NAKED
NAKED is an alias of London & Berlin based Agnes Gryczkowska whose music juxtaposes raw explosions of hard industrial rhythms, noise and metal screamo with arias and monophonic lamentations. NAKED’s confrontational presence during live performances shifts between extremities: from masochisms to submission, from pain to pleasure, from violence to softness. The feeling of fear and vulnerability morphs into that of empowerment, anger and hedonistic pleasure.
NAKED’s most recent EP Killed By Roses (written with Alex Johnston) was released on Halcyon Veil Records in 2020. Killed by Roses plays like a psychological horror drama. It follows the protagonist’s descent from love to infidelity, into hatred, hysteria and self-destruction. Sonically, the production is destroyed, blown-out and heavy, mirroring the extreme, raw and demonic vocals and lyrics. Killed by Roses followed Total Power Exchange (2017) (written with Alex Johnston) which featured in Aphex Twin’s recent sets and Cosey Fanni Tutti’s mixes and used the sounds of sex, vomit and mutilated vocals to create a distorted and violent noise transgression.
In 2018 NAKED debuted a new performance called The Cage, which placed the audience inside an industrial-sized cage in an underground vault of London’s Somerset House. The Cage spoke of freedom, control, abolishment of hierarchies and refusal to dominate and be dominated. NAKED has toured extensively performing in clubs, festivals and art galleries across Europe and Asia including Unsound, CTM Festival, Serpentine Galleries, Cafe OTO, Creamcake Berlin, SXSW, and many more; and has been featured in DAZED, i-D, FACT, Pitchfork, BBC Radio 1 and BBC Radio 6, amongst other platforms. Collaborations include those with Mykki Blanco and Yves Tumor, soundtracking work includes Dazed and Nowness. Gryczkowska is currently collaborating with London Contemporary Orchestra on a new record and performance.
Booking Contact : michelle@potnia-theron.de
Photo Credit (from top to bottom): 1 by Spyros Droussiotis / 2, 3 & 5 by Yis Kid / 4 & 6 by Begum Yetis
