THE CULT OF RAMMELLZEE

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THE FIFTH DIMENSIONAL STEP from rage bank on Vimeo.

The Cult of RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ ritual of descent at the Saatchi gallery. Through the ritual THE CULT pay homage to iconic New York graffiti writer Kase 2, (1958-2011) who coined the term 'Fifth dimensional step parallel staircase' to describe his highly influential and complex fragmented letter style. < 2014 >

 

The Cult of RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ at the Gasworks-

FERAL EXPRESSWAYS CLEANSE THE OVAL < EXCERPT 1 > from rage bank on Vimeo.

 The Cult of RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ conduct a cleansing ritual with musical collaborators The Crane Broker and Badfood providing the soundclash. A futuristic architectural model of the Vauxhall/Oval areas surrounding Gasworks was built and then bulldozed by sub-cult Feral Expressways in a regeneration ritual, followed by a ‘clean up’ performance by The Dysonic Hoover Boyz. As part of Pedro Lagoa's Archive of Destruction at The Gasworks. The ritual was preceded by an audio visual lecture on Oubliism by Chooc Ly Tan .< 2014 >

 

THE WRITERS BENCH < EXCERPT 1 > from rage bank on Vimeo.

 As legend has it THE RAMMELLZEE would greet William Burroughs by exclaiming 'Son!' and Burroughs would reply 'Father!' >> The Cult translate this exchange in a ritualistic battle at The Writers Bench featuring aerosol inscriptions and monuments from Petro and sonic beats from The Zig Tekz. < 2014 >

 

FEAST FOR RAMMELLZEE < EXCERPT > from rage bank on Vimeo.

 A Feast of Potlatch proportions for THE EQUATION KNOWN AS THE RAMMELLZEE on the exact date he passed from this current dimension. Held at a temporary autonomous zone < The Pumphouse > - a squatted museum in South London. < 2014 > Featuring galactic banqueting table carved from the letter Z by Petro and sonic transmissions from THE CRANE BROKER.

< THE CULT OPERATORS >>

ALEXIS MILNE, TEX ROYALE, LU MA OI, EVE FAINKE

CULTISTS >>
FEAT: THE CRANE BROKER, MPFREEZE, NUKE EDEN, TEX RAD REX, DEAD STEPPA, PETRO, ROGUE BILL MILNE, CHOOC LY TAN, MEGAN BROADMEADOW, MP3REEZE, BADFOOD, NITRO, LOLLY ADAMS, IZZY MORIARTY THOMPSON, AYESHA T JONES, ELI ANDERSON, ANNA KRITIKOU, RADREX, LEA MALTESE, EMILY ROSAMOND, MONK D TOMB, 3D MAX, SKOOBSTEP, MOZ ROB MOB, CANTLIVE WITHIM, AND MORRIS WILD >>

>>The Cult of RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ carry out ritualz to highlight the alchemic power of Hip Hop. Futuristic subcultural forms such as wildstyle graffiti, breakdancing, sampling and scratch-mixing all emerged out of the dystopian ruin of the South Bronx and feature in the Cults rituals.  Hip Hop phrases are broken down and chanted, pointing to an obsessional affiliation with branded sportswear (“My Adidas!, My Air Jordanz!”). Adidas becomes the remixed god ‘Zi-Dada’ and Robert Moses — master architect of the Cross Bronx Expressway (The road partly responsible for the dystopian backdrop of 1970’s South Bronx where Hip Hop began) — becomes the god ‘Mozizizm’.

>>The Cult perform express-praying, ghost breaking and break-spraying;~ forms of breakdancing and devotional body movements that hint at the original form of breakdancing combined with elements such as spray painting in a ritual expressive form on off-cut kitchen lino (A surface reconfigured for head-spinning in the 1980’s).

>>These elements are also echoed in the outfits and objects of the Cult. Discarded branded trainers are cut up (the soles removed) and used as talismans, futuristic shinguards and bulky sports padding are reconfigured into post-apocalyptic cult armour — reverberations of the exoskeletal samurai suits of the RAMM:ΣLL:ZΣΣ.