033   Killer Road (Patti Smith + Jesse Smith + Soundwalk Collective)  

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"Killer Road" is a sound exploration of the tragic death of Nico, Velvet Underground vocalist and 60s icon, while riding her bike on the island of Ibiza in the summer of 1988. A hypnotic meditation on the idea of perpetual motion and the cycle of life and death, the composition features Patti Smith lending her unique voice to the last poems written by the artist. Soundwalk Collective uses a travel log of field recordings and samples of Nico's signature instrument, the harmonium, to create a magnetic soundscape.

Artist Blake Carrington created, engineered and performed live visuals, treating footage shot by Stephan Crasneanscki on Ibiza as a video substrate, combining it with abstract spectral forms generated in real-time by the live sound.

Performed at FIAF Florence Gould Hall in NYC for Crossing the Line Festival (Oct 2014) and at Manarat Al Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi (Nov 2014).

Review in Rolling Stone
Review in The National UAE
Review in Art in the City



















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