Plattenbau
Empty Bottle
1035 N Western Ave
Chicago, IL 60622
Dec 21, 2018
9:00 PM CST
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$8 (advance), $10 // 21+CONTAINERPLATTENBAUMUKQS---------------CONTAINER is abrasive, driving dance music that is as infectiously groovy as it is intense, riding the line of being perfect for dance and nearly difficult to listen to. Layers of crushed rhythms and unpredictable synth lines jigsawed together are CONTAINER's common sonic palette, but even within these colors, he's able to create a variety of chaos. PLATTENBAU. Wave as new as it gets. This international trio, currently based in the ex-Stasi headquarters in Berlin, press guitar-trashing noise-pop and post-punk into an irresistible heavy pill. A clash of the primitive with high-minded internal feelings. Hardware techno / electro, MUKQS is inspired by the likes of Drexciya, Container, and Pan Sonic. Drum machines and layered synths sculpt live beat arrangements. Randomized looping strategies chop synth feeds and percussion patches into rhythmic grids. A beat-focused strain of MUKQS music as heard on 2018's 起き上がり tape on Doom Trip Records and 2016's 11,666,666,666,666,666 LP on Midwich Productions.
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Plattenbau Biography
Plattenbau formed in 2011 in the dark basement of the former Stasi HQ in East Berlin. Originally strictly a recording project, they jammed over slow grinding death rock for hours and listened back to the tapes into cold dark nights, talking alternate realities, corporate ghost stories, and the death of ideology.
In the years since they have joined the likes of Idles, Preoccupations, Flasher, The Garden, La Luz, and Naomi Punk on stage. Their first US tour in Spring 2016 included dates at Silent Barn (NY), Empty Bottle (Chi), and a run of shows at SXSW. They subsequently toured Europe extensively, and returned to the US for two tours in 2018.
Over the years, frontman Lewis Lloyd’s songs have evolved from wiry and jagged post-punk to taut, ironclad synth fortresses, mechanical and repetitive, brutal and hypnotic. Early themes of fleeting youth and wasted nights have given way to lyrics embodying the excesses and brutalities of our world. Yet somehow these songs remain fun, straddling the ever-fruitful territory between noise and pop.
Read MoreIn the years since they have joined the likes of Idles, Preoccupations, Flasher, The Garden, La Luz, and Naomi Punk on stage. Their first US tour in Spring 2016 included dates at Silent Barn (NY), Empty Bottle (Chi), and a run of shows at SXSW. They subsequently toured Europe extensively, and returned to the US for two tours in 2018.
Over the years, frontman Lewis Lloyd’s songs have evolved from wiry and jagged post-punk to taut, ironclad synth fortresses, mechanical and repetitive, brutal and hypnotic. Early themes of fleeting youth and wasted nights have given way to lyrics embodying the excesses and brutalities of our world. Yet somehow these songs remain fun, straddling the ever-fruitful territory between noise and pop.
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