Black Sun Productions

Black Sun Productions is the project of sound, visual and performance artists & activists Massimo & Pierce.

Biography

Black Sun Productions is the project of sound, visual and performance "artivists" Massimo & Pierce, also known as the Anarcocks.

Massimo and Pierce had previously been well known as artists in Switzerland and Italy, but they gained international attention when their performance piece, "Plastic Spider Thing", became part of the industrial band Coil's European tour in 2002.

After this tour, Black Sun Productions continued performing throughout Europe. These performance pieces were often controversial, involving nudity, sexuality and urinating on stage. In 2003, their offices in Zurich were raided by police who seized computers and files, among other things. [ [http://switzerland.indymedia.org/fr/2003/04/8280.shtml Indymedia Suisse Romande "Sad News", 2003] ] Undeterred, they continued working, turning again to recording. In 2004 they emerged with two CDs, "Astral Walk" and "Toilet Chant".

In 2005 Massimo and Pierce issued a new release. "OperettAmorale" is a tribute to Bertolt Brecht and includes covers of his songs with such guest musicians as Coil, doing a version of "A List Of Wishes", recorded with John Balance before he died; "The Ballad Of Sexual Dependency" with Lydia Lunch providing vocals; and H.R. Giger performing "Seeräuber-Jenny" and providing cover images [ [http://www.brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=955&itemid=64 Brainwashed, "Review of OperettAmorale"] ] . Massimo and Pierce have also collaborated with the Italian industrial music project Mariae Nascenti in performance and on the CDs "Morituri Te Salutant" and "Anarcadian Night".

In 2006 Black Sun Productions released the double album titled "The Impossibility of Silence", featuring Massimo & Pierce and guest artists such as Lydia Lunch, Val Denham, Sudden Infant and Sonne Hagal. Throughout the year the collective played a number of live performances including Darkness Is Enlightening at Paradiso, Amsterdam, on a multiple bill with Psychic TV, Lydia Lunch and Val Denham.

In 2007 Black Sun Productions ceased to be a collective. Down to a duo, Massimo & Pierce released in April the album Chemism [ [http://brainwashed.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=6016&Itemid=1 Brainwashed, "Review of Chemism"] ] and the EP Dies Juvenalis and played a number of live performances, including the Transformer Festival in Biel, Switzerland (with Val Denham) the IV Congresso Post Industriale in Prato, Italy and the Dada Industrial Nights in Pavia, Italy. In November, Massimo & Pierce's short film Uncle Billy was premiered in NYC at the 20th MIX Festival. Two compilations featuring Black Sun Productions' tracks were released in 2007: Radio Intereference from Unknown Orgasm (Somnimage) and Old Europa Cafe (OEC100).

Discography

Albums

*"Astral Walk", Finalmuzik, 2004
*"OperettAmorale", Divine Frequency, 2005
*"The Impossibility of Silence", Old Europa Cafe, 2006
*"Chemism", Old Europa Cafe, 2007
*"The Milky Smell of Phantom Sperm", Old Europa Cafe, forthcoming 2008

Anacdrs

*"Toilet Chant", anarcocks.com, 2004
*"Anarcadian Night", anarcocks.com, 2005
*"Musick for Porn Volume 1", anacdr01, 2005
*"Musick for Porn Volume 2", anacdr02, 2006
*"Once in a Full Moon", anacdr03, 2006
*"Dies Juvenalis", anacdr04, 2007

EPs and Singles

*"Das Gegenteil", Danhuser, 2006
*"Uncle Billy / His Secret Secretions", Danhuser, 2006

Compilations

*"The Loneliest Link in a Very Strange Chain", Else.product, 2005
*"", Steamin' Soundworks, 2006
*"Splicing the Icy Expanse", Else.product, 2006
*"A Tribute to the Wor(l)ds of Jhonn Balance", Creative Fields, 2006
*"Radio interference from unknown orgasm", Somnimage, 2007
*"Old Evropa Cafe", OEC100, 2008

Films

*"Fetish Garden", 1994
*"Empire", 2003
*"Macabre, Meet Murder My Angel", 2004
*"Pirate Tapes #1", 2005
*"Lustre", directed by Scott Treleaven, 2006
*"Uncle Billy", 2007

References

External links

* [http://www.anarcocks.com/ Black Sun Productions] - official website
* [http://www.myspace.com/blacksunproductions Black Sun Productions official Myspace]
* [http://www.myspace.com/anarcocks Massimo & Pierce official Myspace]
* [http://www.oldeuropacafe.com/ Old Evropa Cafe] - official website
* [http://www.divinefrequency.com/ Divine Frequency] - official website