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Audio Foundation presents:

HACKEDEPICCIOTTO

Auckland, Wednesday 20 June, Whammy Bar
Palmerston North, Friday 22 June, Snails
Wellington, Saturday 23 June, Meow
Christchurch, Friday 29 June, The Gym
Dunedin, Saturday 30 June, The Captain Cook Hotel

Audio Foundation is pleased to announce a nationwide tour for HackedePicciotto, stalwarts of
Berlin's legendary underground culture of the '80s and '90s and giants of multimedia art and
industrial music.

Both artists are legends of their own making: Danielle de Picciotto moved to Berlin in 1987 where
she became the lead singer of the band Space Cowboys, co-initiator of the Love Parade, and frequent
collaborator with the Ocean Club alongside Gudrun Gut. Alexander Hacke is founding member
and bass player of avant-legends, Einstürzende Neubauten. Over two decades, the duo have
collaborated in countless international projects in addition to regularly releasing their own
compositions.

In 2010, de Picciotto and Hacke made the decision to abandon their home, forging a nomadic path
from one city to the next, eschewing all sense of fxity and stability along the way. The absence of a
permanent place of return has since informed their work, which they produce relentlessly in search
of“external & internal clarity, archaic principles and philosophies, and the means to
master the rigors of the road.” The duo describe the cause for their restlessness as stemming
from “gentrifcation, and the annihilation of individualism, as wells as the rising cost of living and
the relentless sellout by the mainstream entertainment industry.” In response, “artists need to fnd
new ways of working ... in order to upkeep integrity and autonomy. The old patterns no longer
function.”

After years of live performance, the intensity of HackedePicciotto shows, along with the duo's
reputation for existential angst, proceeds their arrival. de Picciotto’s Hurdy Gurdy, autoharp and
kemenche combines with Hacke’s virtuosic lines on bass, guitar and percussion, punctuated by
melancholic, translucent harmonies and underpinned by low electronic rumbles. The soundscapes
engendered by this collage bring forth a mesmerizing universe of sound and emotion, leaving
audiences both shaken and overjoyed.

Tickets available from www.UnderTheRadar.co.nz
More information at www.AudioFoundation.org.nz