Listen up, New York! We got one hell of an event happening this Wednesday night: the Cyberpunk Vol 4 Release Party.
Regardless of if you’re in town for NFT NYC or not– if you’ve got time 10PM-4AM…
You are not going to want to miss this.
Check out this teaser video released by the curator, RANDOM GHOST. Then read on to learn more about the incredible lineup for the event.
AKA the reason why I am so excited to get down to NYC… despite the hours of trains involved.
But it’ll be so worth it.
Get your tickets here.
Cyberpunk Vol 4 Instagram Announcements:
First, to catch you up to speed: this event is curated and envisioned by RANDOM GHOST, presented by Superchief Gallery NFT, and hosted by VR World NYC. The party is powered by Party Degenerates.
I’m quite excited at this opportunity to learn more about the world of NFTs. Some aspects of all this “crypto-NFT-web3-etc.” stuff still go over my head, I’m afraid.
But then again, it’s one thing to read about it all. One is bound to get lost in one way or another. It’s another thing entirely to experience what they have to offer in more of a firsthand sense. At least for me. I’m more of a first-hand learner.
This event commemorating the release of Cyberpunk Vol 4–a collection of NFTs–is going to make what feels like such a far-fetched, futuristic aspect of our present culture feel more immediate– and so much more real.
The thing I really admire about RANDOM GHOST’s party-planning vision is this notion of “THE COMING CYBER-DYSTOPIA” — I’m really excited to see how it all comes together “in 4D”, so to speak.
But what I’m most excited about is the music.
The Cyberpunk Vol 4 Musical Line-Up
Like, seriously, take a look at the line-up.
All these incredible folks in one place– it’s just insane, right?
It’s okay if you’re unfamiliar with some of the artists.
Here is your chance to get to know them before the party!
Introducing…
Nick Neutronz
About:
“Nick Neutronz is a Producer, Scratch DJ, Audio Engineer and Keyboardist best known for his Electronica, Ambient and Hip Hop music. As a composer, Nick is credited for his contribution to the track “Cinderella Man” on Eminem’s Grammy Award winning album The Recovery. Nick has produced genre-bending top charting music internationally, as well as for “So You Think you can Dance” and Yakfilms.
Nick works in NYC with DJs and Producers as a team member of “Skratcher NY,” a turntablist collective. Given turntables as a teenager by mentor LX Paterson of The Orb, Neutronz has worked for 20 years as a scratch DJ, who’s style fuses and transcends genre. Nick has performed at famed venues Webster Hall (NYC), Age-ha (Tokyo) and The Algerian National Theatre (Algeirs). Nick’s production style, Terraform, combines ethereal melodies and impactful modern drum programming.” (biography from their website).
Svperior Dwells
“An Exploration Into Svperior Dwells:
“ARTIST, RECORD PRODUCER, MUSIC PRODUCER, SOUND ENGINEER, MIXING ENGINEER
svperior dwells is a veteran music producer from virginia, usa. his past collaborators include jess audrey, noah b, pearl white, night lovell and many others. his production style blends elements of wave, trance, and trap. He is known for his uncanny ability to create dark and mystical atmospheres. but no matter how dark it gets, he maintains an aura of dream-like comfort. svperior dwells music strikes that fine line between optimism and dystopia. – paulon records”
(about section sourced from the artist’s website.)
Pictureplane
About:
“Pictureplane has made his name circling the outer limits of pop culture in several mediums. The Brooklyn-based artist’s gallery works, shown both in the U.S. and abroad, collide familiar with fringe and hard lines with visceral spatter. His Alien Body clothing line serves up a stylized study of symbology, the occult, and societal decay. And his music—beautiful yet heavy, swirling wild strains of industrial dance, gothic hip-hop, and emotive New Age—treats electronics not as artificial, but as extensions of our analog selves.
After a decade thrashing the status quo, Egedy is not only kin to makers of lovely dark music everywhere, but a vital player in the global DIY community. He is a proud outsider, yes, but his tribe is legion and ever-growing. Pictureplane’s music has always explored a delicate tension. The producer born Travis Egedy has made music that exists at the porous borders of darkness and light, noise and melody, agony and ecstasy. With world building and emotion at the project’s core, Pictureplane has become a bellwether in a troubled world, surveying the gloom and straining for reasons to trudge onward. Somehow, he always does” (Spotify bio).
