Born in Switzerland, but now based in Berlin, Joke Lanz (aka Sudden Infant) is one of the most prolific and profound artists working in the border zones where performance and body art meet improvisation and Noise. In his Sudden Infant guise, Lanz creates a unique blend of physical sound poetry and epileptic noise bursts, using contact microphones, loops, tapes, etc. The result is an extreme form of musique concrete that juxtaposes spasmodic gibbering with a battery of disorienting electronics.

Web:
www.suddeninfant.com

Contact:
joke@suddeninfant.com

Discography:
2010 “The Phone People” (CS, Quasi Pop)
2010 “My Life’s A Gunshot: Retrospective 1989-2009” (4LP, Hronir)
2009 “Under My Bed” (LP, Harbinger Sound)
2009 “Sketchbook N°9” (CS, Tanzprocesz)
2009 “Parental Guidance” (CS, Soja-Sauce Bolognesez)
2009 “Geheimnis” (CS, Recordings For The Summer)
2009 “Demon Trap/Aural Guerilla” (CS, iDEAL Recordings)
2009 “Berlin Problem Child” (with Astro) (7“, Psych. KG)
2008 “Twilight Sleep” (CS, Soja-Sauce Bolognesez)
2008 “Theater Of Syndromes” (with Dick Tourette) (CS, Nihilist)
2008 “The Joke Lanz Album” (LP, RRRecords)
2008 “Psychotic Einzelkind” (CD, Blossoming Noise)
2008 “Three Puppets” (CD-R, Needlesoup)
2007 “Sudden Infant DVD” (DVD-R, Freak Animal Records)
2007 “Oslo Oscillation Orgy” (with Carlos Giffoni) (12“, Entr’acte)
2007 “Dark Sperm” (CS, Teenage Whore Tapes)
2007 “Blood Test Blood” (CD-R/B-card, Twisted Knister)
2007 “Berlin Paris Taipei” (DVD-R, Tochnit Aleph)
2006 “Radiorgasm” (CD, Blossoming Noise)
2005 “Invocation Of The Aural Slave Gods” (CD, Blossoming Noise)
2004 “< Look Left” (CD-R, Entr’acte)
2004 “Anarchy In The UK” (CD-R, Tochnit Aleph)
2004 “Solothurn” (CD, Pure)
2003 “Philanthropic Phalanges” (CD-R, Recordings For The Summer)
2003 “Live In Vienna” (with Linako) (7“, Klanggalerie)
2003 “Ear Wash” (CD, SSSM)
2002 “Sudden Infant’s Turntable Cookbook” (CD-R, Gameboy Records)
2002 “Molli” (5″ Lathe Cut, Like A/An Everflowing Stream)
2002 “Live In Basel” (CD-R, RRRecords)
2002 “Deutsche Amerikanische Freundsongs” (with Emil Beaulieau) (VHS, Statutory Tape)
2000 “Solothurn” (CD, Pure)
2000 “Zwei” (CS, Mongo Club Production)
2000 “Sidewalk Social Scientist” (LP, Tochnit Aleph)
2000 “Punk As Fuck!! Live!!!!” (CD-R, Tochnit Aleph)
2000 “Holle” (CS, Like A/An Everflowing Stream)
1999 “Where’s Happy?” (CS, Spite)
1999 “Sounds From The Sidewalk” (CS, Soja-Sauce Bolognesez)
1999 “Rare Noise” (2CD-R, Tochnit Aleph)
1999 “Mon Enfant” (CS, Soja-Sauce Bolognesez)
1999 “Bandenkrieg” (CD-R, SSSM)
1998 “Turntable Abuse” (with Nomex) (7“, Adverse)
1998 “Play Stalker” (with Small Cruel Party) (7“, eM 13n)
1997 “Latex-Lady” (CS, Soja-Sauce Bolognesez)
1996 “Recycled” (CS, RRRecords)
1995 “Luv / Yaminda” (with Brume) (CS, Soja-Sauce Bolognesez)
1995 “Holko 1” (CS, G. R. O. S. S.)
1994 “Solothurn” (CD, Pure)
1994 “Deceit” (with Richard Ramirez) (CS, Deadline Recordings)
1993 “Interzone 3” (with Grey Wolves & Micronympha)(CS, SSS Productions)
1993 “1992” (CS, Artware Production)
1992 “Sperm + Egg” (with Brume) (CS, Tadpole)
1992 “Like A Virgin” (with Factor X Fucks) (CS, Drahtfunk-Products)
1991 “Radiorgasm” (LP, Schimpfluch)
1991 “1989-1991” (CS, Schimpfluch)
1989 “Sudden Infant” (CS, Schimpfluch)
1989 “Broken Glass” (7″, Schimpfluch)