Matrikamantra

(Europe May 1996 - May 1999)

Chronology

Matrikamantra
Photo credit: Merrill Aldighieri.


Chronology: a chronological overview of known concert dates (some with setlists and/or ads), 
dates of studio recordings, all line-ups and other trivia related to the American band Matrikamantra.
Date format DD-MMM-YY. 

-Information in grey italics is uncertain-

1996
The year in which the Matrikamantra project is started.

Lydia Lunch leaves San Francisco and moves to Pittsburgh in April 1995. She stays until December 1999.


Live Line-up #1A (May 1996):
Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration) and Mark Cunningham (trumpet).

Barcelona 21-May-96

21-May-96
ES Barcelona,G's Club Sidecar
(with Mark Cunningham)

Setlist: Dread/ In Spite Of God/ Inverted Dream/ Perfumed Corpses/ Disease Of The Night/ Cesspool Called History/ Archives Of Blood.

Photo: Screenshot from "Fuelling The Rose Of Fire" DVD (2005) on which the above tracks are available.

Note: Music composition and sound design/backing tapes by Joseph -Joe- Budenholzer.






1997
The year in which the Matrikamantra album is recorded.

January 1997
US Lydia Lunch produces Vanessa Skantze's "Pariah" album @ the Audiomation studio in Pittsburgh. Joseph Budenholzer [Backworld] and Kamilsky (a.k.a. Kamil Kruta, a musician [bass in UJD] from the Czech Republic and since 1992 living in California, USA) help out. With Joe and other band members of Backworld Lydia enters the studio to record "Matrikamantra", a work of psycho- acoustic theatre in the form of a homage to Romanian philosopher poet Emil Cioran.


Live Line-up #1B (March 1997):
Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration)/ Kamilsky/Kamil Kruta (bass,special effects)
and Joseph -Joe- Budenholzer (keyboards,soundscapes,laptop).

Praha 01-Mar-97

01-Mar-97
CZ Praha,Palace Akropolis
[with PseudoPseudo]

Setlist: Intro/ World Of Whispers/ Cesspool Called History/ Gravediggers Of The Future/ Need To Feed/ Perfumed Corpses/ Disease Of The Night/ In Spite Of God/ Vortex/ Hermones/ Dread/ Outpatients/ Exit.

Note: Released as disc 2 of the "Matrikamantra" album. Music composition and sound design by Joseph Budenholzer. "In Prague, Lydia asked me to sit in with Matrikamantra at Acropolis, and I organised the recording of the event. Lydia came about a week before the show with Joe [..] I'd hired a friend of mine who was an amazing sound engineer, and the sound was so overwhelming there was almost complete silence between songs, because people were blown away—this wasn't one of the shows where people scream their opinions. It wasn't just spoken word, it was like watching a movie without pictures—there was a lot going on and the music was quite dark both in tone and in message." Kamil Kruta quoted in "Lydia Lunch- The War Is Never Over", a book by Nick Soulsby (Jawbone, 2020).

Handbill: Photo of handbill, courtesy of Jasmine Hirst.

Note: The day before (28-Feb-97), screening of 'The Gun Is Loaded", "The Right Side of Your Brain" and "Fingered" at the Roxy's "Shock Night" film festival, with Lydia present.


Studio Line-up (1997):
Lydia Lunch (narration)/ Joan Dalin (violin)/ Laura Rogers (flute) and Greg Shakar (clarinet).

1997
US NY,New York City,Harbinger House studio,recording disc 1 of the "Matrikamantra" album. Mastered by Paul Geluso and Greg Shakar. All personnel is member of Backworld.


31-Oct-97
US Release of the "Matrikamantra" album (Atavistic).






1998
The year in which the album is toured extensively in Europe and the US.

24-Apr-98
DE Release of the "Matrikamantra" album (Crippled Dick).


Live Line-up #2A (Europe May - June 1998):
Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration)/ Joseph -Joe- Budenholzer (keyboards,soundscapes,laptop)
and Terry Edwards (alto sax/mini trumpet).

17-May-98
UK London-Highbury,The Garage

20-May-98
PL Warsawa,Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej Ujazdowski, Castle Courtyard or Laboratory Room

Note: Start of the first -5 weeks- tour, with Joe Budenholzer [Backworld] and Terry Edwards [Gallon Drunk, The Scapegoats, PJ Harvey live band from 2016 onwards].


