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Pharmakon is the noise project of New York native
Margaret Chardiet. I first became aware of her a couple
of years ago throughher incredible live show--
surrounded by electronics and possessed with an
intense multi-octave scream, she alternates between
staringaudience members down and disappearing into
her own head.
For four years, Chardiet lived in, and helped run, the Far
Rockaway, New York, punk house Red Light District. (I
organized a show there in May2011.) In January, due to
Hurricane Sandy as well as personal reasons, Chardiet
relocated from Red Light to another D ...read more
Pharmakon is the noise project of New York native
Margaret Chardiet. I first became aware of her a couple
of years ago throughher incredible live show--
surrounded by electronics and possessed with an
intense multi-octave scream, she alternates between
staringaudience members down and disappearing into
her own head.
For four years, Chardiet lived in, and helped run, the Far
Rockaway, New York, punk house Red Light District. (I
organized a show there in May2011.) In January, due to
Hurricane Sandy as well as personal reasons, Chardiet
relocated from Red Light to another DIY space, 538
Johnson inBushwick. Following this shift, and a handful
of CD-R’s and cassettes, she’s about to release her first
widely distributed collection,Abandon, on May 14 via
Sacred Bones. The five-song record is a journey into
Chardiet’s all-consuming approach: across 27 minutes,
shemoves between industrialized clatter, amped-up
death-rants, chilly power electronics, and harrowing
apocalyptic soundscapes. At times shebrings to mind
Diamanda Galás, at others Throbbing Gristle, early
Swans, or Prurient. « hide |
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