Wellington! 惠灵顿！ Erica Sklenars a.k.a. Lady Lazer Light is in the capital this week for two talks about her art residency in Beijing and touring with Orchestra of Spheres around China. Kiwese caught up with her ahead of tonight’s first talk! The last Lady Lazer Light show I saw before moving back to China was in collaboration with long time pals OrchestraContinueContinue reading “Lady Lazer Light Casts A Spell Over China: Interview with Erica Sklenars”
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VIDEO: Orchestra of Spheres + Lady Lazer Light | ‘Rotate’ Live in Beijing
Behold! Beijing’s bogan paradise – where no one’s body is a temple and nobody ever leaves sober. Coated with a delightful lustre of Jager, coffee shots and projectile vomit, Temple Bar is discreetly tucked away in an upstairs building off Beijing’s Gulou Dong Dajie. Following a packed out show at School Bar the night before, Beijing’s WeChat feeds were wagging about theContinueContinue reading “VIDEO: Orchestra of Spheres + Lady Lazer Light | ‘Rotate’ Live in Beijing”
Favourite Shows 2015
What makes a ‘good show’? The artist? The venue? The crowd? Here is a list of ten shows in chronological order that left an impression on Kiwese this year. “Music, in performance, is a type of sculpture. The air in the performance is sculpted into something.” – Frank Zappa To me, live music is a symbiotic relationshipContinueContinue reading “Favourite Shows 2015”
Radio New Zealand: Orchestra of Spheres China Tour Diary
Following the Orchestra of Spheres x Lady Lazer Light China Tour earlier this year, Baba Rossa has put together this awesome little audio tour diary over on Radio New Zealand! Have a listen over here! Header image by 叶熙杰.
Orchestra of Spheres & Lady Lazer Light: Te China Tour Rockumentary (Official Trailer)
The cosmos aligned in 2015. Late in September, Wellington ancient-future funkists Orchestra of Spheres and their long time collaborator in audio-visual overstimulation Lady Lazer Light, embarked on a two-week tour of China. Festivals, BBQ joints, furniture moving vans, Jingjiu, high-speed trains, fashion photography, and Sichuanhua… Kiwese was stoked to be part of this mind-expanding trip, here’s a preview of how it went down. Te China Tour Rockumentary, hittingContinueContinue reading “Orchestra of Spheres & Lady Lazer Light: Te China Tour Rockumentary (Official Trailer)”
Kiwese Presents… Orchestra of Spheres China Tour 2015
Wellington’s favourite intergalactic dance freaks Orchestra of Spheres are coming for a nine-date tour of China. Aotearoa’s Queen of buzzy visuals Lady Lazer Light is coming, too. This is not a drill! I repeat, THIS IS NOT A DRILL!! https://youtu.be/bR4uJtCQrKQ trippy /ˈtrɪpɪ/ adjective -pier, -piest (informal) suggestive of or resembling the effect produced by a hallucinogenic drug Orchestra of Spheres are one of the mostContinueContinue reading “Kiwese Presents… Orchestra of Spheres China Tour 2015”
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