Black Sun Productions is a collective of music, magick, performance and film artists working from their base in Switzerland.

Members DraZen, Massimo and Pierce had previously been well known as artists in Zurich, but they gained international attention when their performance piece, Plastic Spider Thing, became part of the industrial band Coil's European tour in 2002. At this time DraZen remixed various Coil songs to accompany Massimo and Pierce's performances. The result, Plastic Spider Thing, was released by Coil on their label Eskaton the same year. Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... Coil (1982 - 13 November 2004) were a cross-genre, experimental music group who worked in such forms as industrial, noise, ambient and dark ambient, neo-folk, spoken word, drone music, and minimalism. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ...

After this tour, Black Sun Productions continued performing throughout Europe. These performance pieces were often controversial, involving nudity, sexuality and urinating on stage. In 2003, their offices in Zurich were raided by police who seized computers and files, among other things. Undettered, they continued working, turning again to recording. In 2004 they emerged with two CDs, Astral Walk and Toilet Chant. In 2005 the collective issued two new releases. DraZen's recording is named Visions ov Anarcadia, and OperattAmorale, by Massimo and Pierce, is a tribute to Bertolt Brecht and includes covers of his songs with such guest musicians as Coil, doing a version of "A List Of Wishes", recorded with John Balance before he died; "The Ballad Of Sexual Dependancy" with Lydia Lunch providing vocals; and H.R. Giger performing "Seeräuber-Jenny" and providing cover images. Massimo and Pierce have also collaborated with the Italian industrial music project Mariae Nascenti in performance and on the CDs Morituri Te Salutant and Anarcadian Night. 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... John Balance (first name also spelled Jhon and Jhonn; born Geff Rushton/Geoffrey Laurence Burton; February 16, 1962 - November 13, 2004) was the founder and half of the experimental music group Coil. ... Lydia Lunch Lydia Lunch (born Lydia Koch on June 2, 1959 in Rochester, New York, also the birthplace of female rock musicians Kim Gordon and Wendy O. Williams) is an American singer, poet, writer, and actress. ... Birth machine Hans Ruedi Giger (pronounced: GEE-ger) (born at Chur, Grisons canton, February 5, 1940) is a Swiss painter best known for his design work on the film Alien. ... Mariae Nascentiis a one-man industrial music project from Milan, Italy. ...

Discography

• Plastic Spider Thing, Eskaton, 2002 (remixes of Coil songs)
• Astral Walk, Finalmuzik, 2004
• Toilet Chant, anarcocks.com, 2004
• Anarcadian Night, anarcocks.com, 2005
• OperettAmorale, Divine Frequency, 2005
• Visions Of Anarcadia, 2005
• The Impossibility of Silence, oldeuropacafe.com, 2006

Films

• Fetish Garden, 1994
• Empire, 2003
• Pirate Tapes #1, 2005

External links

• Black Sun Productions Site
• Police raid on Black Sun Productions notice in Italian and English
• Review of operattAmorale