fck - that's terrible news :-( RIP
MEK "Robert Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote on 07/26/2008 04:13:33 AM: > Sh!t, that's very sad news - I used to buy records from her shop > > > Rob Taylor > VT Librarian > x8599 > Hatch Desk x1088 > VT Library Users' Guide > > -----Original Message----- > From: Martin Dust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 25 July 2008 16:00 > To: list 313 > Subject: (313) Alex Silverfish RiP > > reported by Ben Stroud on July 24, 2008 > > London underground techno pioneer Alex Silverfish was found dead at her > East London flat last weekend. Friends close to Alex told Skrufff she's > believed to have committed suicide. Alex was 43. > > Starting her DJing career in 1989 (under the inauspicious moniker of DJ > Lowenbandiger) Alex set up London's first euro techno night 'the > Hiddenside' at the now defunct Bar Industria, with Marco Lenzi, Nils > Hess and Keith Fielder, going on to open the Silverfish record shop in > 1991. > > The Charing Cross Road shop, art-space and regular all night party venue > served as a key hub and meeting point between London's then thriving > squat party warehouse scene and the overground worldwide techno scene > and Alex rapidly became a star DJ, spinning alongside the likes of Aphex > Twin, Juan Atkins, Sven Vath and Joey Beltram, in the UK and abroad. She > went on to promote 287 Silverfish parties at warehouses and venues > across London becoming one of the capital's most respected and popular > party hosts of the 90s. She also remained passionately committed to > techno, labelling it a form of shamanism and a 'magic ritual' in an > interview with Skrufff in 2002. > > "Dancing to the rhythmic sound of the drums all night is something that > men have been doing for millions of years and in those rituals there are > lots of processes happening such as energy sharing between the DJ and > the crowd. Magic things and real healing can happen through techno," > she said. > > "When I play techno to people I feel an energy coming out of my spine > and passing into the crowd, then coming back through the head. If you > play good music to people you receive a vibe in exchange and it's a > formidable sensation. This sensation is really what I still play for, > rather than the money for glory. That's why I still play for free in > lots of underground techno parties," she added. > > Embracing electroclash alongside techno at the start of the decade Alex > also announced that she was taking steps towards changing sex from male > to female and lived the remainder of her life as a woman. > > Chatting to Skrufff in 2003, she spoke enthusiastically about the > support she'd received from transgenderists in London's club scene and > from friends, who'd known her from her techno days, though was candid > about her ongoing struggles. > > "After a life of agony, four years of therapy and two suicide attempts, > I've finally started a sex reassignment program to correct a natural > error that occurred at birth," said Alex, "Basically I've finally become > one after a lifetime of living a double life." > > However, two years later, she spoke sadly about the hatred she routinely > encountered following her decision to live as a woman, particularly from > viciously homophobic gangs roaming the estates around her Hackney home. > > "Experiencing aggression and receiving hate has been a constant for > quite a few years, so much so that maybe I'm almost becoming used to the > daily abuse," she suggested. > > "I've always been spiritual and ascetic and, believe that hate can be > more contagious than love and everyday I try to forgive people's > ignorance and not to get contaminated," she wrote, "At times it's hard > but there's not other way out, We live in a society of resentment, > rejection of freedom and homophobic hate." > > "Walking a lifetime with the gaze pointing down is, at the moment, the > best safe-choice of many gays, lesbians and transsexuals in a country > that apparently guarantees freedom around the world," she added. > > "Giving too much freedom to fascists of every faith always results in > weaker groups and sections of society losing theirs and suffering," > she warned. > > Jonty Skrufff (Skrufff.com) > ##################################################################################### > Note: > > Any views or opinions are solely those of the author and do not > necessarily represent > those of Channel Four Television Corporation unless specifically > stated. 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