Sinister Senile

Louisville, Kentucky

Dark Castle Fest 2024

Sinister Senile

Louisville local Sinister Senile will be joining us again in 2024! Every adventure needs a good Mage and when it comes to spell casting, there’s none more reliable than our brother Kensaku Nishizato.

Sinister Senile is an evolving experimental project with a dark electro-accoustc edge. Utilizing whatever each spell calls for, from tape loops to plinking and plunking away on a banjo used as a percussion instrument. The project was founded in 1997 by artist Kensaku Nishizato. It has involved live works with Pas Musique, along with contributions by Norman Westberg (Swans) and others. Since 1986, Kensaku has collaborated with Nurse With Wound, Val Denham, and more.

It’s almost hard to confine this music to “Dark” Ambient when this Dungeon Master weaves in so many gems, sparkles and fluorescent plastic dinosaurs. Why not take a ride with Kensaku and friends and you tell us! Is it Dark Ambient, Avant-Garde, Dungeon Synth, New Age?

Maybe it’s just fun and you should check it out on Bandcamp or wherever you choose to listen to music. You can discover this treasure on all of the usual platforms. Welcome back to Dark Castle Sinister Senile, we’re excited about you!

Sponsors

Aurora Gallery and Boutique

Aurora Gallery and Boutique was founded in 2022 by Lyndi Lou, Alexandra Rumsey and Mia Farrugia. The gallery is artist, woman and queer owned, located at 1264 S. Shelby Street in Louisville, KY. Aurora does monthly exhibitions highlighting the work of local and regional creatives, and hosts large open submission art shows multiple times a year with over 100 participating artists involved. Aurora’s boutique has over 100 artists represented as well, and showcases terrariums, bone art, jewelry art, ceramics, as well as enamel pins, stickers and much more. Aurora also hosts arts and craft classes and pop up art shows frequently.

The Hive

The HIVE, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that creates opportunities for people with diverse abilities through family supports, local and state advocacy, and our Clubhouse programming. Our Clubhouse hosts daily learning experiences in the arts, independent living activities, science, mental health, and fun stuff like pool parties, cookouts, and inclusive community meetups. The HIVE was founded by the mother of a son with multiple disabilities and is rooted in the belief that every person is a multidimensional, complex, and valuable human being with gifts to share who deserves to feel valued. We love you for who you are, how you are, and where you are.

Moon Coil Media

Moon Coil Media is the premier PR & artist management agency specializing in the following genres: goth, industrial, ebm, darkwave, post-punk, synthpop, horror punk, deathrock & extreme metal.

Pale Moon Tattoo

Pale Moon Tattoo was founded by artists and husband and wife Ryan and Alexandra Rumsey. Seeing a need for a safe and inclusive environment for their then co-workers and now independent contractors they opened Pale Moon to the public May of 2020 in the height of the global pandemic. Pale Moon has eight tattoo artists all specializing in different styles of tattooing and artwork. They frequently host tattoo flash specials, and have participated in several charitable tattoo events and art auctions.

Third House Communications

Third House Communications is a boutique record label from Louisville KY, with a heavy focus on the darker corners of the music world. “Doom, punk, hardcore, industrial, minimal noise, metal, it all falls into our interests. Digging up lost gems from Louisville’s past, and the freshest cuts from around the world, putting it on wax in small runs.” Knowing these cats like we do, just gonna say you’re gonna want to keep an eye on this record label because it’s just getting fired up. It’s in the stars. Great things happening.