Cinergy Presents Mandy

FADE INTO COSMIC DARKNESS

On Thursday, October 22nd we continue to CINERGIZE. We invite CARPET (F.L.H.P) as our headliner for a 2-hour long DJ set inspired by the film Mandy (2018) by Panos Cosmatos. She has taken us on deep cinematic and emotive journeys with her party series Mess is Lore that fully embraces what it is to be human - the good, the bad, and the outright strange. There would be none better to blast us into the cosmic darkness that is this film.

She is supported by Peter Fonda who will be our opening hour. Peter Fonda is a true head in the NY underground focusing in on a social, therapeutic, and embodied approach to sound. Fonda understands the assignment, the music, and the importance of good sound having built speakers with Jim Toth and collaborating extensively with MoMA PS1.

3D wizard HZRD will be controlling the visuals once again. Expect liquid acid to drip from the screen directly into your eyes.

So let’s talk about the film, aka LSD - The Movie. Panos Cosmatos highlights the beauty and horror of the 1970’s - heavy metal soundscapes and design, fantasy and sci-fi illustration, psychedelics, and of course the cults and serial killers. The film embodies both the peaceful calm and the eery isolation of living in the woods with a bedroom exposed by windows on all sides. People talk a lot about crime in big cities but the kind of freaks that live in the middle of nowhere…now that’s something to lock your doors about. A place where no one will hear your screams. Also who would be better to embody rage and revenge than NICK FREAKIN CAGE. He gives it an extra campy feel that the film really calls for.

Jóhann Jóhannsson scores this film perfectly with chilling and hair raising sounds that flow through feelings of the deep calm and comfort of love, the immense beauty of the protagonists’ woodland surroundings, and the betrayal, fear, and rage felt when those things get torn right out of your hands. We are beyond grateful that Jóhannsson gave us this masterpiece right before he died. Maybe we can summon him this month at The Bakery if we light a candle and all hold hands.

NOTE!

Limited space available. The access/key code to the space will only be given to those who buy tickets online beforehand - we are not selling tickets at the door. If you cannot get tickets online for whatever reason - please DM us so we can make sure you can get inside.