Matrikamantra

(Europe May 1996 - May 1999)

Chronology

Photo credit: Merrill Aldighieri.


Chronology: a chronological overview of known concert dates (some with setlists and/or ads), 
dates of studio recordings, all line-ups and other trivia related to the American band Matrikamantra.
Date format DD-MMM-YY. 

-Information in grey italics is uncertain-

1996 The year in which the Matrikamantra project is started.

	Lydia Lunch leaves San Francisco and moves to Pittsburgh in April 1995. She stays until December 1999.

Live Line-up #1A (May 1996): Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration) and Mark Cunningham (trumpet).

	21-May-96 ES Barcelona,G's Club Sidecar (with Mark Cunningham) Setlist: Dread/ In Spite Of God/ Inverted Dream/ Perfumed Corpses/ Disease Of The Night/ Cesspool Called History/ Archives Of Blood. Photo: Screenshot from "Fuelling The Rose Of Fire" DVD (2005) on which the above tracks are available. Note: Music composition and sound design/backing tapes by Joseph -Joe- Budenholzer.



1997 The year in which the Matrikamantra album is recorded.

	January 1997 US Lydia Lunch produces Vanessa Skantze's "Pariah" album @ the Audiomation studio in Pittsburgh. Joseph Budenholzer [Backworld] and Kamilsky (a.k.a. Kamil Kruta, a musician [bass in UJD] from the Czech Republic and since 1992 living in California, USA) help out. With Joe and other band members of Backworld Lydia enters the studio to record "Matrikamantra", a work of psycho- acoustic theatre in the form of a homage to Romanian philosopher poet Emil Cioran.

Live Line-up #1B (March 1997): Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration)/ Kamilsky/Kamil Kruta (bass,special effects) and Joseph -Joe- Budenholzer (keyboards,soundscapes,laptop).

	01-Mar-97 CZ Praha,Palace Akropolis [with PseudoPseudo] Setlist: Intro/ World Of Whispers/ Cesspool Called History/ Gravediggers Of The Future/ Need To Feed/ Perfumed Corpses/ Disease Of The Night/ In Spite Of God/ Vortex/ Hermones/ Dread/ Outpatients/ Exit. Note: Released as disc 2 of the "Matrikamantra" album. Music composition and sound design by Joseph Budenholzer. "In Prague, Lydia asked me to sit in with Matrikamantra at Acropolis, and I organised the recording of the event. Lydia came about a week before the show with Joe [..] I'd hired a friend of mine who was an amazing sound engineer, and the sound was so overwhelming there was almost complete silence between songs, because people were blown away—this wasn't one of the shows where people scream their opinions. It wasn't just spoken word, it was like watching a movie without pictures—there was a lot going on and the music was quite dark both in tone and in message." Kamil Kruta quoted in "Lydia Lunch- The War Is Never Over", a book by Nick Soulsby (Jawbone, 2020). Handbill: Photo of handbill, courtesy of Jasmine Hirst. Note: The day before (28-Feb-97), screening of 'The Gun Is Loaded", "The Right Side of Your Brain" and "Fingered" at the Roxy's "Shock Night" film festival, with Lydia present.

	23-Jun-97 US FL,Orlando,Sapphire Supper Club (with Joe Budenholzer and Kamil Kutra) [with Vanessa Skantze] Flyer: Scan of flyer. Listing: Scan of listing from The Orlando Sentinel 22-Jun-97. Note: Labeled as illustrated spoken word.

Studio Line-up (1997): Lydia Lunch (narration)/ Joan Dalin (violin)/ Laura Rogers (flute) and Greg Shakar (clarinet).

	1997 US NY,New York City,Harbinger House studio,recording disc 1 of the "Matrikamantra" album. Mastered by Paul Geluso and Greg Shakar. All personnel is member of Backworld.

	31-Oct-97 US Release of the "Matrikamantra" album (Atavistic).



1998 The year in which the album is toured extensively in Europe and the US.

	24-Apr-98 DE Release of the "Matrikamantra" album (Crippled Dick).

Live Line-up #2A (Europe May - June 1998): Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration)/ Joseph -Joe- Budenholzer (keyboards,soundscapes,laptop) and Terry Edwards (alto sax/mini trumpet).

	17-May-98 UK London-Highbury,The Garage 20-May-98 PL Warsawa,Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej Ujazdowski, Castle Courtyard or Laboratory Room Note: Start of the first Matrikamantra tour (5 weeks) with Joe Budenholzer [Backworld] and Terry Edwards [Gallon Drunk, The Scapegoats, PJ Harvey live band from 2016 onwards].

	21-May-98 PL Poznan,Club Eskulap,Jazzfestival Photo: Screen capture from TV broadcast. Note: Broadcast by Polish TVP Kultura - Art Noc program.

