Am Fr, 19.06.26 spielt RISA TAKEDA live auf der hilda5 Bühne
Zeus B. Held präsentiert Risa Takeda (from Tokyo)
Electronic meets Grand Piano
An experimental - adventurous evening of sounds and Rhythms
A one-off celebration of musical freedom
Risa Takeda
Pianist, drummer, and composer. Born in Hokkaido, began studying classical piano at age 3 and started playing drums at age 19. Moved to Tokyo in 2011. Discovered the fascination of producing sounds spontaneously through an opportunity for improvisation, and has since been deeply immersed in improvised performance.
From around 2014, began incorporating synthesizers and electronic instruments into performances, freely constructing music ranging from ambient and noise to progressive rock.
Highly regarded for the ability to instantly summon the exact sounds that feel necessary in the moment, and has performed over 100 improvised concerts per year with various musicians, in Japan and since 2020 also in Europe.
She did various performances with Mani Neumeier (Guru Guru)
Their concert of 2021 at Tokyo’s Jirokichi-Club has been recorded and is available as CD and streaming/download.
Risa’s work explores the boundary between experimental music and pop.
Her solo albums *Pandora* (2018), *Metéôros* (2019), and *Parallel World* (2024), all released on My Best! Records.
Zeus B. Held played keyboards, sax and things with the German group Birth Control for 6 years as well as writing all the music for Gina X Performance.
He produced albums by Dead or Alive, Transvision Vamp, Men Without Hats, Nina Hagen and more.
Seit 2020 ist er auch mit „Guru Guru“ live unterwegs.
Als Synth-Zauberer gibt es live ein kaleidoskopisches Klangspektakel zwischen Retro-Futurismus und cosmic funk.
Schillernde Arpeggios, vibrierende Basslines und analoge Magie treffen auf pop-affine Avantgarde.
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Einlass: 19:00 Uhr
Beginn: 20:00 Uhr
Eintritt: 12 € regulär / 8 € ermäßigt
Ticket-Link in Bio
Tarzan’s plastic jungle comes alive in “Tropical Comic Strip” by eccentric New Wave icon, Gina X, inspired by Warhol’s Pop Art style. Appears on Greatest Fits’ the first-ever double LP compilation of Gina X gems and jams.
Video from German TV documentary Tarzan Lebt, 1982
Il Blitz non è stato solo un club. È stato un manifesto. Un laboratorio culturale che ha acceso gli anni ’80 e cambiato per sempre il volto di Londra.
Oggi quello spirito rivive in “4 Ways To The Blitz”, il nuovo EP di @zeusbheld e @claudiabrucken — un omaggio sonoro al leggendario club di Covent Garden.
In questo reel vi mostriamo un contributo video esclusivo di Zeus B. Held per Parkett: un racconto diretto, autentico, che ci porta dentro la genesi del progetto.
Dalla scintilla di Rusty Egan (batterista dei Visage) — anima del movimento New Romantic — nasce un omaggio a un luogo che ha lanciato carriere destinate a diventare globali: dagli Spandau Ballet a Boy George, fino a stilisti e creativi che hanno segnato moda, musica e immaginario pop, come quello di Stephen Jones e della costumista di “Game of Thrones” Michele Clapton.
Non a caso, quell’eredità è oggi celebrata anche nella mostra “Blitz: The Club That Shaped The 80s”, in corso al Design Museum di Londra.
A interpretarla musicalmente sono due figure chiave dell’elettronica europea: Zeus, pioniere nell’uso del vocoder e dei sintetizzatori, collaboratore di artisti del calibro di Dead or Alive, John Foxx e Nina Hagen, e Claudia Brücken, voce iconica dei xPropaganda, simbolo del suono ZTT e del synth-pop continentale.
🎧 Leggi l’articolo completo di @rapnick e ascolta la traccia in premiere su parkettchannel.it
#Parkett #NewRomantic #BlitzClub #DesignMuseumLondon #cisumsuez
Yesterday I went to the Downtown Music Gallery in NYC - had the pleasure to meet and talk to its spirit and co-founder
Bruce Gallenter - his knowledge about the cutting edge music scene from the mid 60s to this day is impressive -
and I (re)discovered a few timeless treasures......
Digital release today on the Cisum Suez label:
"4 Ways to the Blitz" - Zeus B. Held with Claudia Brücken -
available for download and streaming on all platforms!
4 WAYS TO THE BLITZ out on Feb 20th !
These new songs with Claudia Brücken are featured in the Premiere section of Italian Parkett Channel - sort of a preview, more to come.
https://www.parkettchannel.it/zeus-b-held-e-claudia-brucken-lincontro-che-rida-vita-allera-new-romantic-del-blitz-club-premiere/)
Zeus B. Held and Claudia Brücken present “4 Ways to the Blitz”, a 4-track digital EP, featuring four brand new versions of the song “Dream of the Blitz” written by Claudia and Zeus with Rusty and Oscar Egan.
The track is an unofficial hymn to Blitz, the club that shaped the 80s as well as the exhibition currently running at London’s Design Museum. The song originally featured on Rusty Egan’s 2025 album “Romantic”.
Available to download now from theremusic.bandcamp.com
… einer von 20 Programmpunkten - 10 davon kostenlos @ 15 Locations:
✨ KONZERT: ZEUS B. HELD, BJÖRN PENG, L-TRYPTOPHAN @ ArTik – hosted by Multicore Freiburg e.V.
🔊 Freiburger Synthiepop, Wave und Electro im Drei-Generationen-Showcase-Format. Vom analogen Klangpionier bis zur dystopischen Clubästhetik. Ein Abend zwischen Neon-Nostalgie, Noise und Maschinenromantik.
📍 Wo: ArTik, Haslacher Straße 43, 79115 Freiburg
📅 Wann: Samstag 4. Oktober 2025, Einlass 19 Uhr, Beginn 20 Uhr
💸 Eintritt: VVK 15 € - Link in Bio
#konzert #synthpop #wave #electro #soundcityfreiburg #kulturaggregat #artikfreiburg #freiburg #whatthefreiburg #allesfreiburg
Gina X “Strip Tease” music video from 1980 never seen before! Originally released on the album X-Traordinaire and included on our best of compilation “Greatest Fits” Gina says, “My lyrics are an homage to Bastille Day and the celebratory energy of the 1789 revolution.” Producer Zeus B Held says, “This is my vision of night out time traveling in Paris’ Montmartre and Pigalle. To give the track an earthy feel, I used a live trombone mixed with the Mini Moog for the instrumental chorus melody.”
Featuring the fabulous Hinrich Sickenberger and Ralph Morgenstern
Gina X “ Greatest Fits” double LP compilation out today! 17 tracks reflecting the group’s most cherished moments recorded between 1979-1984. Songs explore androgyny, decadence, and avant-garde art in a fashion that is stylish, sexy, and more than a touch transgressive.
The record comes housed in a gatefold sleeve designed by Eloise Shir-Juen Leigh featuring press clippings and photographs, and includes an insert with lyrics and memories about each song.
