Komminuτέρας - Hairy Tώngue - Vinyl LP

Hairy Tώngue
(don’t cut the tongue’s hair)

Hairy Tongue is a landscape of passage and transition
The worms die before the bodies
Sucking
Crawling over the mud of technological liquid waste
The butterflies beat their wings rhythmically
The murdered urine waters us
Through the glorified national languages
Hair and poison grow
The choir sings:
Language is saliva, mucus, secretions
The tear is our civilization
The honey that drips from the tongue in never a given

The sun burns and dries the body
The worm persists and stays with the trouble
It digs and digs the soil, watering us drop by drop
The choir sings:
Water me water me water me ahhhhhh!
Feed me! apply me! possess me! drink me! Body to body!

Beyond the phallic chimney of a factory and the obelisk of a church Komminuτέρας traverse into the affectionate angytender belly of the whale. They dance angrytender dances, they crumble the hegemonic languages, letting the hairs of speech grow long and unruly, to irritate, tangle, and provoke, shaping new tώngues from the sounds of furious wind, frenzied birds, swaying trees, swelling waters, and the fluids of the body.

This passage/transition is a collective shattering of rigid authoritarian structures.
Fungi, bacteria, parasites, honey, soil, worms, they are their kin within a queer landscape of symbiotic synpoiesis. 

The edition consists of a 12" vinyl with five audio works with a total duration of 44 min and one 16-page long booklet. The gatefold cover presents two printed artworks.

Vocals / Performative narration: Komminuτέρας (Franck-Lee Alli-Tis, Oýto Árognos, Christina Karagianni)
Music, Sound arrangement & Production: Franck-Lee Alli-Tis
Mixing for vinyl: Yiannis Loukos
Mastering: Matthias Heinstein
Recorded at WordMord Dirtystructive Studio Berlin, EvelpidonBenakiDoxapatri Athens & Onlanic Studio Aether
Cover artwork and booklet design: Franck-Lee Alli-Tis aka V Stylianidou