German Duo Beisspony Release Retro-Futuristic Video for 'Masochistic Time Machine'

Arty German duo Beisspony have premiered their retro-futuristic video for "Masochistic Time Machine" in advance of their upcoming album Beasts and Loners and their maiden voyage to the US for this year's SXSW. The black and white video, featuring art by Klaus Erich Dietl, is a kitschy look into a dystopic emotional world.

Watch "Masochistic Time Machine"

Laura Theis, the lyrical half of Beisspony, describes the track as a "tongue-in-cheek song about the emotional pitfalls of time travel. Told from the point of view of a hapless masochistic time traveller, it also features a sound collage including the time machine's sardonic German robot voice." Stephanie Müller and director Klaus Erich Dietl continue, "the name of the sardonic time machine - Mona Lisa Overdrive - refers to the third part of William Gibson's Neuromancer trilogy. The drawings invite us on a bad trip into the midst of a dystopic setting. It is a bit like travelling onboard a shipwrecked 'Raumpatrouille Orion' space shuttle straight into the heart of Klaus Erich Dietl's hand drawn version of Godard's 'Alphaville'."

Rooted in riot grrl and anti-folk, Beisspony will be bringing along their sewing machines, keys, and drums for a few artistic performances in Austin, ready to show off their craft. The duo will be releasing the Beasts and Loners full length album this fall on German art collective Chicks on Speed Records.

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