Watch 'THIS WILL BE A RECORDED EVENT! (The Pleasure Majenta Live 2022)'

With new album Looming, The Spindle out via Oliver Ackermann's (Death By Audio, APTBS) imprint Dedstrange and firmly entrenched within Berlin's 8MM community, Aotearoa goth / punks The Pleasure Majenta are hinting at a killer 2023 coming up. The group have unveiled a twenty minute short film documenting a teeth-gnashingly powerful and abrasive (yet also joyful to this viewer) Pleasure Majenta performance, shot on five cameras at a secret show within an industrial complex, recorded by Lazlo Hägner, then edited and post-produced by Holly Paynter for maximum immersive impact. Hit play on the band's richly textural visuals — featuring the songs 'Fabric', 'Sad2Say', 'Full Of It' and 'Everything Turns To Gold' — read singer / guitarist Loz's (Lawrence Goodwin) statement on THIS WILL BE A RECORDED EVENT! (The Pleasure Majenta Live 2022), and note the all-caps concluding words...

"On the 14th July 2022 we, The Pleasure Majenta, and friends, organised a secret show where we recorded and filmed a live performance. Taking place in the Greenhouse (a once popular artist complex in an industrial area of Berlin), starting from sunset and finishing under a glaring full moon.

Footage from 5 perspectives were compiled then edited together by the amazing and talented Holly Paynter (who also crawled the floor clasping her camera at the show). Paynter's final cut is a visceral and immersive experience, a friend said it made them feel like you're really there watching the show. I'm not sure if that was the intention or Holly is just really good at translating a feeling, I'm sure it is the latter.

This would not have been possible without the help and support of the beautiful community we have here in Berlin.

WE HAVE A LOT TO ANNOUNCE IN THE NEXT WEEKS. WE ARE COMING FOR YOU." — Loz

The Pleasure Majenta's new album 'Looming, The Spindle' is out now via Dedstrange.