Laura Krieg + Latex (Post-Punk, EBM)

In the organizer's words:

With "Crépuscule", I wanted to make people dance, even if they are sad. I worked on a more ethereal and warm sound, on songs that you can listen to with an open heart. I wanted to explore the imagination of the end; to create a series of images captured in the moment when everything is about to disappear. A red sky in the desert, a diffuse shape taking form but refusing to become real. I approached the writing of the album as a series of attempts to capture this essence, resulting in a collection of fragments. I drew inspiration from classical Greek tragedy: Medea, the outsider standing on the precipice, in the middle of the void. And from post-dramatic theater: Hamlet's machine, the impossibility of having a voice in the shadow of the mind. The omnipresence of death where we expect life. Another idea that drove the creation of the album was the "in-between": the encounter between a feeling that drives me into the depths and another that pulls me up, in search of transcendence. Explore the space between melancholy and longing in this state of limbo. Dancing to the end of everything. I put the body at the center of the process, as a form of resistance: "Au milieu de la nuit, les corps sont brillants."

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LATEX
LATEX is a post-punk duo from Darmstadt. Inspired by iconic 80s bands such as Cocteau Twins and The Cure, their sound combines atmospheric melancholy and driving rhythms with more modern alternative influences such as PJ Harvey or Placebo. Since the band was founded in 2022, the duo has already shared the stage with renowned acts such as Lydia Lunch, Ghostwoman, Witch Club Satan and Poison Ruin, delighting audiences with their danceable and haunting sound that combines guitar, bass, drum machine and synthesizer. Singer Johanna Amberg's vocals add emotional depth to the songs, weaving lyrics about isolation and inner pain into the band's dark soundscape. In 2024, the band released two songs on cassette for the first time via the Frankfurt-based indie label ICHIICHI. The first EP "Defective" followed in April 2025 and was also released on cassette. These four tracks throw you back to the mid-80s with lush chorus guitars, DX-7 synth spheres and catchy basslines. The title track "Defective" was accompanied by a music video. LATEX recorded their debut album "Silk" in July and August 2025. This is to be released as the first vinyl release at the beginning of 2026 via the Wiesbaden label Besser Samstag. "Silk" meanders from feminist punk rock to influences from NDW and death rock to spherical post-punk coldness and offers LATEX's widest musical spectrum to date.

In cooperation with Schön Kultur e.V. and with the kind support of the Cultural Office of the City of Mainz

Price information:

Admission on a donation basis (10€ recommended)