SAFI

VVK 17 Euro / AK 22 Euro

Tickets are available at the local advance booking offices Touristinfo, theatre office and BBV Bocholt and at www.tixforgigs.com/de-de/Event/63006

SAFI is loud. Intense. A brittle, uncomfortable but magical state of emergency. Ambivalence and conflict are the starting point, the combined virtuosity of four and a half octaves of vocal range and the art diploma are the foundation, never an end in themselves. SAFI shows its face with unadorned straightforwardness, pure, big. Embraced by a mighty wall of sound. A cracking situation.

Safi's words, sharp-edged and clear, are splinters of realities hurled into sound formations. "The moment that sticks between your nerves." Lyricism and the raw unyieldingness of her voice define Safi's watchful eye on things - political, gritty, real. Song structures tread new paths and morph into walls of sound from the three-piece band, consisting of two guitars, drums and electronica. Pigeonholes are exploded and expanded with the current work "Groteske" via post-punk, nowave to avant-garde. "Uff." (Alexander Hacke, Einstürzende Neubauten)

Safi's voice is SAFI. The apex of her musical expression. She does not roll up ideologies, but offers the listener concentrates for reflection. The content is unconditional, demanding and very close. She thus gains access to artistic perceptions beyond the usual peripheries. "SAFI is a single critical moment that eats into the future and feels like open-heart surgery." (Westzeit Magazin)

When profit orientation destabilises the fabric of the world, democratic processes are called into question, images of the enemy replace solutions, racism further divides our society, it must be the task of art to translate speechlessness, to give courage, it must be a mirror, it must ignite the conscience. "Have you got fear?", the track "Adrenalin (feat. Rummelsnuff)" spits in the face of the club-wielding crowd and exposes agitation as fear.

SAFI's third studio album was produced by Berlin sound creator Moses Schneider. (Tocotronic, Ätna, and many more). "Natural vocal distortion - cool shit!" It's all about pure energy. The tracks were played, sung and recorded live in real time at Hansa Studios Berlin. With a love for the noise that emerges from conventional sound attitudes, the potential was realised without cymbals, without fingering patterns and imposed schemes. Instead, with the help of prepared instruments and a brass from the artist: guests of the noise community include Dennis Lyxzén (Refused), Sebastian Madsen (Madsen) and Rummelsnuff.

"The way Safi creates music is beyond anything I heard in a very long time." (Dennis Lyxzén)

SAFI are:

Safi-voice, guitar, synth, samples

Matthias Becker-bass, guitar

Jörg Wähner(Apparat) -drums, samples