Photo by Bobby Cochran
About Lux Interna
Lux Interna is a San Francisco-based project led by Joshua Levi Ian Gentzke and Kathryn Ian, known for crafting immersive sonic worlds that blend elements of Americana, post-punk, Appalachian folk, and experimental sound. Over the years, the project has evolved through collaborations with a wide range of musicians, each contributing to its distinctive and emotionally resonant sound.
Since 2009, Kris T. Force (Amber Asylum) has been a core member, and the most recent album, New Wilderness Gospel, features contributions from Jackie Perez Gratz (Grayceon, Amber Asylum), Jeff Linsenmaier (Wovenhand, Czars), Tim Gotch (Sleepbomb), and Adam Torruella.
Lux Interna has released five albums and one EP on labels including Eis & Licht, Projekt, Pesanta Urfolk, and Prophecy Productions. Their latest work moves beyond traditional album formats into a fully interdisciplinary realm, integrating music, narrative, visual art, and live performance.
The band has performed widely across the U.S., Europe, and Russia, and has appeared at Wave Gotik Treffen (DE), Stella Natura (CA), the Coulter Gallery at Stanford University, and the San Jose Institute of Contemporary Art.
Performance Format
Live performance (music and projected visuals)
Available in multiple configurations:
Full band (four to six piece)
Intimate duo set (minimal tech; flexible staging)
Contact, Social Media, and Streaming Platforms
For all booking inquiries, please contact newwildernesssociety@gmail.com
For all social media and streaming links: linktr.ee/lux.interna
Lux Interna live in Leipzig, DE
Latest Release: New Wilderness Gospel
New Wilderness Gospel is a multidisciplinary work of sonic and visual storytelling that explores ecological crisis and existential renewal at the threshold of a collapsing world.
Constellated around a concept album, New Wilderness Gospel was released in 2025 by Prophecy as a 72-page artbook featuring ten chapters of an experimental novella and a series of 35mm and Polaroid photographs. The project also includes a fully scored audiobook adaptation of the novella, blending spoken word, ambient textures, and original instrumentation into a multi-sensory journey.
Together, the music, text, and imagery form a singular vision: a “gospel” for the Anthropocene—an imaginal archive for those seeking meaning at the end of one world and the beginning of something wild and unknown.
“As the world races toward its end, Lux Interna renders it all more romantic, more mystical, more evocative—-thanks to music of disarming beauty and an unreachable depth of style.”
New Wilderness Gospel (album)
Lux Interna
Singles / Focus Tracks:
4. Like Wolves; 5. Into Night; 6. No Arrow
(Full album streaming link below.)
New Wilderness Gospel (audiobook)
Lux Interna
Singles / Focus Tracks:
1. Dogs & Wolves; 6. Out of this World Alive; 10. A Strange Meeting
(Full album streaming link below.)
New Wilderness Gospel (artbook)
2CD hardcover book (28x28cm, 72 pages), containing Polaroid and 35mm photographs, lyrics, excerpts from the novella, the full album plus bonus CD featuring the experimentally scored audiobook. Use the left and right arrows below to flip through the entire book.
Press Highlights
“Lux Interna allow us to slip into a spatiotemporal chasm of a tangible, almost unreal beauty.”
“The overall atmosphere of New Wilderness Gospel can be described as unsettling, yet also transcendent. It is intensely captivating.”
“With New Wilderness Gospel, Lux Interna construct a fragmented and visionary tale, moving through forgotten roads, Appalachian ridges shrouded in shadow, and desert plains bleached by the sun.”
“If you are in the market for something unique and extremely well crafted, this is one release to not miss out on.”