CUSP Presents: Ak’chamel, The Giver Of Illness // Aaron Dilloway

Ak’chamel, The Giver Of Illness, the enigmatic duo who describe themselves as “Fourth World Post-Colonial Cultural Cannibalists,” has built a solid reputation as a compelling stage project. Wearing nightmarish costumes and engaging in hallucinatory “rituals”, their singular sound comprising desert-scorched psychedelia, post-apocalyptic shamanism, and lo-fi ritual-folk is as unique as the physical theater of their live performances. Aaron Dilloway is an improvisor and composer who works with the manipulation of 8-track tape loops in combination with voice, tape delays and various organic and electronic sound sources. Dilloway is a founding member of the industrial noise group Wolf Eyes (1998-2005).