Burlesque! Sideshow! Vaudeville! The Anachronism NYC offers a performance roster as diverse as our attendees.
First, our costume/garb/gear contest!
And then, our entertainers and interaction:
Voltaire
As a musician, he is a songwriter whose music can best be described as a collection of murder ballads, tongue-in-cheek exercises in the macabre, with just enough bawdy songs about Star Trek and Star Wars to keep a Con audience rolling in the aisles. Many know him for his song “Brains!” from the Cartoon Network show “The Grim Adventures of Billy And Mandy”.
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Psyche Corporation
Psyche Corporation combines art, fashion, dance, and science within the framework of an imagined technomythological world. The name itself describes a futuristic dream manufacture group which allows people to jack their nerve endings directly into the internet and download dreams. As a performance group, Psyche Corporation has at various times incorporated robot exhibitions, steel origami cranes, contortion, corsets, flashlights, and old radios. The music spans genres; a recent song has mixed tribal singing with classical piano while embedding the DNA of deadly polio virus into its percussion.
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Vourteque
Vourteque is a Chicago based producer, DJ, remix artist and promoter. He’s one of the principle members of Steampunk Chicago, and one of its founders. As a promoter, he’s produced such events as Carnivale Delirium, Gearbox Fantastique, Watch Chains & Lace and the lauded Clockwork Vaudeville series. As a remix artist, he’s done work for The Men That Will Not Be Blamed for Nothing, The Clockwork Dolls, Unwoman and even Lady Gaga. As a DJ he’s played throughout the eastern half of the US on the Fusion-O-Scope machine, both on his own and as a member of the Lords & Ladies DJs. This September Vourteque will be releasing his first EP, The Swing Mechanical – a fusion of swing, electro, antique beats, industrial, and techno.
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Unwoman
Unwoman (aka Erica Mulkey) is a San Francisco-based cellist-singer-songwriter. Layered with skillful cello, rich vocals, and electronically arranged beats, her solo music is a futuristic homage to her classical training. Unwoman performs often in the Bay Area and has been featured at major steampunk, goth, and sci-fi-related events all over North America – and we are pleased to host her first appearance ever in NYC!
