RANDY TWIGG HAS A NEW SPIN ON WHAT USED TO BE CALLED RIOTT GRRRL ...

This woman embodies what I can proudly hope is the future of Riot Grrrl (because I think the genre may have died out or morphed into some commercial nonsense). I guess Peaches had something going for a spell with her XXX electro ... Anyway, enough with the commentary let's talk about Randy Twigg!!! 

Ride the Fourth-wave with Berlin-based "Post-Apocalyptic Yacht Rocker" and one woman show Randy Twigg. Live, all she needs is a bass guitar and a laptop to shake you up and make you dance. And somehow you even get this "I feel like headbanging" urge when you are at one of her shows. Very interesting energy.

Her music is gritty yet melodic and at moments can be quite dark in a cleverly humorous way. She does it all herself and is a tough, sexy, female force you want unleashed upon you. ( Miss. Twigg makes Deborah Harry circa 1980 look like a pussy. No offense to Blondie at all. )

If I had to "classify" the roots that influence Twigg's music it would range from Punk, Technopunk and 1990's Industrial to Electro. Though there also seems to be a tinge of Grunge (not to be mistaken with alternative rock) present as well in a good way. 

At the end of 2008 she put out a record under her name titled "Undone". She just returned from a tour in France and is not stopping.

I am waiting for Kill Rock Stars or Simple Social Graces Discos to get an earful of her! 

Randy Twigg is also the bassist and female vocalist for the band Mt. Sims formerly known as Mount Sims.

*More about Randy later. We are working on a proper interview at the moment. In the meantime listen to some of her music here...

"Suitcase" © 2008 Randy Twigg Shot and cut by Olaf Nohr. Additional editing by Richa

"Centerfold" © 2008 Randy Twigg Directed by Tyler Von Muehlen

ADAM SKY AKA ADAMSKI ANSWERS 11 QUESTIONS ...

(PHOTO OF ADAM SKY © ECHO DANON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.)

ADAM SKY

1-Five songs you can't get out of your head right now?

Adam:

"Womaniser" Britney Spears

"Thunderstorm Blues" Alan Vega

"Ice Drummer"  Alan Vega

"Babe I'm Gonna Leave You"  Led Zeppelin,

"Hometown"  Adele 

"...and many more than 5 actually but  mostly my own that I'm working on obviously."

2-Last film you watched and actually liked?

Adam:

"Into the Wild"

3-Book you are reading?

Adam:

"Moon Dust" by Andrew Smith

"High-Rise" by J.G. Ballard 

"The Teds" by Chris Steele-Perkins and Richard Smith

"Rockabilly - A 40 year Journey" by Billy Poore

4-Visual artist/writer/music/film you feel inspired by right now?

Adam:

"Alan Vega's 1st solo album as always, Pee Wee's Big Adventure as always, Jeff Koons, Pam Hogg's fashion and A Child of the Jago clothes shop in London... "

5-First record/cassette tape you ever bought?

Adam:

"Whiskey in the Jar" by Thin Lizzy or "Virginia Plain" by Roxy Music. 

"Can't quite remember..."

6-Record labels you miss?

Adam:

"Fast Product, KLF Communications and I miss MCA giving me large cheques..."

7-What are you working on right now?

Adam:

"I'm rewoking my 1st album "Liveandirect" as "Vile Acid Rent" to celebrate 20 years of being written out of history....and I'm producing a New Age Teddy Boy singer called Sonny Eriksson..."

8-Bands/musicians you wish would get back together and not put out a crappy new record?

Adam:

"Fat chance of that." 

9-Musician who died that you wish you could bring back from the grave?

Adam:

"Lux Interior"

10-Favorite song lyrics?

Adam:

"I'm a fallen idol, fallen from grace, fallen on hard times, I'm an ex-face, I'm a fallen angel, I'm a fallen star, catch me and put me in your pocket, next to your mp3 player"  by myself (last week)...

11-Favorite poets?

Adam:

"Myself."

Adam Sky vs Mark Stewart - We are all Prostitutes (Crookers)

VIDEO DIRECTED BY ANGIE REED

VERONICA VASICKA AKA MINIMAL WAVE RECORDS AND 2VM ANSWERS 11 QUESTIONS...

1-Five songs you can't get out of your head right now?

 Veronica:

"Reassurance Ritual by Das Ding"

"I Never Dance by Crysalis "  VIDEO HERE  

"He Who Wears A Mask by Salaligan"

"Way Out Of Living by Linear Movement"

"On and On by Jesse Saunders"

2-Last film you watched and actually liked?

Veronica: "Dögkeselyü by Ferenc András"

3-Book you are reading?

Veronica: "Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey by Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton"

4-Visual artist/writer/music/film you feel inspired by right now?

Veronica: "Fassbinder (always)"

5-First record/cassette tape you ever bought?

Veronica: "Madonna s/t cassette"

6-Record labels you miss?

Veronica: "Factory"

7-What are you working on right now?

Veronica: "Design for Das Ding album to be released on MW"

8-Bands/musicians you wish would get back together and not put out a crappy new record?

Veronica: "Deux"

9-Musician who died that you wish you could bring back from the grave?

Veronica: "Don't wanna bring any back!"

10-Favorite song lyrics?

Veronica: 

"We're the devil's dancers

Swinging all the answers
Dance with us

Dance with us"  

(Oppenheimer Analysis)

11-Favorite Poet : 

Veronica: "Baudelaire"

2VM is a minimal electronic music collaboration between Marc Houle and Veronica. Some of their tracks are available on Genetic Music.

Copies of 2VM are still available here

She made the tshirts for 2VM by hand. Want one?

2VM PONIKA VIDEO directed by Tona Ohama

Check out her Radio Show "Minimal-Electronik Plus" here

Minimal-Wave's most recent release Stereo: Somewhere In The Night is quite a  sought after gem according to Scott Mou at Other Music NYC  -"I know the description might sound a bit scary, but Somewhere in the Night actually rules!"

Martin Dupont "It's So" video directed by Veronica Vasicka