Kim Gordon

Venue: Huxley Neue Welt

Musician / multidisciplinary artist, former Sonic Youth bass player, Kim Gordon will return to Berlin in support of her new LP PLAY ME.

Kim Gordon's third album, PLAY ME, is distilled and immediate, expanding Gordon’s sonic palette to include more melodic beats and the motorik drive of krautrock. »We wanted the songs to be short,« Gordon says. »We wanted to do it really fast. It’s more focused, and maybe more confident.« The follow-up to 2024’s Justin Raisen-produced, two-time Grammy-nominated The Collective processes, in her inimitable way, the collateral damage of the billionaire class: the demolition of democracy, technocratic end-times fascism, the A.I.-fueled chill-vibes flattening of culture - where dark humor voices the absurdity of modern life. Despite its frequent outward gaze, PLAY ME is an interior record, one in which a heightened emotionality pulses through physical jams, rejecting definitive statements in favor of an inquisitiveness that keeps Gordon searching, ever in process.

Breaking barriers in male dominated cultural worlds, with her very embodiment of coolness, and with her fearless and rigorous experimentalism, Gordon, for decades, has been and continues to be an inspiration. »What Gordon has proved in this past decade is that her art, her life, her cool...has never been contingent upon anyone else. With time, and through continued art-making, she has righted her own ship and pointed it once again in the direction of thrillingly uncharted waters.« – New York Times

Event Access

Warning: This show will take place with loud volumes and stroboscopic lighting effects. Ear protection is available at the venue. Entry is 16+.

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Huxleys Neue Welt is wheelchair accessible. Venue staff can always be asked for help with regards to mobility, and we encourage visitors to get in touch with us in advance so that we can help plan your visit. Several parking lots can be accessed not far from the venue entrance. Please get in touch with us in advance if you require assistance reaching the venue entrance.

We offer free access for an accompanying person for holders of a »Schwerbehinderten Ausweis mit Kategorie B« card.

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