{"id":835,"date":"2018-09-11T09:33:19","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T07:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/?p=835"},"modified":"2020-05-29T17:49:14","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T15:49:14","slug":"siren-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/?p=835","title":{"rendered":"FUTURE SPECTERS 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Islaja: Tactile Material (Official Music Video)\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/G4vgg53f0hA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Summoning summer\u2019s in-<em>spiration<\/em>s, czirp czirp is very excited to have Finnish artist Merja Kokkonen aka ISLAJA back in Vienna. After a short baby-pause, she continues the exploration of new adventures in sound and musics by challenging expectations in female role models in the arts. As formative protagonist of the Millennial&#8217;s <em>freak folk<\/em> movement, ISLAJA tackles biases engrained in such genre terminologies as \u2018world music\u2019 or \u2018ethno pop\u2019. Her style manages to evade inferences, inviting us into a surreal synthesis of mythical tales, nature themes and musical styles that often touch the fundamentally human.<\/p>\n<p>czirp czirp @ <a href=\"http:\/\/zentrale.jetzt\/\">zentrale<\/a><br \/>\nSaturday, Oct. 6th 2018, 19.00 &#8211; 22:00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G4vgg53f0hA&amp;feature=youtu.be\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISLAJA<\/a> (FIN\/D)<br \/>\nLabels: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monika-enterprise.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Monika Enterprise<\/a>&nbsp;\/ <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fonal.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fonal Records<\/a>&nbsp;\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.svartrecords.com\/artist\/islaja\/\">SVART<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&amp; visual installation by czirp czirp<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/Neulerchenfelder+Str.+52,+1160+Wien\/@48.2116394,16.3306321,17z\/data=!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x476d07e68f74e83b:0x178195b1b267483c!2sNeulerchenfelder+Str.+52,+1160+Wien!3b1!8m2!3d48.2116394!4d16.3328208!3m4!1s0x476d07e68f74e83b:0x178195b1b267483c!8m2!3d48.2116394!4d16.3328208\">48\u00b012&#8217;42.1&#8243;N+16\u00b019&#8217;58.9&#8243;E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Zentrale &#8211; Raum f\u00fcr Klang und Prozesskunst<br \/>\nNeulerchenfelderstra\u00dfe 52<br \/>\n1160 Vienna<\/p>\n<p>Great THX to Zentrale for hosting the performance!<\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"http:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3922.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[835]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-889\" src=\"http:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3922-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3922-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3922-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3922-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/IMG_3922-1320x990.jpg 1320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 660px) 100vw, 660px\" \/><\/a>ISLAJA<\/h2>\n<p>Merja Kokkonen\u2019s strikingly unique and oneiric sound has been around for more than a decade, opening a mystical universe of northern (freak) folklore and surreal imagery to art, pop and DIY culture. For many years, she had been affiliated to Fonal Records in Tampere (FIN) and an essential member in the trio Hertta Lussu \u00c4ss\u00e4 with releases on De Stijl (NL). ISLAJA belongs to the most renown, yet un-hyped female protagonists of experimental arts and musics.<\/p>\n<p>As proof of her exceptional shapeshifting, she has undergone several surprising metamorphoses, most recently developing from evocative <em>freak<\/em> tales to a rather technoid sound, since collaborating with Gudrun Gut\u2019s label Monica Enterprise (<em>SUU<\/em> 2015). Her latest record <em>Tarrantulla<\/em>, which was released 2017 on SVART\u2019s heavy doom-label, collects several familiar aspects from her musical past: A dreamy modern art-pop playfully mixed with minimal wave elements and dramatic vocals, but it also sparks of post-digital irony. ISLAJA\u2019s voice recalls female pop idols like Nico or Bj\u00f6rk, but makes no concessions to a personal style. And considering her genuine openness towards experimentation and cross-genre networking, she might even be preparing a new shapeshift in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Supported by zentrale.jetzt and the city council Wien Ottakring under Bezirksvorsteher <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wien.spoe.at\/franz-prokop\">Franz Prokop<\/a> &#8211; THANK YOU!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zentrale_logo.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[835]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-859\" src=\"http:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zentrale_logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"80\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zentrale_logo.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/zentrale_logo-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 80px) 100vw, 80px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bezirk16.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[835]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-878 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bezirk16.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"62\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bezirk16.jpg 1199w, https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bezirk16-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bezirk16-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.czirpczirp.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/bezirk16-793x1024.jpg 793w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 62px) 100vw, 62px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summoning summer\u2019s in-spirations, czirp czirp is very excited to have Finnish artist Merja Kokkonen aka ISLAJA back in Vienna. 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