Brothel
About:
“Among the plethora of artists across witch house, wave, and experimental / industrial, Brothel is a stand out. His sound checks every one of those genre boxes and yet stands on its own; a distinct aesthetic on the cutting edge of something new.
You can find his dark and hauntingly beautiful sound in collaboration with HEALTH, Sidewalks and Skeletons, I See Stars, and UZ, as well as on record labels in the US and EU.
Brothel appeals to a worldwide audience, having toured Russia, Europe and the United States multiple times” (Spotify bio).
Pussy Riot
About:
“Feminist performance art collective and occasional punk band Pussy Riot made international headlines in 2012 after members were arrested and imprisoned for protesting the re-election of Russian president Vladimir Putin and perceived corruption in the Russian Orthodox church. The group formed in Moscow in August 2011 as an offshoot of the performance/street art group Voina, in response to government policies that discriminated against women.
A rotating amalgamation of about 11 members, Pussy Riot disguised themselves with pseudonyms and brightly colored dresses and balaclavas as they staged guerrilla-style performances in public spaces. […]
Pussy Riot attracted international attention after their February 2012 performance at Moscow’s Cathedral of Christ the Saviour, where they took to the altar for about 30 seconds and begged in a mock prayer for the Virgin Mary to take Putin out of power, leading to the arrest of members Maria Alyokhina, Yekaterina Samutsevich, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, and the fleeing of an additional two members.
As of mid-August 2012, the three women were each sentenced to serve two years in a penal colony. The case’s combination of censorship and severe response by authorities compelled Russian allies like Garry Kasparov and international figures and organizations from Kathleen Hanna to Paul McCartney to Amnesty International to speak out in support of the collective but remaining free Pussy Riot members reiterated that the collective will never perform within the capitalist system of the music business, such as ticketed events.” ~ Chrysta Cherrie, Rovi (Spotify)
CASHFORGOLD
About:
CASHFORGOLD is a singer and songwriter that has performed alongside artists such as Sidewalks and Skeletons, Brothel, and Transviolet. She has crafted a unique blend of gritty electronica and dream pop. – her soft, innocent voice has an inexplicable edge that gives her songs a uniquely haunting and emotive atmosphere. She has cultivated a following of nearly 200,000 monthly listeners on Spotify, where her single ‘Taking Flight’ has over 7 million plays.
Dark witch house, future garage and goth-pop pixie CASHFORGOLD marks a defining moment in her burgeoning career with the independent release of her debut album ‘manic pixie nightmare.’
Several years in the making, manic pixie nightmare is represented by six well-received singles released independently by the artist over the last two years, which have since clocked up over 2M+ streams and counting. Standout moment “all my tears are fucking black” mixes trap beats with a light UK drill flourish and screamo moments, whereas opening number “wear me out” and gothic-trap stylings of “i could be your goddess” are defined by brooding trance synths and the singer’s classically airy vocals. […]
Her music has gained the support of Trap Nation, Mr. Suicide Sheep, and Chill Nation. Further successes include radio play in Germany and on SiriusXM.
Sidewalks and Skeletons
About:
“Sidewalks and Skeletons is the solo-project of UK artist Jake Lee, who grew up playing in many different metal bands as a guitarist, as well as gravitating towards creating dark electronic music starting in 2006 and making S&S his main solo project by 2011.
Recently featured in the Devolver Digital video game RUINER GAME SOUNDTRACK OST – SIDEWALKS AND SKELETONS – S&S has worked with & played shows with bands such as Crystal Castles, HEALTH, Brothel, Levit∆te and many others. Even being credited as producer for the Crystal Castles track Their Kindness Is Charade.
S&S did 3 USA tours in 2017, 2018 & 2019. Dropped the new album “ENTITY” in 2019. And played shows all across Europe including RUSSIA, Moscow & Saint Petersburg in 2020.
Sidewalks and Skeletons’ new album “EXORCISM” drops worldwide on 2/2/22. Some singles from this album include Cybercrimes, Nowhere, and Eternal Rest” (Spotify bio).
Excited for the Cyberpunk Vol 4 release now? Get your tickets here.
I’ll see you there!
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