Ben Frost
»Scope Neglect«
Dates
5/16/24
8:00 PM
Ben Frost has composed the soundtrack for the Netflix hit »Dark,« written operas for the Royal Opera House, and exhibited in art spaces. The live concerts of the Australian musician, who resides in Iceland, are defined by this background: Frost creates immersive soundscapes that are expansive, dynamic, and physically captivating, transforming the act of listening to music into a transcendental experience. At Kampnagel, he presents his sixth studio album »Scope Neglect« (Mute Records), which was created with mathcore guitarist Greg Kubacki from the band Car Bomb and noise bassist Liam Andrews. Frost skeletonizes their brutal metal guitar riffs onto electronic foundations and intertwines them with synthesizer fanfares, recordings of sperm whales, and other field recordings. »Not a spectacle but spectacular« (WDR) is this musical borderline experience, as stirring as it is meditative – and further proof that Ben Frost is the undisputed »mastermind of experimental, challenging instrumental music« (laut.de).