Kristof Hahn (Swans / Sometimes with others)

"Kristof Hahn is an experimental, avant-rock’n’roll guitar player. He lives and works in Berlin. Hahn’s music ranges from abstract cinematic soundscapes to elegant rock’n’roll noir songs.

Hahn is best known for his lap-steel guitar playing in the New York experimental rock band Swans. He joined the band in 1989 for the Burning World tour and played on the subsequent album “White Light from the Mouth of Infinity” (1990). He left the band in 1992, joined SWANS’ bandleader Michael Gira’s follow-up project Angels of Light in 1998 and became a constant member of the SWANS relaunch from 2010 until 2017.

Hahn is also the founder of the Berlin based bands Les Hommes Sauvages and Sultans of Gedankebrain and has collaborated with a variety of artists from different backgrounds such as Alex Chilton, Tav Falco, Thomas Wydler, and Pere Ubu. His approach to the lap-steel guitar is less rooted in traditions but more drone-oriented, creating vast soundscapes that at times erupt into sonic thunderstorms and at other times resolve into ethereal melodies.

Besides his band activities Hahn has recorded movie soundtracks for German director Robert Schwentke (Eierdiebe/The Family Jewels – 2003) and Austrian film-maker Marko Doringer (Mein Halbes Leben – 2008, Naegel mit Köpfen – 2013). He also translates books from English to German – among these are: “The Song of the Silent Snow” by Hubert Selby Jr., “Margrave of the Marshes”, by John Peel, and “Thy Neighbor’s Wife” by Gay Talese"
(Swamp Booking)

https://www.instagram.com/kristofhahn667?igsh=MXh6bndubDRldXZ6cQ==

https://youtu.be/sgNZGemDcTM?si=axecVOUfKdEtjssJ

https://room40.bandcamp.com/album/six-pieces

https://www.sometimeswithothers.com/

Dana Schechter (Swans / Insect Ark)

Dana Schechter is a musician, composer, visual artist and animator. The main projects of her own writing compositions include Insect Ark, formed in 2011 and still ongoing, and Bee And Flower (1999-2012). Dana is a current recording and touring member of Swans, and has played as a bassist, lap steel guitarist and keyboardist with artists such as American Music Club, The Angels Of Light, Zeal And Ardor, Wrekmeister Harmonies, Årabrot, and Gnaw, among others.
(Discogs)

"Music has been the dominant and driving force of my creative life. From playing flute at age 9, to my first live gig as a teenager, the spirit of sound took hold early on.

I started in earnest at age 16 on electric bass guitar. Over the years my list of instruments has grown to include lap steel guitar, piano, synthesizers, vocalizations/singing, acoustic and electric drums, as well as self–recording, engineering, and producing.

I have a special interest in music that defies genres and embraces experimentation and exploration, both sonically and compositionally."
Dana Schechter

After playing with Insect Ark on the Years of Decay Fest 2024 Dana Schechter will peform her newest solo works on 08. Sept. So don't miss it.

https://www.danaschechter.com/

https://www.instagram.com/dana.schechter?igsh=MWZlY2x1MDN0azJzaA==

https://www.insectark.com/