Puce Mary / Razen (live organ)

Belgian ensem­ble Razen explo­res the no man’s land bet­ween dro­ne, folk music, psy­che­de­li­ca and old music. With half for­got­ten instru­ments such as the shawm or the gur­dy, they cre­a­te long impro­vi­sa­ti­ons ran­ging from bare­ly audi­ble to demo­nic ecs­ta­sy. They pre­fer older tunings, allo­wing for a bet­ter hea­ring of over­to­nes and acous­tic inter­fe­ren­ces. Razen came in resi­d­en­cy in the beau­ti­ful Beguinage Church last year and expe­ri­men­ted with the monu­men­tal church organ, as well as the acous­tics of the buil­ding. These recor­dings resul­ted in the upco­ming album Postcards From Hereafter to be relea­sed in September by Important Records.

Puce Mary is the solo moniker of experimental musician and sound artist Frederikke Hoffmeier. Oft-identified with the now-generation of industrial noise - Puce Mary has a reputation for intense live performances that span from gripping renditions of cinematic compositions to the full-on fury of off-the-cuff harsh noise. With countless releases (most recently on the multi-disciplinary label PAN), performances and collaborations with artists such as Kali Malone, Drew McDowall, Varg2TM and Loke Rahbek, Puce Mary has reached wide acclaim for her powerful and unique blend of modern experimental electronic and noise music.