Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado

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New Cross Live presents

Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado playing SUICIDE

Lydia Lunch is a nomadic gypsy in eternal metamorphosis that almost lost her life for her art dozens of times in 35 years. Musician, writer, photographer and performance artist, she appeared in the New York music scene in 1977 with the project founder No Wave, Teenage Jesus and the Jerks. In search of inspiration and cooperation she worked with Karen Finley, Hubert Selby Jr, Nick Cave, William Burroughs or Virginie Despentes, she lived in New York, Brooklyn, New Orleans, San Francisco, Pittsburgh, Los Angeles, London. She has visited 656 cities to perform on stage for concerts, spoken word, installations in clubs, theaters and museums.

Marc Hurtado is a musician, performer, poet, painter, producer and filmmaker who co-founded the French duo Etant Donnés with his brother Eric in 1977. He has made more than 20 albums and concerts around the world in places like Kitchen (New York), the Fondation Cartier (Paris), the Centre Pompidou (Paris), the Sonar Festival (Barcelona), the Atonal Festival (Berlin), or Transmusicales (Rennes). Apart from this duo and solo project Sol Ixent, he has collaborated with many cult figures including Alan Vega, Genesis P.Orridge, Michael Gira (Swans), Gabi Delgado (DAF), Craig Walker ( Archive) , Pascal Comelade, Z'ev, Philippe Grandrieux, Christophe, Saba Komossa (Delkom), Mark Cunningham (MARS), Bachir Attar and the Master Musicians of Jajouka.

His films were screened in Beaubourg Paris , FID Marseille, the French Cinematheque in Paris, the Locarno Film Festival, BAFICI Festival Buenos Aires, Mostra de Valencia and recently at the MoMA in New York, which also acquired his latest feature film "Jajouka, something good comes to you" in his collection.

Lydia Lunch & Marc Hurtado perform the music of SUICIDE and Alan Vega

Lydia Lunch has crossed paths with Alan Vega and Martin Rev when she arrived in New York aged 16 in the late 70’s. She saw them perform as Suicide a collision of avant-garde performance art and minimalistic rock, that pre-dated punk by a number of years.

Lunch has since described the performance as ‘a total show, theatrical, free, violent’. Since that initial meeting Lunch formed an enduring friendship and a creative partnership with Vega and Rev, performing on stage with Suicide and providing additional vocals on the legendary track ‘Frankie Teardrop’ which was part of the Suicide debut album, as well as duetting with Vega on ‘Prison Sacrifice’ which featured on the 2010 ‘Sniper’ album from Alan Vega & Marc Hurtado.

Marc Hurtado, had already met Alan Vega and Lydia Lunch on his Etant Donnés ‘RE-UP’ album in 1999 and formed the project My Lover The Killer in 2013 with Lydia Lunch, with whom they recorded an album and performed on stage.

Since 2014 Lydia Lunch and Marc Hurtado join forces for this event around Suicide and Alan Vega songs... it will be a kind of sonic "Blitzkrieg" and a visual shamanic ceremony, where both artists will burn their souls in the volcanic heart of the music of Suicide and Alan Vega.

Tuesday 4th February 2025
New Cross Inn
Doors 6pm
Tickets £20 ADV STBF