventures and profound life-changing experiences such an undertaking might inevitably provide.
In support of the book's release, De Picciotto and Hacke will be bringing their story to the states for a series of exclusive, live events this summer, where excerpts from "We Are Gypsies Now!" will be set to visual and auditory soundtracks, featuring new and original material from De Picciotto's latest album "Tacoma" (on which "Es Gibt Kein Zurück" appears) as well the couple's upcoming new album "Perserverantia" out later this year.
Musically, both live and on her new album, de Picciotto employs unusual instruments like the hurdy-gurdy and the autoharp, while accompanying her spoken-word poetry and delicate vocal stylings with multi-layered violin harmonies. "Tacoma" evokes imagery of lonesome desert landscapes, enchanted forests, and otherworldly trance-states while straddling maritime thunderstorms by combining recordings of nature's manifold phenomena with radio interferences, reverberating tribal percussions, electronic treatments, and the soothing and genuinely organic vibrations of acoustically generated drones and internal mantras. Her lyrics focus on the mystical implications of the nomadic life, clairvoyant renderings of female intuition, and tales of dreamlike revelations, while the instrumental pieces of this astonishing album transport the listener into paths never tread, or, like Danielle herself, who only recently returned for the first time to the place of her birth, into a journey to the beginning of time.
** Danielle De Picciotto and Alexander Hacke will be in New York and available for interviews from July 15th - 31st, to schedule an interview, send a request and we'll be sure to accommodate. **
Advance Praise for "We Are Gypsies Now!"
"'We Are Gypsies Now!' explores the nomadic option as perhaps the only possible cultural and social response to gentrification and consumerism... Reading this is an inspiration, a wake-up call, and perhaps even a demand to once again embrace the liberating freedom of chance. - Jack Sargeant, Author
It's like being handed a pair of magic glasses and suddenly seeing all of the invisible bounds and barriers blocking our creative vision. - Johanna Went, Performance Artist
We Are Gypsies Now! showcases the writing and illustration of de Picciotto, with layout design by David Yow,and now has a Facebook page at Facebook.com/WeAreGypsiesNow. Amok Books is distributed by SCB Distributors.
"Tacoma" was produced by Wharton Tiers and is available now via Moabit Music overseas and Forced Exposure in the US.
Stream Danielle de Picciotto's "Tacoma" LP HERE
"Tacoma" Track List:
01 Tacoma
02 I Have Love
03 Luminous (Video)
04 Es Gibt Kein Zurück (Video)
05 In Transit
06 Per Aspera Ad Astra (Video)
07 Home Sweet Home
08 Horchata
09 The Veil
Danielle de Picciotto & Alexander Hacke Live!
August 1st MEAFORD, Ontario Canada - Electric Eclectics Festival
August 14th DETROIT, Michigan - Trinosophes w/ Chatoyant
August 19th DENVER, Colorado - Mutiny Café
August 21st SEATTLE, Washington - Hollow Earth Radio w/ Hair & Space Museum
August 28th EUGENE, Oregon - Tsunami Books
August 30th PORTLAND, Oregon - Star Theater w/ Lost Lockets
September 2nd SAN FRANCISCO, California - The Hemlock Tavern w/ Dark Materials, Yellow Pages
September 5th LOS ANGELES, California - El Cid w/ Qui, Adam Harding, David Yow
September 9th NEW YORK CITY, NY - Trans Pecos w/ Lary 7, Victoria Keddie
October 3rd LONDON, England - Hackney Attic
For more information, visit:
Facebook.com/WeAreGypsiesNow
www.danielledepicciotto.com
Forced Exposure / Moabit Music
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