Rumpsti Pumsti Presents: JUNKO & MICHEL HENRITZI/ KUSUM NORMOYLE/ GERRITT WITTMER
Junko Hiroshige (b.1961) is the grand dame of japanese shriek and the most unique voice of Noise. She joined HIJOKAIDAN in 1982 and performs solo voice actions since 2002. Michel Henritzi (b.1959) is a french improviser. He was involved with different industrial & rock bands since the late 70’s, before joining the collective NOX. Since 1988 he is working with the improvisation/noise project Dustbreeders.
http://michelhenritzi.canalblog.com/
Kusum Normoyle (b. 1984) is an artist and musician working in the area of extended vocal techniques and noise for both performance and installation. Core to Kusum’s practice is the idea of intervention, displacing normal expectations of female body and voice. In performance these incursions are brief, extreme and physical. The female scream takes a much heavier tone; more like metal than hysteria, dragging the audience into a harder, faster display of screaming, amplification and feedback.
http://www.kusumnormoyle.com/
http://hildamagazine.com/kusum-normoyle.html
Gerritt Wittmer is a sound and performance artist based in Oakland, California. His work often articulates abstract narratives through vocal expression, body performance, and intense theatrical lighting. He has performed and recorded as Gerritt, Ginnungagap (with Stephen O’Malley and Tim Wyskida), and Deathroes (with Sixes), and directs the publishing house Misanthropic Agenda.
http://www.gerrittwittmer.com/
http://www.misanthropicagenda.com/
