Artjom Astrov (1989) is a musician based in Vienna. His eclectic composition style incorporates both produced and found sound, digital processing and songwriting. Astrov’s use of voice can be characterised by a sense of alienated lyricism. As a sound designer for contemporary performance productions, Astrov has developed a distinctively minimalistic approach that relies on spatial and conceptual properties of sound. Under the name ‘Benzokai’, ‘rin la’ or simply as ‘Artjom’, he has released several EPs for record labels such as Quantum Natives, Baba Vanga, Plot Toy and Serious Serious. Artjom Astrov’s work has been shown at Kunsthalle Wien, Volkstheater Wien, Tanzquartier Wien, Spielart Festival (Munich), Kanuti Gildi SAAL (Tallinn), Grace Exhibition Space (New York), NEXT (Bratislava), ACUD MACHT NEU (Berlin) and others.
scorch is a New York based project that doesn’t release any music and changes its name with each performance. Word of mouth is famous.
Wet Kiss (Brenna O) is making her Volksbühne debut in what will be an unforgettable evening of Rock and Roll broadway, Wet Kiss have performed in Melbourne and Berlin; performing at major venues and festivals including Melbourne’s Rising Festival and Berlin’s Berghain and was the featured television entertainer on the 2022 Horacio Estefania Lafuente film Sounds Expensive. At Volksbühne’s Roter Salon Wet Kiss will consist of Tore Wallert on Drums, Tomas Nervi on Guitar , Feli Müller on Piano and Dino Gollnick on Bass with Miss Brenna O of course providing voice.
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Artjom Astrov
Wet Kiss
