Elena Mara Reed

Growing up in Vilnius Punk-Hardcore scene, I discovered extreme music and radical politics. As a teen activist I found shelter in various underground venues throughout Lithuania and Europe. Together with my grrrlfriends, we hosted a radio show ‘Atviras Galas’ dedicated to underground music and feminist issues, we set up gigs and naively hoped for significant socio-political changes. Years went by. I moved to the UK. Revolution did not happen. Only my taste in music became darker, grittier and more bizarre. Post-metal, sludge and doom. Desolation to spare with industrial, experimental, noise, ambient and dark techno.