Dancing in your head: episode 26 - Hyperculte

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Two people are in a forest at dusk. One is standing, the other is reclining on rocks and moss. There is a large sleeping dog between the both. They are both facing a round portal that has opened amongst the trees. There world through the portal is pure abstraction.

In this episode Dan is joined by the Swiss band Hyperculte. The band had just finished a tour of Aotearoa and had played Paekākāriki the night before this broadcast. Together they play tracks from some of their other projects, and some music from the local acts that opened some of their shows on the tour.

Hyperculte's music hints at the kind of ancient, pine-scented black magic of central European folklore captured in the costumes on the cover of their 2016 self-titled debut album. Driving forces of the Geneva experimental rock scene, Simone Aubert (drums/guitar/vocals) and Vincent Bertholet (double bass/vocals) hail from the either side of the mountainous, myth-drenched Swiss-French border region. They met when living in the same squat in Geneva and started playing together in 2014. Simone came from the dark and experimental band Massicot, Vincent from the Dadaist big band Orchestra Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp.

(This episode was first broadcast in April 2024)

Tracklist (all titles are linked):

Penser Ensemble - Hyperculte
Welcome To Nowhere - TOOMS
Battle of the Stations - Oksun Ox
Across the moor - orchestre tout puissant marcel duchamp
Louac- Massicot
DUDU DADA BUBY - IRTUMBRANDA
Rucksucre - Tout Bleu
Tension cue - Eye
Catastrophe - Unsanitary Napkin

0ur monthly series where we travel to the outer limits of music and find out how it’s created through the ears and minds of musicians. Featuring our resident esoteric music specialists, Dan and Nell, with a broad range of guests.

All episodes of Dancing in Your Head were produced for Paekākāriki FM