representatives of different generations of the industrial scene: flint glass alias gwenn trémorin and cent ans de solitude aka jean-yves millet – together in one special audiovisual plan. cent ans de solitude, active since the middle 80s, a representative of old school industrial – a musician, constructor of his own instruments.plus fluent in today's advanced technology and sounds, from idm to rhythmic noise, digital drum’n’bass up to electronic ambient - flint glass. the french sound artists decided to work on a relatively unknown silent film sprengbagger 1010 bycarl-ludwig achaz duisberg from 1929. the basis of it is exposing a dychotomy between nature and culture/ civilisation which is universal in history of culture. a fronde, between the arcadia of life in harmony with nature, and a boundless strive for progress, up to extreme exploitation od human capacity. the industrial artists serve a musical interpretation of the conflict which is a central part of the film. sprengbagger 1010 was recognized as a work of art ahead of its time. live performance of cent ans de solitude vs. flint glass will be a blend of their original music concepts and a different approach to material. brutal striking of metal against metal will reflect a civilizational nightmare. we can predict the use of found objects, stone, metal, wires, springs – combined and counterpointed by catchy electronic lines. nature vs. man. we should be prepared for audiovisual streaming of xx - century opposition. comes in a cardboard digifile packaging, with artwork by pole k.a
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