FOTOCRIME (usa) / ORGREAVE

Pre-sale tickets: https://kupfticket.com/events/fotocrime-us-support

Friday 8/12/23
20:30 sharp
Kramladen, 1080 Wien.

While Ryan Patterson, the singer, songwriter, multi-
instrumentalist, and producer behind Fotocrime, often sings in a rich baritone, he stands in stark contrast to the laconic troubadour persona typically associated with his hometown of Louisville,
Kentucky. After his time fronting forward-thinking art-
inflected punk band Coliseum, Patterson looked to the urban centers of London, NYC, and Berlin for new sonic inspiration, drawing from the passion of his roots while tapping into the sounds of classic EBM and post-punk artists. Patterson is joined in Fotocrime by two fellow Louisville underground legends, both longtime friends and collaborators; guitarist Nick Thieneman and bass player Will Allard. At their live shows, the trio lines the front of the stage for a guitar and synth-fueled attack, backed by the trusty pummeling of their drum machine. With Fotocrime’s organic-meets-electronic cinematic sweep Patterson charts the topography of concrete-lined city streets, his voice permeating every opening like a heavy morning fog. The songs are intimate and poignant yet immediate and visceral, reminding us of the communal experience of getting lost in a sea of people while the sound of a bass drum beats on our chests.

Orgreave – enter the dark side of the 1980s. Sounds like desperation and ecstasy, cold synths and driving drums – where Depeche Mode meets the Sisters of Mercy, where Synthpop meets Postpunk. Themes deal with the brutal establishment of the neoliberal regime, the annihilation of society, and the triumph of the narcissistic individual. The name of the band is a tribute to the British miners who fought the police and the capitalist state in the infamous „Battle of Orgreave“ in 1984. Those hungry ghosts still haunt us. Your nostalgia is a fever dream.

Orgreave was founded in Vienna by former members of the band Iron Heel.