The Hidden Cameras is the brainchild of Joel Gibb, a Canadian Berlin-based artist and musician. In previous years Gibb has filled out the stage with a band of both classical and self-taught musicians. In the Luftschloss, Gibb will perform the songs of the Hidden Cameras in an intimate solo setting, surveying the Cameras’ oeuvre and debuting newly produced dance/electronic songs.
With BRONTO, The Hidden Cameras deliver an album that pushes the boundaries of pop. Joel Gibb, the visionary mind behind the legendary music project, dedicates an unconventional meta-dance-pop album to his adopted hometown of Berlin – and collaborates with electronic heavyweights such as Pet Shop Boys and Vince Clarke.
Nightclubs have always been central places of resistance and community in the history of gay liberation and self-empowerment. BRONTO explores the dazzling facets of this history in its own unique way, paying tribute to the pioneers – and rightfully placing itself among them.
Hardly anyone has translated the topic of gay love into music in a more original way over the last 25 years than Joel Gibb, the mastermind behind The Hidden Cameras. Founded in Toronto in 2001, the collaborative project broke the boundaries of the classic band formation with its fluid member structure. With his “gay folk church music,” Gibb sang about homoerotic love on stages – and in church halls – long before those topics had arrived in the pop mainstream.
