S&D#024 / APE#047: So Many Dark Gifts (2014)

Matthew Stadler joins with Smoke & Dust, a non-profit record label and publishing house in Ghent run by Tim Bryon, Valentijn Goethals and Tomas Lootens, contributing the essay “So Many Dark Gifts” to this photo-rich volume exploring the group’s varied, cross-media output. From punk rock shows, posters and screen printing, to nomadic radio and providing a platform for young artists, the group enforces confrontation with an audience and a public space. Constantly on the hunt for new impulses, whether visually or musically, the focus is always on experimental artistic forms. In his essay, Stadler emphasises the role Goethals plays, and also what fascinates him.

S&D#024 are: Adorno, Amen Dunes, Amenra, Aske, Aidan Baker, Aussitot Mort, Beau Navire, Laura Bergans, Beyt, Al Tapes, Birth, Mykki Blanco, Timo Bonneure, Boomtown, Anniek Brattinga, Broodmes, Jelle Bryon, Tim Bryon, Burning Bright, Michaël Bussaer, Natalie Buyse, Anne Callahan, Lize Chielens, Bieke Criel, Grégory Dapra, Guy De Bièvre, Pauwel De Buck, Rutger de Vries, Lydia Debeer, Deceiver, Dries Demoen, Hein Devos, Divorce, Liesbeth Doornbosch, Dracula Lewis, Filip Dujardin, Thais Dupont, Eagulls, Beatrijs Eemans, Paul Elliman, Faceneck, Stefano Faoro, Forced Collapse, Lars Fisher, Chris Fitzpatrick, Yana Foqué, Daniel Frota, Roland Frueh, Stedelijke Jeugddienst Gent, SO Gent, City of Ghent, Ilke Gers, Koen Gisen, Valentijn Goethals, Patrick Goethals, Olivier Goethals, Steve Gunn, Bardhi Haliti, Ward Heirweg, Gerard Herman, Bosco Hernandez, Hessian, Edward Hollis, Floris Hoorelbeke, Huerco S., Bert Huyghe, Ignatz, Karysun, Bjorn Kerckhof, Roel Kerkhofs, Kingdom, Lisa Kinoo, Daria Kiseleva, Mathew Kneebone, Maxine Kopsa, Menelaos Kouroudis, Kraak, Wim Lambrecht, Wendy Leplae, Les Morts Vont Bien, Chielens Lize, Johan Lootens, Tomas Lootens, Lower, Maan, Alexander Maekelberg, Jurgen Maelfeyt, Simon Marius, Karel Martens, Nicolas Matranga, Margarita Maximova, Jack McGrath, Mark McGuire, Ine Meganck, Bénédicte Mertens, Meurtr, Armand Mevis, Niko Mihaljevic, Quenton Miller, Mittland Och Leo, Maureen Mooren, Koen Mortier, Jeroen Mylle, Corina Neuenschwander, Michael Neyt, Phill Niblock, Kimiyuki Nishita, Nonrem, Christof Nüssli, Oathbreaker, Katrien Oosterlinck, Jan Opdekamp, Ane Østrem, Palmistry, Papaya, Laura Pappa, Fabrice Parent, Patten, Mauro Pawlowski, Julie Peeters, Ruben Persoons, Pieces Of Quiet, Melissa Pilon, Ping Pong Tactics, Possessed Factory, Christine Pogatchnik, Erica Preli, Herlinde Raeman, Kasper-Jan Raeman, Räpe Blossoms, Ratzinger, Patrick Ronse, Sofie De Rous, Greta Sabbe, Robert Schulze, Lotte Schroder, Seila Chiara, Mathieu Serruys, Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson, Helen Simpson, Slobster, Olivier Smets, Dean Allen Spunt, Matthew Stadler, Markus Steinkellner, Subbacultcha, Syndrome, TBHR, Illias Teirlinck, Stefaan Temmerman, Temple Solaire, Terminal Hz, ThisQuietArmy, TG Gondard, Trailblazer, Treha Sektori, U.S. Girls, Pieter Uyttenhove, V.Vale, Danny van Dungen, Tom Van Imschoot, Stefanie Vancoillie, Kobe Vandenberghe, Sang Vandenbosch, Johan Vandermaelen, Colin H. Van Eeckhout, Yves Van Eeghem, Arnaud Vanrafelghem, Sam Velghe, Noah Venezia, Esther Venrooij, Emeriek Verhoye, Giacomo Vernada, Stephen Verstraete, Mia Verstraete, Vom grill, Patricia Walkers, Weird Dust, Mathew Whittington, Gary Wilson, Jens Wijnendaele, Yin Yin Wong, Manuel Zenner,…