	22-May-98 DE Berlin,Knaack Club 23-May-98 DE Dresden,Star Club 24-May-98 DE Jena,Kassablanca Poster: Photo of generic tour poster.

	25-May-98 DE Nürnberg,Hirsch Tciket: Photo of ticket courtesy of Martin L.

	26-May-98 DE Aachen,Music Bunker 27-May-98 DE Schwenningen,Bahnhof Schwenningen 28-May-98 CH Thun,Café Mokka 29-May-98 CH La Chaux de Fonds,Bikini 30-May-98 CH Bern,Reitschule 31-May-98 IT Bologna,Link 01-Jun-98 DE München,Incognito 02-Jun-98 AT Wien,Arena Poster: Photo of generic tour poster.

	04-Jun-98 DE Bochum,Bahnhof Langendreer Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Cesspool Called History/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack).

	05-Jun-98 NL Leeuwarden,Recreatieterrein de Groene Ster-Polaris stage Frozenland popfestival Poster: Photo of poster.

	06-Jun-98 BE Brussel,Vaartkapoen Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Cesspool Called History/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack).

	07-Jun-98 NL Eindhoven,Universiteitsterrein,Technische Universiteit,Virus festival [with WithinTemptation and others] Setlist: Cesspool Called History/ Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Escape/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Cisco Sunset/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack). Note: This concert is filmed by Babeth Van Loo (Mondini), excerpts of which have appeared as bonus tracks on the "Kiss Napolean Goodbye" DVD (2009). Poster: Photo of poster.

	09-Jun-98 DK København,Vega Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ ...and more/ Mystic And Most Toxic. Note: All above tracks broadcast by Danish radio (including an interview with Lydia Lunch), except "Mystic And Most Toxic" which is released on Terry Edwards' "Yesterday's Zeitgeist" compilation live album.

	10-Jun-98 SE Stockholm,Motorship Stubnitz Photo: Credit: © Robert Petersson (used with kind permission).

	11-Jun-98 NO Olso,Mars 12-Jun-98 NO Lillehammer,Felix 13-Jun-98 SE Hultsfred,Avantgarde stage,Open air festival 14-Jun-98 DK Århus,Huset

	16-Jun-98 FR Lyon-Villeurbanne,Pez-Ner 17-Jun-98 FR Paris,- 18-Jun-98 FR Toulouse,- 19-Jun-98 ES Madrid,- 20-Jun-98 ES Barcelona,- Note: For some reason all these dates were cancelled.

Live Line-up #2B (USA November 1998): Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration)/ Terry Edwards (alto sax/mini trumpet) and Joseph -Joe- Berardi (percussion).

	04-Nov-98 US NY,New York City,Life [with the Impotent Sea Snakes] Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Cesspool Called History/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack). Photo: Still taken from a private video. Listing: Scan of listing from The Star-Ledger 30-Oct-98. Note: Start of Matrikamantra's second tour, first and only in the USA. Joseph -Joe- Berardi was member of Congo Norvell during 1994/95. This first show may have been without Joe.

	06-Nov-98 US WA,Seattle,OK Hotel [with Veronica 6] Listing: Scan of listing from The Rocket 04-Nov-98.

	07-Nov-98 US CA,San Francisco,Café du Nord [with Jill Tracy] Listing: Scan of listing from The San Francisco Examiner 06-Nov-98.

	09-Nov-98 US CA,Los Angeles-Hollywood,Dragonfly [with Texa Terri] Ad: Scan of advert from LA Weekly 06-Nov-98.

	10-Nov-98 US IL,Chicago,Smart Bar Listing: Scan of listing from The Indianapolis Star 01-Nov-98.

	11-Nov-98 US MN,Minneapolis,First Avenue

	13-Nov-98 US MI,Detroit-Pontiac,7th House Listing: Scan of listing from Detroit Free Press 30-Oct-98.

	14-Nov-98 US CT,New Haven,Tune Inn Listing: Scan of listing from Hartford Courant 29-Oct-98.

	16-Nov-98 US MA,Boston-Cambridge,Middle East-Downstairs [with Peer Group and Bourbon Princess] Setlist: Cesspool Called History-Harlem Nocturne/ Cisco Sunset/ and more... Ad: Scan of ad from the Boston Phoenix November 13-19, 1998: Vol 27 Iss 46. Note: Above tracks released on Terry Edwards' "Yesterday's Zeitgeist" compilation live album and Lydia's own "Hangover Hotel".

	17-Nov-98 US FL,Orlando,Sapphire Supper Club [with Koonda Holaa and the Beetches] Setlist: Psychic Anthropology/ and more... Photo: Taken from the Lydia's "Video Hysterie" video DVD. Note: Above track released on Lydia's "Video Hysterie" video DVD (not on the VHS). Kamilsky/Kamil Kruta [Koonda Holaa] joins on (keyboards) for the above track.

