About Alexandra von Bolz'n - NEW - www.alphacat.de
Alexandra von Bolz'n has worked with different media for more than 10 years. As a voice artist and extreme vocalist, she has shouted in bands, created sound art, and set exhibitions and films to sound. Her musical bandwidth ranges from more even and silent forms (drones, experimental works) to harsher sounds (noise, tech/math grind, breakcore, electro, sludge/doom).
With the sounds she creates, Alexandra von Bolz'n challenges and enlarges gender boundaries usually taken for granted. Once her vocal chords are unleashed, she runs the gamut from the deepest frequencies up to the highest pitches, emitting sounds that are hardly recognizable as products of a human voice. But it's not merely about shouting "it" out - in fact she turns her poems into sound.
As the negotiation of traditional gender roles is a particular concern of her artistic work, Alexandra von Bolz'n also collaborates with photographers and graphic designers. As a model, she conceptualizes ideas and visions in order to blur the classic imagery of the sexes.
Projects
Voice of Kimusawea (1994 - 1998) - Experimental Emocore
Voice of several projects (e.g. The Ocean or Voltron)
Voice of Bolz'n (2003 - 2007) - Technical Grindcore.
Voice of Crowskin (2009 - inf.) - Sludge/Doom
Voice of ckaput (2009 - inf.) - Death Metal/Breakcore
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Bolz'n live: Wasted 4 @ Transmediale / Club Maria / Berlin
Besides projects with: Idiot Switch - They call this Music... Pure - Vocal Drones
>>>Out Now: Pure's new Album "Ification" incl. two Tracks ft. Alexandra von Bolz'n!<<< Bazooka - Breakcore Christoph de Babalon - Experimental Breakbeat/Ambient
>>>Out Now on [CFET]: The 'Scylla & Charybdis' 12" LP ft. Hanayo and Alexandra von Bolz'n!<<<
Guest Vocals for Antihairball - Loopcore
In line with Ron Athey and Didi Bruckmayr, Alexandra von Bolz'n was part of the performance "Auto Da Fe" within the scope of "Politics of Ecstasy" Festival at HAU2/Berlin in january 2009. She also attended dance artists Jeremy Wade and Meg Stuart. (>>>A festival curated by artists and dramaturges, "Politics of Ecstasy" assembles positions from dance, performance art, music and theory, including an improvisation project with dancers and musicians. We seek to cultivate a temporary community and avoid the typical "show and go" mentality of most festivals.<<<)
Improv-Series 2009. Dancers: Nicola Mascia, Jeremy Wade, Matan Zamir. Music: Ambazoid, Alexandra von Bolz'n. copyright: mimecentrum Berlin für Politics of Ecstasy / www . politicsofecstasy . org
Participation in the Moving Forest performance / Transmediale 08. with Joachim Montessuis and Vagina Jones at Haus der Kulturen der Welt (among other artists such as Leif Elggren, Mattin or Phill Niblock).
Vocal contribution towards the film: ... as they pass ... /mnemosyne 01 by Brigitta Bödenauer and the exhibition www.makroskop.org at the Helmut Newton Museum/Berlin with Pure and Zeitblom.
“Form und Zeit“ is a collaborative project between the artists Lars Ullrich and Arístides García, which explores the geometry of the time and its graphical perception.
Sound reactive visual motifs creating a dynamic and precise speech in conjunction with microrythms and abstract textures, developed under the premise of the physical examination.
liebe von bolz'n thank you for your effort - there will be a story soon where the first part with ender oktober from your player will be mentioned - but i had to put bullet ridden first haselore kohl
dear alexandra, i got your lp but i cannot do a review from that format for www.lookingforkohl.com - would you be this kind putting up the album on download someplace onna internet so that i can play it? yours haselore
pmk013 V/A "HAPPY DEAF PEOPLE" TRIBUTE TO PATARENI pro-done cdr / 7'' cover 208 ltd. copies Over a 70 cover songs of this legendary low-fi grinders from eighties by 33 bands & projects! 10 songs over a minute! 2 minuta dreka, repulsione, dislike, downtrodden, gruuthaagy, atentat na sluh... http://www.myspace.com/fuckyouallcuntbags
pmk012 NG / GELAGAT "Fantomas for breakfast" split CDR ltd handnumbered copies
Got a headache? Want to sleep? Nervously violated music for freaks, atonal sound professors, avant-garde metal+some weird punk – nothing from that! piano music? Fantomas eaten for breakfast! www.myspace.com/soniclunatic www.myspace.com/gelag4t
All cd's 5 us$ / 5 euros (postage included) Trades and wholesales are welcomed
Za Bolz'n sam saznao preko foruma - mislim da je Braindead forum, pre nekih 4-5 godina kada sam u velikoj meri slusao math core i math grind. Doduse, taj forum je ponajmanje imao takvih bendova, ali se secam da sam skinuosa interneta s/t 7" - sa tri pesme, 666 Hectopascal i jos 2 na nemackom jeziku. U to vreme, Bolz'n mi je bio najomiljeniji bend tog pravca iz Evrope s obzirom da su Ameri preovladavali u tom pravcu.
Vidim da si aktivna u mnostvu drugih projekata, to pozdravljam. Osim ovog benda imam Pola Trule Glave, Emetica i Condolence sve osnovne grajnd orjentacije...