Please note: As a consequence of the situation with Coronavirus, Jarboe has sadly been forced to cancel her Autumn tour. Nonetheless, we are very happy to announce that her concert at ALICE has been moved to a new date – from November 21st to April 24th 2021.
After her groundbreaking work with the US avant-rock ensemble Swans, Jarboe has continued to wander dark paths, always challenging the audience as well as herself with explorations of the human voice.
Her close relationship with Swans’ founder Michael Gira resulted in the project Skin and the 1987 album “Blood, Women, Roses”. Then 1991 saw the release of “13 Masks” the first album to appear under her own name. While “Sacrificial Cake” (A “Swans Related Project” from 1995) developed the use of “tribal”/ritual elements and use of multiple voices, it was the 1998 album “Anhedoniac” that truly served to announce the emergence of a unique, uncompromising artistic force....
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Please note: As a consequence of the situation with Coronavirus, Jarboe has sadly been forced to cancel her Autumn tour. Nonetheless, we are very happy to announce that her concert at ALICE has been moved to a new date – from November 21st to April 24th 2021.
After her groundbreaking work with the US avant-rock ensemble Swans, Jarboe has continued to wander dark paths, always challenging the audience as well as herself with explorations of the human voice.
Her close relationship with Swans’ founder Michael Gira resulted in the project Skin and the 1987 album “Blood, Women, Roses”. Then 1991 saw the release of “13 Masks” the first album to appear under her own name. While “Sacrificial Cake” (A “Swans Related Project” from 1995) developed the use of “tribal”/ritual elements and use of multiple voices, it was the 1998 album “Anhedoniac” that truly served to announce the emergence of a unique, uncompromising artistic force.
A deep interest in spiritual/belief systems such as Buddhism, Hinduism and Occult practice inspired much of her work in the first decade of the 21st century and beyond as exemplified by the “Magick” trilogy (2006/7), “Mahakali” (2008), “Skullgirl”/”Alchemic” (2009) and later “Dreams” (2013). Meanwhile, a facility for collaboration has been demonstrated by: “Beautiful People Ltd” (w. Lary Seven (1992)), “Neurosis & Jarboe” (2003), “J2” (w. Justin Broadrick (2008)) and “Jarboe & Helen Money” (2015) to list just a few examples. “The Men Album” (2005) was a double CD where every track was a collaboration and featured noted artists such as Blixa Bargeld, David Torn, J. G. Thirlwell amongst others.
In April 2020 she will release the brand new album “Illusory” (Consouling Sounds). A week after the release she will give a show at ALICE together with Veil of Thorns guitarist Peter Emerson Williams. The show will not only be a chance to experience Jarboe’s powerful voice performance. She will also play organ and synths for the first time in many years.
Som konsekvens af situationen med coronavirus, har Jarboe desværre endnu en gang været nødt til at aflyse hele sin tour, og derfor også koncerten på ALICE 21. november. Det er derfor med glæde at vi kan annoncere en ny dato for koncerten, nemlig 24. april 2021.
Døre kl 20 / koncert kl 21
Jarboe fortsætter med at udforske mørke atmosfærer. Sangerinden, hvis arbejde med Swans, har sat nye standarder for dyster avant-rock, udsender nyt album 17. april. Få dage efter indtager hun ALICE sammen med guitarist Peter Emerson Williams.
Fra 1985 og frem til gruppens første opløsning i 1997, var Jarboes manende og dystre stemme uløseligt forbundet med avant-rock gruppen Swans. Op gennem 80’erne blev hun både et ikon for goth-scenen og en sangerinde, der kanaliserede nogle af de samme mørke energier som Lydia Lunch og Diamanda Galas.
Efter bruddet med Swans (som hun dog har gæstet som vokalist siden) har Jarboe ikke spildt tiden. Hun har holdt faklen højt som en kompromisløs og uafhængig kunstner, og hun fortsætter ufortrødent med at udforske dystre stemninger og rå vokale udfoldelser, ofte med inspiration i rituelle besværgelser, okkultisme, spiritualitet og buddhisme. Som vokalist er hun rundet af både gamle blues-vokalister, skæve jazzsangere som Patty Waters og punkens æstetik. Og selv har hun inspireret et væld af yngre kunstnere som Chelsea Wolfe og Anna von Hausswolff.
Jarboe er en stærk kunstner på egen hånd, men har også løbende udfordret sin vokal i samarbejde med andre kunstnere som Blixa Bargeld, post-metal bandet Neurosis og Pantera-vokalist Philip Anselmo. Hun har også samarbejdet med to stærke ALICE-aktuelle kunstnere, nemlig Attila Csihar og The Legendary Pink Dots-frontmand Edward Ka-Spel.
Når hun gæster ALICE 24. april er det sammen med Veil of Thorns-guitarist Peter Emerson Williams. Ugen inden udsender hun det nye album “Illusory” (Consouling Sounds). Til koncerten kan man ikke blot glæde sig til Jarboes dragende vokal og stærke scene-nærvær. For første gang siden Swans-tiden vil hun nemlig også spille orgel og synth på scenen.
Sagt om Jarboe:
“Jarboe is one of the most remarkable women in extreme music” – Terrorizer
“..A diabolical crossroads meeting between Bessie Smith and Diamanda Galas… Jarboe can be a gospel blues belter or screeching sorceress with equal devious ease. Her flexible and hugely expressive voice leaps from the whimpers of a terrified child to avenging Shiva screams without pause or warning.” – Willamette Week
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