In the organizer's words:

An evening dedicated to the New York underground of the 1970s and 1980s: Lydia Lunch, icon of No Wave, and French experimental musician Marc Hurtado celebrate the music of Martin Rev and Alan Vega, who, as Suicide, almost single-handedly whipped an electronic form of proto-punk out of thin air. Their dark, monotonous rhythms and cool minimalism still have an impact today.

New York, mid-1970s: in the run-down area of southern Manhattan, two gloomy figures took to the stage of the legendary CBGB. Their names: Martin Rev and Alan Vega, as a band they called themselves Suicide. Suicide. The two were no laughing matter, you could get a good mood on the West Coast, there was little to laugh about in the New York of those years. Instead of guitar, bass and drums, synthesizers and voice were enough for the duo. Vega and Rev invented a futuristic sound inspired by rock'n'roll. Their self-titled debut album was released in 1977 and is still considered one of the most important works of pop culture.

When Suicide's first album came out, New Yorker Lydia Anne Koch, who would go down in no-wave history as Lydia Lunch, was just 18 years old. Suicide's songs such as "Ghost Rider" and "Frankie Teardrop" were in the air. The first concert she attended by Suicide was a real shock, a revelation of a new concert form: a total show, theatrical, free, rousing. Since then, they have had a close relationship, more artistic than friendly. Lydia Lunch performed with Suicide and contributed to their album "Frankie Teardrop". In 2010, she sang a duet with Alan Vega on the album "SNIPER" by Alan Vega and Marc Hurtado. Marc Hurtado had already met Alan Vega and Lydia Lunch in 1999 on the RE-UP album "Be" on his label Etant Donnés and founded the project My Lover The Killer with Lydia Lunch in 2013, with whom he recorded an album and also performs live.

On January 18, Lydia Lunch and the French experimental musician Marc Hurtado will deliver a powerful tribute to the cult band Suicide at Stapeltor! This joint project is more than just a concert - it's a journey into the heart of the legendary Suicide sound. With a mixture of dark electronics, hypnotic rhythms and provocative vocals, they create a magic that simply has to be experienced.