namosh pit
There aren’t a whole lot of Kurdish electronic musicians touring Moscow. Especially musicians as freakily hip as Namosh, who blows away 16 Tons on March 14.
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Even though she may sport some inappropriate hairstyles, have a ridiculously childish singing voice and spell her name in an annoying way, I think I would trust Bjork with a life-changing decision. She is, in a roundabout way, kind of cool. She has been in a Lars von Trier film, which shows she is an aesthete, dated a guy called Thor and voted “Cold Cream” her favourite song in 2005. “Cold Cream” is one of the many singles of German-born Kurd Namosh. And if you watch his videos, you can see that he is no normal electronic musician. He is urban, edgy and avant-garde. Yes, all three. In the video “ Cold Cream” you see him frolicking with cows, vomiting milk all over his own face which in true Blue Velvet style is wrapped in cling wrap, and then finally crucifying himself in a barren field. All the time he is wearing dungarees and white PVC wellies. Namosh describes his music as an “organisch-elektronisch mit Singsang, Liebesrap, Jazzgrunge, Hardcore a-capella” which, in translation, means “really cool.” His sound is individual, but it could be found somewhere between Iggy Pop, Bowie, The Scissors Sisters and at a push The Gossip, but only because he is a fan of the fat bass riff. Fanny Craddock and Delia Smith, if they were musicians, could not put together a more delicious and satiating feast for the ears and, interestingly enough, the eyes. He is, frankly speaking, totally nutty. In past performances he has been known to stage dive, crawl, dance like a fat girl on hot coals and writhe around to his beats. Namosh is a live energy source and the crowd bathe in his power. With lyrics like “leave that tongue in my mouth” and “ I’m going to do it to you on Friday night, the puppet on my right,” he isn’t your average pop poodle. Louis Walsh wouldn’t sign him and that is why his show at 16 Tons will be a blast and totally against all health and safety regulations. Anything could happen: you could get kicked in the face, get covered in vomit or get stuck in a wormhole in the time space continuum. Cover for this show is 500 rubles, and it kicks off at 11 p.m. on March 14. |
