Darkwave Legends Attrition to Make Hong Kong Debut

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On 13 May, British band Attrition will perform live in Hong Kong for the first time and will present their latest album, The Black Maria, at Fringe Dairy. The show also features opening acts Schkeuditzer Kreuz who specialises in electronic punk and dark cinematic doom musician Subterranea, promising an immersive experience for fans of darkwave and experimental music.

Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England, Attrition are musical pioneers of the darkwave industrial scene in the UK, blending punk ideology with experimental art and electronic soundscapes. Founded by Martin Bowes and Julia Waller, the band emerged from the post-punk underground, crafting a distinctive sound that fuses dark and light, acoustic and electronic, male and female vocals. Over four decades, they have released more than twenty albums, toured globally and influenced goth and industrial music scenes worldwide.