punk | performance | discomfort rollerocaster | herstorians noise | alternative | experimental
SIKSA, from Poland, is a feminist duo arranged for voice, bass, lyrics and bodies. Their concerts combine the energy of a punk, performative poetry or contemporary dance. In the limitations of the instruments and stage presence, the duo finds the strength to carve their own path. In this work, the personal meets the political, and the unspoken meets the deafening.
Sturle Dagsland is a highly acclaimed genre-bending artist from Norway. With a wild and unique performance he captivates the audience and takes the listeners on an adventurous, surreal and beautiful journey. Together with his brother Sjur they tour frequently at festivals all across the world, from Shanghai to New York. "Unlike anything I have ever seen!" - The Quietus
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SIKSA (Yiddish: שיקסע, romanized: shikse, disparaging word for a young woman percieved as vulgar, inexperienced and immature) is a feminist duo arranged for voice, bass, lyrics and bodies. SIKSA's concerts combine the energy of a punk concert, performative poetry or contemporary dance. Thanks to the interaction with the audience, every show acquires unique dramatic qualities. In the limitations of the instruments and stage presence, the duo finds the strength to carve their own path. Sometimes it's based on childhood memories, other times on fairy tales and legends, or reality transformed by the uninhibited and unrestrained vision of SIKSA. In her work, the personal meets the political, and the unspoken meets the deafening. SIKSA played over 300 concerts all over Europe, from small clubs and squats, through contemporary art galleries to the largest European festivals.
Since the beginning of 2023, SIKSA has been touring with the latest concert season entitled “... and the She-devil bangs with a bass”. “..and the She-devil bangs with the bass” – this is the title of a legend, a carol and a myth - all in one. I wrote it myself and about myself. Here, you will not find a king conquering the land, nor an eagle in the nest. The king is now the CEO in a corporation, and the eagle was rebranded, so he can keep an eye on the action. In this “whatever place” and “whatever time” - here am I, the She-Devil. I’m useless, I’m nothing but trouble! My language is a mess. But when I go for it all the pros and the cons have hellish worries. And here comes the Narrator, she’s unsure of her powers, and I will dance with her until she feels free. Together we will confuse stars and earths as they were told by other authors. We will transform and screw together and let them think they were way better! Since then, the oldest ladies of the Star-city say that in this valley of tears, lives the one whose tongue was jumping to the rhythm!
"Siksa's uncompromising, visceral and quite literal, attack on misogyny clears some of the venue and one doesn't need to understand Polish to get the point. Men! The pain you feel on watching Siksa is merely the patriarchy leaving your body! SUBMIT!" John Doran The Quietus
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Sturle Dagsland is a highly acclaimed genre-bending artist from Norway. With a wild and unique performance he captivates the audience and takes the listeners on an adventurous, surreal and beautiful journey. Touring frequently at festivals all across the world, from Shanghai to New York, he creates music with a dark, ethereal and irrefutable intensity that enchants the audience and leaves no one feeling indifferent.
"Sturle Dagsland is one of the most interesting artists in the experimental music industry. A dream explorer who balance between avant-garde pop, psychedelia and electronic landscapes"- WARP Magazine''
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