Cotenius X is the duo that stops making sense. It’s an exploratory improvisational project of the Ukrainian sound artist Daria Redkina and the Russian experimental vocalist Varya Pavlova aka Lisokot. Improvising together since 2017 they incorporate folk, electronic and musique concrète elements into their spontaneous compositions. Their theatrical performances involve impersonation or adoption of different characters and are informed by social, historical, and site-specific narratives.

Both Redkina and Pavlova work with loops, synths and effects, reshaping various samples into novel forms. “Oceans In Flames”, for example, evokes a slowly evolving sound field that sprouts, collapses and decays under flickering fluorescent bulbs. The effect is not dissimilar to the epic catastrophic landscape paintings, but remixed for our own AI-saturated end times.

Most of the tracks on Plastic Bag are recordings of live shows. “Burunduk” is taken from the duo’s first ever performance and sees Pavlova impersonating animal spirits – forest sprites and haunted chipmunks abound. Meanwhile “Fukushima Tuna” and the album’s title track employ the talents of avant-garde saxophonist Sergey Letov who sows seeds of optimism onto the scorched plastic soil...  

releases April 5, 2024

Cover artwork by Pavel Pepperstein

all rights reserved

purchase vinyl at https://armarecords.bandcamp.com/album/arma-026-cotenius-x-plastic-bag-lp

ARMA 026 / Cotenius X / Plastic Bag

Member Ship Card w/ Bill Converse (12/5/23)

For the 17th episode of my show I am very thrilled to have as a guest one of the guys behind the legendary Digital Tsunami Festival and resident of Radio Vilnius with his show "Eternal Sunshine". I met Eivydas K during my visit to Lithuania and enjoyed both of his sets during the festival and the after party. For the second hour of my show he showcases a mix with elements of Electro, Techno and Breaks.


Member of Digital Tsunami. Hosting Eternal Sunshine show on Radio Vilnius. Producing music in my bedroom. Occasionally partying too much.

https://www.instagram.com/salvi_k/
https://soundcloud.com/salvi_k
https://www.instagram.com/eivydask/
https://soundcloud.com/eivydask

digging.sound.waves 017 Salvi K invites Eivydas K (26.10.23)

T Faltan 100

An explorer of music with an open mind and style, Polarknot takes his DJ approach to not to be confined to one sound or tempo in the electronic realm. He injects groove and bliss in his dancefloor-ready sets and he also brings up his visual arts background, creating visuals for music events and releases.

See all shows & tracklists at https://bit.ly/3o0hdMz

Pearlescent w/ Polarknot - 30th January 2024

This is my first experience with decks recorded at Closer Connections studio, consisting mostly of various house music subgenres - a little bit techy, a little bit groovy, a little bit psychedelic. Big thanks to Teo for providing me gear for the recording!

Tracklist

Gene On Earth - Holey Roller 
Justin Pakzad - Pressure Points 
Janeret - Accretion Disk 	
Saunter - Timebomb Technology 
Parrish Bond, Harrison BDP - Always Take The Stairs
Dauwd - Body High (Drumapella Mix)
Adam Pits - Magenta 
Roza Terenzi - Beat Pig 
Varhat - Surprise I'm Logan
DJ Tjizza - Guerilla Girls 
Adam Chapman - The Shake Up
DJOKO - Close Call
Roza Terenzi, jd - Memories Of the Secret
Sohrab - Silk Road
Palms Trax - Heron

TEST RECORDING

Heads Show 141 27.03.24

20h – 21h – Second System Live
21h – 22h – Garçon Gaston
22h – 23h – Andreas Aprill


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Second System Live - Heads Show 141 - 27.03.24

This is the edit of my jam with Korg Electribe EMX.

EMX Jam 29.03.24

Cotenius X is the duo that stops making sense. It’s an exploratory improvisational project of the Ukrainian sound artist Daria Redkina and the Russian experimental vocalist Varya Pavlova aka Lisokot. Improvising together since 2017 they incorporate folk, electronic and musique concrète elements into their spontaneous compositions. Their theatrical performances involve impersonation or adoption of different characters and are informed by social, historical, and site-specific narratives.

Both Redkina and Pavlova work with loops, synths and effects, reshaping various samples into novel forms. “Oceans In Flames”, for example, evokes a slowly evolving sound field that sprouts, collapses and decays under flickering fluorescent bulbs. The effect is not dissimilar to the epic catastrophic landscape paintings, but remixed for our own AI-saturated end times.

Most of the tracks on Plastic Bag are recordings of live shows. “Burunduk” is taken from the duo’s first ever performance and sees Pavlova impersonating animal spirits – forest sprites and haunted chipmunks abound. Meanwhile “Fukushima Tuna” and the album’s title track employ the talents of avant-garde saxophonist Sergey Letov who sows seeds of optimism onto the scorched plastic soil...  

releases April 5, 2024

Cover artwork by Pavel Pepperstein

all rights reserved

B2. Cotenius X - Fukushima Tuna (feat. Sergey Letov)

B1. Cotenius X - Plastic Bag (feat. Sergey Letov)

A3. Cotenius X - Burunduk

A2. Cotenius X - Oceans in Flames

A1. Cotenius X - Intro

End of Alive

soft blade - yugoslavskiy groove (slowed + reverb)

foton

Arma is a record label run by the team of Arma17 club, Moscow, Russia
https://armarecords.bandcamp.com/

B2. Cotenius X - Fukushima Tuna (feat. Sergey Letov)

Arma Records

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