Artist : Klara Lewis
[ concert ]
Time :
Fri • 22:30 - 23:15
Location : turkis
Klara Lewis’ tribute to her friend, mentor and former label boss Peter Rehberg. Reimagined as a live audiovisual work, it unfolds as an emotional landscape of tender melodies, organic textures and brutal distortion.
Info about the piece
Thankful is Klara Lewis’ heartfelt tribute to her friend, mentor and former label boss at Editions Mego, Peter Rehberg. It is a profoundly mature and emotional peak in Lewis’ career thus far. The title track is a tribute to the track Rehberg recorded under his PITA moniker, the timeless Track 3, which has had a vast and deep impact on the worldwide experimental electronic scene. Lewis’ take on this is a cascading emotional melody gradually succumbing to a euphoric digital abyss.
Thankful also comes across as a farewell gesture to her deceased friend with its beautiful, almost funerale tone. The abrupt ending is not only a method Rehberg would have relished but also a signifier of a life suddenly cut short. The track Ukulele 1 is another tender tribute within an album made by a human, utilizing contemporary technology with absolute sincerity, surprise twists, and sublime emotion. The sound of the instrument in the title track gently loops and deconstructs in a recording replete with the sound of the room it is recorded in.
A human element appears at exactly the point an increasingly inhuman approach is becoming the forced raison d’etre today. With her musical tribute to Rehberg’s favourite phrase, Top, Lewis conjures a short blast of mutant acid techno, which shrivels and thrives as much as it lives and dies. In the deeply moving 4U, there are no words. Just sounds. As it was. And lives on. Ukulele 2 is an epilogue of sorts, fashioning itself as an ouroboros with the return of the initial methodology of the previous track. This time around, the sublime melody of the previous Ukulele 1 plays out in returnal as it is gently swarmed by all manners of digital play. Thankful is an emotionally considered and precise homage to the methodology and spirit of Peter Rehberg. A new work which inhabits the spirit for what this was written for and the general guise devised with the launch of the original MEGO label many moons ago.
Credit: Hampus Högberg
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Web: www.klaralewis.com
Klara Lewis (1993) is a Swedish composer of experimental electronic music. Born in Uppsala, she has quickly gained recognition for her unique sound and innovative approach to composition. Her music pushes boundaries and challenges traditional notions of genre, blending elements of ambient, noise, and techno creating immersive sonic landscapes.
With an expanding catalogue of work and a reputation for captivating live performances, Klara Lewis is an artist at the forefront of the experimental electronic music scene. Lewis presents her audio-visual shows in clubs and art galleries around the world. She has been selected as a highlight of festivals such as Atonal (Berlin), Mutek (Montreal and Mexico), Sonar (Barcelona) and Dark Mofo (Tasmania). Lewis has released numerous well-received albums via one of the worlds most progressive electronic labels – Vienna-based Editions Mego. Lewis’ debut album, Ett, was released on Editions Mego in 2014 and 10 years later the label released Thankful, an album dedicated to Editions Mego label boss Peter Rehberg, who passed away in 2021.
The live audiovisual premiere of Thankful took place at Uppsala Art Museum in 2024. Lewis has a long-standing relationship with the museum, having been commissioned to create the first sound installation to be included in the permanent collection in 2018. Alongside her solo work, she has ongoing collaborative projects with Peder Mannerfelt (producer of Fever Ray), Nik Colk Void (of Factory Floor), and Yuki Tsujii (of Bo Ningen).
Credit: Nabeeh Saman