https://band.link/burntheempire

Public Service Announcement:

Do. Not. Hyper-politicize. Every. Womxn*. Artist’s. Work.

After making her debut into the world of dark, deconstructed club music on Infinite Machine in late 2017, Ani Klang is releasing her latest hard-hitting, genre-blending EP on Russian label, Hyperboloid Records to round out a busy year of releases in 2020.

‘BURN THE EMPIRE’ is a powerful statement piece seeking to disprove the pervasive belief that womxn and queer people are primarily working and creating music to “empower others.”

After growing frustrated with commentators deeming every bold piece of womxn-made art as an “outspoken feminist act” and forcing political causes on female/non-binary compositions when none are intended, Klang has challenged this trend and created a piece of work that is emphatically not an “empowering anthem for womxn everywhere.”

Armed with frustration, pain, and a little irony, Klang has built her own empire on the outskirts of genre, and all who are open are invited. She is releasing this record with hopes to begin dismantling the notion that womxn’s music is only meant to serve as a political weapon to fight misogyny. There must be something more meaningful womxn have to say to each other besides ‘you can do it too.’

She began grappling with this idea several years ago, when she felt pressured by the underground club community to be “outspoken” to have her music heard. In a 2018 Instagram post, she explained her frustrations as follows:

“I feel like being ‘outspoken’ is almost a prerequisite for being a successful woman at anything these days.It’s not enough to just be an artist who happens to be female – you have to empower women somehow and put your political opinions at the forefront of your art to be considered ‘relevant’. To be completely honest, I find it frustrating as hell. […] I want women to feel empowered but there are so many other creative ways to do this than just talking about feminism. We should be allowed to just BE artists who make records about death, masturbation, chocolate cake, or whatever the hell we want!”

‘BURN THE EMPIRE’ journeys from 145-160 BPM and showcases punchy, fluttery, footwork-inspired kick patterns, layers of heavily manipulated industrial textures and ironically political self-recorded samples (i.e. feminist podcasts, orgasms, and ex-girlfriends crying and singing) bound together by a rave-friendly mentality. Featuring scorching remixes by formidable artists like A.Fruit, Daniel Ruane, and Pixelord, ‘BURN THE EMPIRE’ is an intense sonic excursion through the mind and body of a female artist, eager to set the underground club scene on fire.

With match in hand, Ani Klang urges listeners to fully understand the following before organizing a livid mob armed with extinguishers on her front lawn:

“I am not intending to belittle or invalidate any collective or artist whose primary premise and passion is to empower others. Rather, I am encouraging commentators and listeners to understand and appreciate our unique concepts and technological capabilities before lazily assuming our artistic motivations.

It’s time we Burn the Empire of exhausted empowerment and construct our own domain, fortified by authenticity, legitimacy and resiliency. We’re are not examples, we are exasperated, and we’re gonna burn shit.”

* ‘womxn’ inclusively refers to any female-bodied or non-binary individual, queer or an otherwise unique human who deviates from standard cisgender identities.

Burn the Empire

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ANI KLANG - THE PROBLEM = (A.FRUIT REMIX)

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breaks, acid and sometimes silly music.

2025
07.11 tba
19.10 OFF BAR, HIQFF
21.08 Sicnal, Kampnagel Sommerfestival
06.06 Lifestyle, SLOT, Hamburg
17.04 Safe Bass, SLOT, Hamburg
21.03 Dyke Night, Witten
14.03 Perverse Queerbar, SLOT, Hamburg
08.03 YAYA CC, Cologne 
02.02 BetonFM
24.01 Transtronica, Hamburg 

Past gigs:
2024
30.12 Rediscovering Lost Scores, 38C3, Hamburg w/ Ria Schöneberger 
7.12 Ursprung Fi w/ hyperlove collective, Cologne 
04.10 Filmfest Hamburg b2b cielo.mp3
21.09 Nasch Geburtstag b2b struggling femme
20.09 Galerie Oel Früh b2b struggling femme
03.08 Vogelball, Hamburg b2b struggling femme
27.07 +After Show b2b cielo.mp3, Hamburg
19.07 Galerie Oel-Früh, Hamburg
29.06 CSD Bochum Afterparty, Bochum
21.06 Pride Lüneburg b2b struggling femme 
14.06 Perverse Queer Bar, SLOT, Hamburg
14.05 CyberCrush [sic]nal, Hamburg
04.05 all_eyez_on b2b struggling femme, Mülheim an der Ruhr
29.04 [sic]nal takeover x ehfm radio, Edinburgh 
08.03. YAYA CC b2b struggling femme, Jaki, Cologne
24.02 Low Performance, SLOT, Hamburg
27.01 Zange @beek, Hamburg
06.01 Queere Neujahrs Gala, Rote Flora, Hamburg

2023
22.12 Sound Killa Vol. 1 @MS Stubnitz, Hamburg
18.10 Queer Tresen @Mutter, Hamburg
18.08 MS DOCKVILLE, Hamburg
01.08 Pre Pride Peerstall, Hamburg
17.06 Nasch Geburtstag, Hamburg
10.06 48h Wilhelmsburg x [sic].nal / Saturday Service, Hamburg 
17.05 Secco United, Übel & Gefährlich, Hamburg
14.04 CyberCrush, [sic].nal, Hamburg
25.03 Amore::unlimited, Hamburg 
16.03 CyberCrush, [sic].nal, Hamburg
10.03 Ugly Dj Crew Takeover, Mauke, Wuppertal 
27.01 Wellness Takeover, Wuppertal

2022
15.10 Wellness, Oval Office Bar, Bochum 
02.09 Ugly DJ Crew x HardTradeBerlin, TresorWest, Dortmund
03.06 BMP w/ DJ Schmeisser @ByteFM, Hamburg

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