Xerox Exotique #046: O Yuki Conjugate – DJ Zipo [aufabwegen] – 03.05.2019

O Yuki Conjugate (OYC) formed in Nottingham, England, in 1982 as part of the post punk DIY scene. At the time of writing they have been in existence for 36 years, periodically going into hibernation to lead ‘normal’ lives away from music making. Currently in their fourth incarnation (centred around original members Roger Horberry and Andrew Hulme) OYC have released ten albums and retrospectives that together have earned them literally hundreds of pounds.
Originally inspired by Cabaret Voltaire, Durutti Column and Jon Hassell, OYC established their sound during the 80s with classic albums like Scene in Mirage and Into Dark Water. During the 90s, releases such as Peyote and Equator helped OYC gain recognition in Europe and the US before they disappeared back into hibernation for a decade.
Their music has been described as post-industrial, cold wave, dark ambient, tribal ambient, fourth world and so on; the band themselves currently prefer the term ‘dirty ambient’. They also describe themselves as the ‘missing link between punk and ambient’, reflecting their outsider attitude and DIY ethic.
Today OYC are enjoying a resurgence of interest in their work. UK label Emotional Rescue is reissuing a series of early albums, and the band have played more shows in the last two years than in the previous 20, largely in mainland Europe. A new tour of Germany and Scandinavia is planned for April, as well as dates in Portugal and Greece. Their live set includes backing visuals created by filmmaker Hulme that presents a dream-like narrative closely tied to their music.
discogs.com/artist/63379-O-Yuki-Conjugate

DJ Zipo [aufabwegen] plays a set of ambient/field recording/noise collages.
Activities have included DJ sets at European concert tours with Aube, Troum, Marc Behrens and Asmus Tietchens as well as regular nights in Cologne and Muenster and sets at special events & international festivals.
DJ Zipo is Till Kniola, who runs the aufabwegen label and mailorder, curates sound events in Cologne and at festivals and who regularily writes about music and sound. He is the artistic director of Geraeuschwelten Festival in Münster, Germany that is co-produced with the National Radio WDR 3.
He collaborates closely with German electronic music pioneer Asmus Tietchens, publishing the first comprehensive monography about the composer’s work as well as maintaining the www.tietchens.de website.
Releases on the aufabwegen label have included works by Asmus Tietchens, Marc Behrens, The New Blockaders, Fear Falls Burning, Rhodri Davies & Gregory Büttner, Francisco Lopez, Beequeen, KK Null & John Wiese, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Column One and more.
Till Kniola runs the Ministry of Detours in Leif Elggren’s and Carl Michael von Hausswolff’s Kingdom of Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV). In his real life he works at the Cultural Office of the City of Cologne as an adviser for pop and film culture.
aufabwegen.de

03.05.2019, doors open at 20:00, starts at 20:30
Admission 7 Euros
INM – Institut für Neue Medien, Schmickstraße 18, 60314 Frankfurt am Main
Entrance is on the right side of the building, then go all the way to the top.
inm.de