DAVE PHILLIPS : Proceed With Inquiry

'“Proceed With Inquiry” is a collection of video works, live performances and collaborations by radical Swiss sound artist Dave Phillips, sonically active since 1987, part of the notorious Schimpfluch Gruppe (with Rudolf Eb.er, Joke Lanz) since 1991, having left his signature in numerous bands, projects and collaborations. Dave Phillips uses sound as a means to activate primordial emotions otherwise hidden underneath the debris of civilization. His concept is called “Humanimalism” accordingly, meaning a state of mind that overcomes religious, material und supremacist charges of evolution, acknowledges itself as part of a whole and has grown into an empathic, conscious and connected creature allowing emotion and instinct their equal part in decision-making. This collection presents his multifaceted work in composition, performance, psycho-acoustics, sonic rituals, voice, video, field recordings, objects and electronics, etc. in a yet unknown complexity and coherence of motion pictures. His performance work is revealed in all its undiluted brutality, the urgency and topicality of his work and his message is clearly evident, captivating and intensely documented.
Along with Dave Phillips’ video works created between 2014 and 2016, the DVD is a document of unique solo live actions and the notorious Paris 1996 performance of Schimpfluch Gruppe , as well as recent collaborations with G.X. Jupitter-Larsen, and video artists Pakise Akin, Jan Van Hasselt and Remote-Control Rectum, who in turn created their visual interpretations of Phillips’ audio works. It all amounts to a mind-expanding experience, playing with altered perception and throwing back the viewer onto his own vision.
DVD, Region free PAL, packaged in a 6 panel digifile high quality natural paper. Includes stitched patch with dp logo Playtime: approx. 180 min
Limited to 250 copies.'



Tracklist
DVD-1 Dave Phillips - Video Action 19:09
DVD-2 Dave Phillips - Scutigera 0:10
DVD-3 Dave Phillips - Truth Is Invented By Liars 20:37
DVD-4 Dave Phillips - Threnody 8:59
DVD-5 Dave Phillips - Rattus 0:32
DVD-6 Dave Phillips - Daniel 1:38
DVD-7 Dave Phillips - Iv Ea Pe 0:43
DVD-8 Schimpfluch-Gruppe - Paris 961123 8:55
Performer – Dave Phillips, Rudolf Eb.er
DVD-9 Dave Phillips - Abolishing Religion 10:33
Percussion – David Opp
Performer – Dave Phillips, Jeki Zabarov, Noa Rimer, Tamar Ariel
DVD-10 Dave Phillips - 130731 10:21
DVD-11 Dave Phillips - Hole/Holy 18:42
Performer – Sese
DVD-12 Dave Phillips - Screamscape. Act III: Cleansing
Cameraman – MOJU, Michael Gendreau 3:55
Performer – Andrea Nucamendi, Céline Roduit, Jen Morris, Lisa Seitz, Vanessa Gageos
DVD-13 Dave Phillips - Extreme Rituals 18:33
Cameraman – MOJU
DVD-14 Dave Phillips - As Long As 1:47
Film Director – Remote Control Rectum
DVD-15 Dave Phillips - Samstags Nie 10:05
Film Director – Jan Van Hasselt, Pakise Akin
DVD-16 Dave Phillips - I Curse You 0:54
Film Director – Remote Control Rectum
DVD-17 Dave Phillips - ?10 10:23
Film Director – GX Jupitter-Larsen
DVD-18 Dave Phillips - Untitled 6:58
Film Director – MOJU

Credits
Design – The Epicurean

Notes
DVD: region free PAL
Packaging: 190x130 mm, 6 panel digifile, high quality natural paper. Includes stitched patch with dp logo
Limited edition of 250 copies