…and this time, it comes alive. Literally.
Today, we released La Bête Noire (Alive), a live recording captured during our performance on September 8, 2024, at Atelierhaus Orber Straße in Frankfurt. That night, mockART was Christoph Dorner, Ümit Kaya, and myself.
The recording includes the live version of La Bête Noire as well as Kör Adamın Gazeli, a track from Men Who Lost Their Heads that we also performed that
evening. While it has nothing to do with the Beast, it shares the same stage and spirit — so it made sense to include it.
The single is now available on all major streaming platforms and as a download.
We also created a video for La Bête Noire (Alive) using smartphone footage from the show. The video quality wasn’t great, so I decided to lean into the chaos — having the Beast itself tear through the footage from time to time. In the dense smoke on the stage, I completely vanish. Ümit appears briefly at the beginning, and Christoph is mostly visible throughout the clip.
This track is just the beginning. La Bête Noire (Alive) will also be featured on the upcoming remix album, which drops June 20, 2025 — an entire release dedicated to remixes of this ever-mutating piece.
And there’s still more to come. We recorded the full live set that night, and it’s currently in rough mix. With a few more finishing touches, we plan to release the full performance later this year, most likely in autumn.
For now, enjoy this glimpse of the Beast — alive, untamed, and very much on the prowl.
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