Alexandra von Bolz´n aka alphacat

Alexandra von Bolz'n has worked with different media for more than 10 years. As a voice artist, she has shouted in bands, created sound art, and set exhibitions and films to sound. Her musical bandwidth ranges from more even and silent forms (drones, experimental works) to harsher sounds (noise, tech/math grind, breakcore, electro).
With the sounds she creates, Alexandra von Bolz'n challenges and enlarges gender boundaries usually taken for granted. Once her vocal chords are unleashed, she runs the gamut from the deepest frequencies up to the highest pitches, emitting sounds that are hardly recognizable as products of a human voice. But it's not merely about shouting "it" out - in fact she turns her poems into sound.
As the negotiation of traditional gender roles is a particular concern of her artistic work, Alexandra von Bolz'n also collaborates with photographers and graphic designers. As a model, she conceptualizes ideas and visions in order to blur the classic imagery of the sexes.
Projects
Voice of Kimusawea (1994 - 1998) - Experimental Emocore
Voice of several projects (e.g. The Ocean or Voltron )
Voice of Bolz'n (2003 - 2007) - Technical Grindcore.
Voice of Crowskin (2009 - inf.) - Sludge/Doom
Voice of ckaput (2009 - inf.) - Death Metal/Breakcore
Bolz'n live: Wasted 4 @ Transmediale / Club Maria / Berlin
Besides projects with:
Idiot Switch - They call this Music...
Pure - Vocal Drones
Out Now: Pure 's new Album "Ification" incl. two Tracks ft. Alexandra von Bolz'n !Out Now on [CFET]: The 'Scylla & Charybdis' 12" LP ft. Hanayo and Alexandra von Bolz'n !A festival curated by artists and dramaturges, "Politics of Ecstasy" assembles positions from dance, performance art, music and theory, including an improvisation project with dancers and musicians. We seek to cultivate a temporary community and avoid the typical "show and go" mentality of most festivals.
Downloads
Alexandra von Bolz'n w/ Pure (live in berlin 2005, right click and save target as)
Alexandra von Bolz'n w/ Vagina Jones & Joachim Montessuis (2 hour live set at transmediale 2008, right click and save target as)
Kimusawea - Kurze Abhandlung vom Menschen und seinem Glück 12" (from nabate , right click and save target as)
Bolz'n - Riemen (last ever Bolz'n recordings; now released by Ponyhell Records. left click and download from www.bolzn.org)
Crowskin w/ Alexandra von Bolz'n on Vocals (snippet recorded live at lokal berlin, sep. 22 2008 right click and save target as)
Christoph de Babalon Radiomix Scylla&Charybdis