Gothic avant-garde artist Diamanda Galás releasing new solo piano piece, De-formation

Based on German writer Georg Heym’s expressionist poem Das Fieberspital.

Diamanda Galás is releasing a new solo piece, titled De-formation: Piano Variations, via her own Intravenal Sound Operations imprint this July.

With her work poised between art and activism, Galás remains known for demanding physical performances that focus on AIDS, torture, and genocide.

Galás based De-formation: Piano Variations on Georg Heym’s 1912 expressionist poem Das Fieberspital, which depicts patients stigmatised by yellow fever, composing and recording the piece in September 2019.

The 21-minute recording “depicts a march and delivery of maimed and infected soldiers to hospitals and industrial warehouses throughout Germany during and after the First World War,” explains the label.

De-formation: Piano Variations follows the reissue of Galás’ 1982 solo debut The Litanies of Satan this May, also on Intravenal Sound Operations.

Head here to pre-order a copy in advance of De-formation: Piano Variations’ 24th July release, and check out the artwork below.