Poznan 21-May-98

21-May-98
PL Poznan,Club Eskulap,Jazzfestival

Photo: Screen capture from TV broadcast.

Note: Broadcast by Polish TVP Kultura - Art Noc program.


European Tour May-98

22-May-98
DE Berlin,Knaack Club

23-May-98
DE Dresden,Star Club

24-May-98
DE Jena,Kassablanca

Poster: Photo of generic tour poster.


Nürnberg 25-May-98

25-May-98
DE Nürnberg,Hirsch

Tciket: Photo of ticket courtesy of Martin L.


European Tour May-98

26-May-98
DE Aachen,Music Bunker

27-May-98
DE Schwenningen,Bahnhof Schwenningen

28-May-98
CH Thun,Café Mokka

29-May-98
CH La Chaux de Fonds,Bikini

30-May-98
CH Bern,Reitschule

31-May-98
IT Bologna,Link

01-Jun-98
DE München,Incognito

02-Jun-98
AT Wien,Arena

Poster: Photo of generic tour poster.


04-Jun-98
DE Bochum,Bahnhof Langendreer

Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Cesspool Called History/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack).


05-Jun-98
NL Leeuwarden,Recreatieterrein de Groene Ster
Frozen Land festival


06-Jun-98
BE Brussel,Vaartkapoen

Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Cesspool Called History/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack).


Eindhoven 07-Jun-98

07-Jun-98
NL Eindhoven,Universiteitsterrein,Technische Universiteit,Virus festival
[with WithinTemptation and others]

Setlist: Cesspool Called History/ Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Escape/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Cisco Sunset/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack).

Note: This concert is filmed by Babeth Van Loo (Mondini), excerpts of which have appeared as bonus tracks on the "Kiss Napolean Goodbye" DVD (2009).

Poster: Photo of poster.


09-Jun-98
DK København,Vega

Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ ...and more/ Mystic And Most Toxic.

Note: All above tracks broadcast by Danish radio (including an interview with Lydia Lunch), except "Mystic And Most Toxic" which is released on Terry Edwards' "Yesterday's Zeitgeist" compilation live album.


Stockholm 10-Jun-98

10-Jun-98
SE Stockholm,Motorship Stubnitz

Photo: Credit: © Robert Petersson (used with kind permission).


11-Jun-98
NO Olso,Mars

12-Jun-98
NO Lillehammer,Felix

13-Jun-98
SE Hultsfred,Avantgarde stage,Open air festival

14-Jun-98
DK Århus,Huset


16-Jun-98
FR Lyon-Villeurbanne,Pez-Ner

17-Jun-98
FR Paris,-

18-Jun-98
FR Toulouse,-

19-Jun-98
ES Madrid,-

20-Jun-98
ES Barcelona,-

Note: For some reason all these dates were cancelled.


Live Line-up #2B (USA November 1998):
Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration)/ Terry Edwards (alto sax/mini trumpet)
and Joseph -Joe- Berardi (percussion).

New York City 04-Nov-98

04-Nov-98
US NY,New York City,Life

Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Cesspool Called History/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack).

Photo: Still taken from a private video.

Note: Start of Matrikamantra's second tour, first and only in the USA. Joseph -Joe- Berardi was member of Congo Norvell during 1994/95.


06-Nov-98
US WA,Seattle,-

09-Nov-98
US CA,Los Angeles,Dragonfly

10-Nov-98
US IL,Chicago,Smart Bar

11-Nov-98
US MN,Minneapolis,First Avenue

13-Nov-98
US MI,Detroit-Pontiac,7th House

14-Nov-98
US CT,New Haven,Tune Inn


16-Nov-98
US MA,Boston-Cambridge,Middle East-Downstairs

Setlist: Cesspool Called History-Harlem Nocturne/ Cisco Sunset/ and more...

Note: Above tracks released on Terry Edwards' "Yesterday's Zeitgeist" compilation live album and Lydia's own "Hangover Hotel".


Orlando 1x-Nov-98

17-Nov-98
US FL,Orlando,Sapphire Supper Club
[with Koonda Holaa and the Beetches]

Setlist: Psychic Anthropology/ and more...

Photo: Taken from the Lydia's "Video Hysterie" video DVD.

Note: Above track released on Lydia's "Video Hysterie" video DVD (not on the VHS). Kamilsky/Kamil Kruta [Koonda Holaa] joins on (keyboards) for the above track.