	18-Nov-98 US GA,Atlanta,The Masquerade Listing: Scan of listing from The State 30-Oct-98.

Live Line-up #2A (Europe November 1998): Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration)/ Joseph -Joe- Budenholzer (keyboards,soundscapes,laptop) and Terry Edwards (alto sax/mini trumpet).

	26-Nov-98 FR Evreux,Hippodrôme,Le Rock dans tous les Etats festival Setlist: Itch/ Solo Mystico/ and more ... Photo: Still taken from the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999). Note: Start of Matrikamantra's third tour, all in the same year. Above tracks released on the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999). "Solo Mystico" also released on the "Video Hysterie" video DVD (not the VHS). Tour manager: Lucas Balbo.

	27-Nov-98 FR Nantes,Pannonica,Festival Jazz Action Setlist: Delirium/ Cisco Sunset/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack)/ and more ... Photo: Still taken from the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999). Note: Above tracks released on the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999).

	28-Nov-98 FR Lyon-Villeurbanne,Pez-Ner Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Cesspool Called History/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack) or World Of Whispers. Photo: Still taken from the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999). Note: "Inverted Dream" and "Dead Wrong" released on the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999). "Solo Mystico" released on Lydia's compilation album "Hangover Hotel".

	29-Nov-98 FR Marseille,MJC Mirabeau Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Psychic Antropology/ Need To Feed/ and more ... Photo: Still taken from the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999). Note: Above tracks released on the "Road Rant" VHS video (1999).



1999 The year in which Lydia Lunch tours the "Matrikamantra" album with The Scapegoats (Ian White and Terry Edwards) and the "Road Rant" video is released.

Live Line-up #3 (Europe May 1999): Lydia Lunch (vocals/narration)/ Ian White (percussion,soundscapes,laptop) and Terry Edwards (alto sax/mini trumpet).

	28-Apr-99 GR Athina,An Club 01-May-99 IT Forti,Ex Machina 03-May-99 IT Cagliari,- Note: Start of Matrikamantra's fourth -one month- and final tour. Ian White first met Lydia on the plane to Athens, Greece. He played with her ever since.

	04-May-99 IT Bologna,Centergross,Roxy Bar, TV show Setlist: Psychic Antropology/ interview with Lydia by Red Ronnie. Photo: Still taken from the TV broadcast. Note: Broadcast by Italian TMC2 TV.

	05-May-99 IT Parma,L'Onerica

	06-May-99 IT Bologna,Centergross,Help, TV show Setlist: Knives In My Drain/ interview with Lydia by Red Ronnie/ Solo Mystico. Note: Broadcast by Italian TMC2 TV. Photo: Still taken from the TV broadcast.

	06-May-99 IT Milano,Tunnel

	07-May-99 IT Firenze,Auditorium Flog [with Winston Smith] Postcard: Original postcard.

	08-May-99 IT Bari-Trani,Hype

	10-May-99 IT Roma,Casa Brancaleone Photo: Credit Pogopop.

	10-May-99 IT Torino,Piccolo Teatro 11-May-99 FR Mulhouse,Normatrouff

	13-May-99 ES Bilbao,Bilborock 14-May-99 ES Valencia,Colegio Mayor Luis Vives 15-May-99 ES Barcelona,Luz de Gas Ticket: Photo of ticket.

	16-May-99 FR Bordeaux,ZooBizzare 17-May-99 FR Paris,Arapaho

	18-May-99 DE Frankfurt,Nachtleben Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Cesspool Called History/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack).

	19-May-99 AT Linz,Universitäts Mensa Setlist: Psychic Anthropology/ This Has Been Forced Up (a.k.a. Mystic And Most Toxic)/ and more ... Poster: Photo of poster. Note: "Mystic.." available on Terry Edwards' "Otogeny" compilation album and also on Lydia's compilation album "Hangover Hotel". "Psychic Anthropology" only available on "Hangover Hotel".

	20-May-99 AT Wien,Flex 22-May-99 CZ Praha,Rock Café 22-May-99 DE Leipzig,Schauspielhaus,Wave Gotik Treffen festival 25-May-99 UK London-Highbury,Garage [with Silo] 27-May-99 LU Alzette Esch,Kulturfabrik

	28-May-99 BE Antwerpen,Monty Setlist: Lady Scarface (a.k.a. Gone City)/ Itch/ Inverted Dream/ Knives In The Drain/ Escape/ Dead Wrong/ Solo Mystico/ Need To Feed/ Psychic Anthropology/ Disease Of The Night/ Cisco Sunset/ Cesspool Called History/ Mystic And Most Toxic (a.k.a. The Devil's Racetrack). Note: Last date of tour. Last Matrikamantra performance.

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