African Imperial Wizard @ Kantine am Berghain [ VūMantra Records ]

Name: African Imperial Wizard @ Kantine am Berghain [ VūMantra Records ]
Start: 2025-09-03T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Kantine am Berghain

Schedule

Wed, 03 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC+02:00

Location

Kantine am Berghain | Berlin, BE

VūMantra Records presents: African Imperial Wizard @ Kantine am Berghain
Line Up:
African imperial Wizard
Vū + Mina Lord
Skrei + Nàresh Ran
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African Imperial Wizard was secretly founded in the northern neighborhoods of the old low town of Luanda, the day after the ceasefire between the Popular Liberation Front of Angola's government and the National Union for Independence rebels was signed. The music producers immediately focused on the struggle against colonial military oppression, the pillage of a people tyrannized and enslaved for centuries, and the vengeance of a young generation in free fall. They aimed to convey their message through ethnic rhythms fused with violent, powerful beats under a martial symphony. African Imperial Wizard symbolizes the raw expression of the unrest left in the wake of Africa's longest civil war, fueled by deep social, cultural, and regional divisions within Angolan society.
Vū [ Vince Gagliardi ] is a music producer of ethnic electronic music and experimental dark techno from Berlin. His style has been compared to artists like Muslimgauze, Tzusing and Demdike Stare. He is also the founder of the label “Vūmantra Records”, co-founder of the label “Modern Bön” and creator of the audiovisual project “The Nent” (Cyclic Law), well-known for its impactful A∖V live shows. Vū´s performances focus on an immersive experience where he fuses his voice with drum machines accompanied by live percussion, which pulls the audience into the present moment and creates a shamanic approach to meditative states.
Mina Lord is creating doom and experimental electronic music, crafting a maze of distorted rhythms, haunting atmospheres and twisted structures and dynamics. With a background in drumming and contemporary music, she forges heavy , roaring as well as defined and complex drums with a unique transcendental drive. Her music is a distinct fusion of genres, taking inspiration from Metal, Djent, Punk and Classical music, woven seamlessly together, often distilled into pure industrial and power electronic experimentation as well as relentless rhythmic noise and heavy unbending darkness.
SKREI ( Giuseppe Capriglione) is an Italian experimental musician and sound artist recognized for his emotionally intense and sonically abrasive compositions. Operating at the intersection of harsh noise, drone, industrial rhythms, and ambient textures, SKREI crafts immersive soundscapes that explore themes of impermanence, pain, and transformation. With projects like the album ASH—the second installment in a trilogy begun with Burning as Undead—SKREI continues to assert a singular voice in the contemporary noise scene, delivering music that is less about consumption and more about survival.
Nàresh Ran was born 45 years ago thanks to a lucky round of tarots. As a teenager he discovers punk and hardcore, and noise becomes an important part of his life. Since 2013 he runs the label Dio Drone, a strong reference for the extreme and experimental local music, he begins to organize festivals and sound happenings and in 2019 baptizes the multimedial project One_Minute_Soundtrack. . In the last 6 years NR performed in Italian and European venues, sharing the stage and collaborating with several artists of the underground international scene.