Mutant Modality presents dancing with shadows

A journey from curious observation to movement, culminating in cold wave chaos.
w/ Torn Relics + Skemer + Lovataraxx + Incendie + Monstera Occulta + Ottoman Grüw

nightlife, live sets, dj sets
FR 31.10 22:00

Brussels' own Monstera Occulta and Ottoman Grüw summon the shadows for a dark night of cold wave, under the flag of their Mutant Modality platform and music label. This one is for all the goth kids who never stopped defending that it is indeed not a phase, mom. It’s ice cold dancing with (y)our dark side, and wow does that side have some moves <3
https://www.instagram.com/mutant_modality/

Skemer
The hottest ice cold duo from the Belgian underworld. Kim Peers, high fashion model by day and Drag Me To Hell resident dj by night, and Mathieu Vandekerckhove, who already soundtracks your favourite nightmares as the guitarist of Amenra, started making minimalist dark wave in 2019. Six years in the result is more brutal and erotic than ever. This duality is reflected in the name Skemer, which next to its obvious English meaning of 'intriguer' also stands for ‘dusk’ in Mathieu’s native tongue West-Flemish. The band recorded their debut album just months after meeting and this sense of urgency shines through in their
effervescent live performances, where Peers seductive vocals coalesce with Vandekerckhove's austere beats to meld into a transcendent fury.
https://www.instagram.com/skemer_official/

Lovataraxx
A rollercoaster of emotions exploring the depths of minimal synth and dark electronic music. Hailing from Lyon, France, the duo has played over 500 shows in a decade, always surrounded by their corrosive synthesizers and sharp drum machines. They deliver dynamic performances with post-punk energy, enchanting voices switching from english to german, to high speed beats and Carpenters-like synth melodies — strange and familiar at the same time. Lovataraxx's first LP Hébéphrénie (2019) and second LP Sophomore (Cold Transmission label, 2024) have been critically acclaimed, most of all by demonically dancing audiences across the (under)world.
https://www.instagram.com/lovataraxx/

Torn Relics
Aimée Mullen and Romek Boyer are Torn Relics, a duo from London fusing cyber-punk electronics, cinematic soundscapes, ethereal vocals, and dystopian rhythms into enigmatic and high energy live performances that ride the tension between ancient folklore themes and a futuristic sound palette. With a traditional Irish bodhrán drum, an electric violin, vocals, modular synths, guitar & drum machines, Torn Relics experiment with the space between reality and hallucination, taking you on a journey from curious observation to movement, culminating in chaos. They have released two EPs and a full album (Abolish The Dogma, on Leyla records, in 2020) and organise the ARCANE event series at The Glove That Fits in Hackney.
https://www.instagram.com/torn_relics/

Incendie
Incendie is the moniker of Berlin-based producer, DJ and Area Z manager Arthur Bdt. Through his productions, DJ sets and collaborative projects (A.T.T.Corp, Human Spine), he aims to convey harsh, cinematic and introspective atmospheres drawing influences from techno, post-industrial, post-metal and other flavours of experimental darkness. After releasing his debut album via Under My Feet in 2021, focusing on post-industrial, IDM and experimental sonic elements, he released two Techno-EBM EPs via Aufnahme+Wiedergabe and X-IMG. More recently he made his debut on historic rhythmic noise label HANDS.
https://www.instagram.com/incendie_0/

Monstera Occulta
Monstera Occulta is a Brussels-based DJ and radio host who loves to weave together experimental electronics, organic percussion, ambient textures and EBM-inspired pulses in her sets. She inhabits the edges of club culture and alternative sound narration, focusing on materiality, intensity and immersive listening. While much of her selection (and record collection) draw on SWANA and diasporic influences, she also delves into more introspective territories, navigating darker sonic layers, fragmented structures and non-linear atmospheres. Monstera Occulta is no stranger to the beursschouw-rooftop but it is the first time she introduces us to the dark splendor of her Mutant Modality label. Welcome (back) <3
https://www.instagram.com/monstera_occulta/

Ottoman Grüw
Ottoman Grüw is a music wizard with a predilection for all things dark. As a live act, producer & dj he has toured the world, showcasing his adeptness at traversing the expansive possibilities of Industrial inspired electronic music. Ominous atmospheres and rhythms cross between EBM, Techno, Electropunk and Ambient, with infectious vocal elements found throughout. Here in his home-turf of Brussels he co-founded Mutant Modality, together with Monstera Occulta.
https://www.instagram.com/ottomangruw/

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