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Blacklips Bar: Androgyns and Deviants - Industrial Romance for Bruised and Battered Angels, 1992–1995 is a compilation combining original recordings and select DJ tracks fromthe vaults of Blacklips Performance Cult, a collective of underground performers, artists anddrag queens who took to NYC’s Pyramid Club stage every Monday night at 1 am to performoriginal plays. The broad spectrum of emotional expression, ferocity, humour andtransgression evident in these collected recordings are a further indication of the group’soeuvre.In 1992, ANOHNI founded Blacklips Performance Cult with collaborators Johanna Constantine and Psychotic Eve. Originally intended as a cabaret and DJ night, theconstellation of people drawn to Blacklips soon melded into a late night ensemble in which members took turns writing scripts that were then performed by the group. Blacklips continued a tradition of urban queer subcultural resistance embodied within the writings of Jean Genet, John Rechy, and the post-punk feminist Terence Sellers. Inspired by Lotte Lenya, Candy Darling, and Leigh Bowery, Greta Garbo and Sister Dimension, performers took the stage primarily to entertain and address each other, while entertaining late-night thrill seekers.

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Blacklips Bar: Androgyns and Deviants - Industrial Romance for Bruised and Battered Angels, 19921995 - Curated by Anohni

Anthology Recordings
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Released10/03/2023Catalogue NumberARC1141Learn more

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