18-Nov-98
US GA,Atlanta,The Masquerade


Live Line-up #2A (Europe November 1998):
Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration)/ Joseph -Joe- Budenholzer (keyboards,soundscapes,laptop)
and Terry Edwards (alto sax/mini trumpet).

Evreux 26-Nov-98

26-Nov-98
FR Evreux,Hippodrôme,Le Rock dans tous les Etats festival

Setlist: Itch/ Solo Mystico/ and more ...

Photo: Still taken from the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999).

Note: Start of Matrikamantra's third tour, all in the same year. Above tracks released on the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999). "Solo Mystico" also released on the "Video Hysterie" video DVD (not the VHS). Tour manager: Lucas Balbo.


Nantes 27-Nov-98

27-Nov-98
FR Nantes,Pannonica,Festival Jazz Action

Setlist: Delirium/ Cisco Sunset/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack)/ and more ...

Photo: Still taken from the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999).

Note: Above tracks released on the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999).


Lyon-Villeurbanne 28-Nov-98

28-Nov-98
FR Lyon-Villeurbanne,Pez-Ner

Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Cesspool Called History/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack) or World Of Whispers.

Photo: Still taken from the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999).

Note: "Inverted Dream" and "Dead Wrong" released on the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999). "Solo Mystico" released on Lydia's compilation album "Hangover Hotel".


Marseille 29-Nov-98

29-Nov-98
FR Marseille,MJC Mirabeau

Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Psychic Antropology/ Need To Feed/ and more ...

Photo: Still taken from the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999).

Note: Above tracks released on the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999).






1999
The year in which Lydia Lunch tours the "Matrikamantra" album with The Scapegoats (Ian White and Terry Edwards)
and the "Road Rant" video is released.

Live Line-up #3 (Europe May 1999):
Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration)/ Ian White (percussion,soundscapes,laptop)
and Terry Edwards (alto sax/mini trumpet).

28-Apr-99
GR Athina,An Club

01-May-99
IT Forti,Ex Machina

03-May-99
IT Cagliari,-

Note: Start of Matrikamantra's fourth -one month- and final tour. Ian White first met Lydia on the plane to Athens, Greece. He played with her ever since.


Bologna 04-May-99

04-May-99
IT Bologna,Centergross,Roxy Bar, TV show

Setlist: Psychic Antropology/ interview with Lydia by Red Ronnie.

Photo: Still taken from the TV broadcast.

Note: Broadcast by Italian TMC2 TV.


05-May-99
IT Parma,L'Onerica


Bologna 06-May-99

06-May-99
IT Bologna,Centergross,Help, TV show

Setlist: Knives In My Drain/ interview with Lydia by Red Ronnie/ Solo Mystico.

Note: Broadcast by Italian TMC2 TV.

Photo: Still taken from the TV broadcast.


06-May-99
IT Milano,Tunnel


Firenze 07-May-99

07-May-99
IT Firenze,Auditorium Flog
[with Winston Smith]

Postcard: Original postcard.


08-May-99
IT Bari-Trani,Hype


Roma 09-May-99

10-May-99
IT Roma,Casa Brancaleone

Photo: Credit Pogopop.


10-May-99
IT Torino,Piccolo Teatro

11-May-99
FR Mulhouse,Normatrouff


Spain May-99

13-May-99
ES Bilbao,Bilborock

14-May-99
ES Valencia,Colegio Mayor Luis Vives

15-May-99
ES Barcelona,Luz de Gas

Ticket: Photo of ticket.


16-May-99
FR Bordeaux,ZooBizzare

17-May-99
FR Paris,Arapaho


18-May-99
DE Frankfurt,Nachtleben

Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Cesspool Called History/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack).


Linz 19-May-99

19-May-99
AT Linz,Universitäts Mensa

Setlist: Psychic Anthropology/ This Has Been Forced Up (a.k.a. Mystic And Most Toxic)/ and more ...

Poster: Photo of poster.

Note: "Mystic.." available on Terry Edwards' "Otogeny" compilation album and also on Lydia's compilation album "Hangover Hotel". "Psychic Anthropology" only available on "Hangover Hotel".


20-May-99
AT Wien,Flex

22-May-99
CZ Praha,Rock Café

22-May-99
DE Leipzig,Schauspielhaus,Wave Gotik Treffen festival

25-May-99
UK London,Garage

27-May-99
LU Alzette Esch,Kulturfabrik


28-May-99
BE Antwerpen,Monty

Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Cesspool Called History/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack).

Note: Last date of tour. Last Matrikamantra performance.



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