Not Just A Glitch: The Legacy of Peter “Pita” Rehberg 1968–2021

<p>Peter had come into Austin for the final concert of a solo U.S. tour, this being preceded by some &ldquo;holding court&rdquo; sessions out on the town which were split between sharing a nearly bottomless knowledge of independent cultural forms and throwing boisterous, contrarian punches in the direction of unassailable cultural givens (I remember especially his mockery of &ldquo;hoppy&rdquo; beers and his heretical dismissal of the beloved local street taco, on the grounds that avocadoes taste like soap). More memorable than any of this, though, was Peter&rsquo;s musical exhibition itself: even while being plagued with technical issues and rude interruptions like the sound of a competing band along the Red River music strip, the brief set managed to condense all the sonic signatures of the past century&rsquo;s electronically-driven music into one mesmerizing storm front of rhythm, noise and strange encrypted phrases hovering on the edges of comprehensible melody. From the documentation available (Peter had been &ldquo;releasing&rdquo; downloadable albums of each live set on this 2019 tour),</p> <p><a href="https://thomasbeywilliambailey.medium.com/not-just-a-glitch-the-legacy-of-peter-pita-rehberg-1968-2021-d4aa813d56dc"><strong>Visit Now</strong></a></p>
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