Armenian-American vocalist, songwriter, composer/producer and multimedia artist KÁRYYN announces the first single ‘the REAL’, taken from her just announced Calm KAOSS! EP, due for release via Mute on 22 May 2024.

Born in the prolific period following her European tour, Calm KAOSS! was created in partnership with British record producer James Ford (Blur, Haim, Gorillaz, Depeche Mode, Florence & The Machine). The project sees KÁRYYN commune with her past, present and future selves, traveling through time to reveal transformative premonitions from the future in scientific and spiritual language.

On the EP’s lead single ‘the REAL’, KÁRYYN steadies herself in humility and a newfound power. One of the first productions from her collaboration with James Ford, the song strips away at posturing and ego, reminding us that we are all one consciousness. The song is steeped in the Sumerian poem The Descent of Inanna — a tale of a goddess who enters the realm of death in search of wisdom — and themes from the Vedic text The Upanishads, which declares: “[o]neself is a world for all beings.”

“I’ve always been an I to We person,” she notes. “What excites me is collaboration.” The track shines with both producers’ transcendent chemistry, building a limitless recording space where KÁRYYN’s vision can come to life. “There is no other,” she reminds us. “We are all reflecting one another.”

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Following a fallow 2023, a rejuvenated Growing Bin return to your turntable with this sublime collaborative LP from Gosha Martynov & Natasha Sinyakova. On their first foray into the physical, the duo expand the spectral ambience and medicated breaks of their earlier work with lithe touches of organic jazz and Cafe Del Mar cool, creating a complex assemblage of dreamy downbeat and emotive electronica that's entirely easy on the ears.

Opener "Pozhaluysta" seduces with smart syncopation and beguiling melody, its flute and fretwork finding ample space to slip around Natasha's voice, equal parts Cocteau operatics and jazz-club coquette, in an expression of a want beyond words. The mood shifting "Osvobodi Menia" sees the solemn, snaking sound of a sampled duduk drift into an optimism of airy pads and escapist mantra, suspended in reverb until the end of time. "Ya Tebia Zhdala" began life as a break-led experiment, gradually evolving into a romantic and naive sketch rich with splashes of piano and dynamic chorus pads. Naturalist hymn "O Dereve" weaves a dark and intimate tale from the point of view of a veteran tree as its buzzsaw guitar loops blossom into multilayered vocals full of emotion.

Awash with sonar sweeps, sumptuous pads and rolling subs, the titular "Imena Rek" channels post-rave bliss into the hypnagogic anthem the contemporary IDM-ographic have been searching for. Infectious hooks and spaced out pads ride the breakbeat rhythm for a dreamy experimental pop banger from another planet. The sombre sway of "Rany", filtered through the fog of a broken cassette recorder, trance djembe and unpredictable bass tones rivals the finest Motion Ward or In:dex releases for crepuscular charm, while "Smeshno" sees serrated drones sink into a slinking rhythm, playing counterpoint to the tender chords and yearning vocals.

"Iskra" closes out the chiasmus with a return to the organic experience of the opener, the flute and acoustic guitar augmented with nuanced hand percussion and a music box refrain. Listening to this album is like a midnight walk through an ancient forest - an experience which both scares and tempts you at the same time. From touching damp moss to feeling the thick fog with your body and watching mushrooms glow in the dark, 'Imena Rek' guides you through the terrain.

Flawlessly arranged and executed, this LP alludes to a long lineage of innovative downbeat, feels absolutely essential in the present and pushes the trip hop revivalists towards a fascinating future - Gosha Martynov & Natasha Sinyakova have created a timeless piece of music, but what else do you expect from the Bin?

A1	Pozhaluysta				B1	Imena Rek
A2    Osvobodi Menia			B2	Rany
A3	Ya Tebia Zhdala			B3	Smeshno 
A4	O Dereve				B4	Iskra 


Music by Gosha Martynov & Natasha Sinyakova
Mastered by Sergey Luginin @ Luginin Studio in Moscow
Distributed by wordandsound from Hamburg
Sales notes by Patrick Ryder

Gosha Martynov & Natasha Sinyakova - Osvobodi Menia

La World Music n’existe pas. (n✳7)

« La World Music n’existe pas. » est une émission musicale réalisée par Mona Hkl et qui s'intéresse à la diversité des musiques traditionnelles et populaires issues du pourtour de la Méditerranée, des régions MENA et des Balkans. 

Sans être musicologue, ni géographe, ni même originaire des pays mentionnés, Mona vous propose un épisode consacré aux musiques populaires issues de Roumanie, de Hongrie et de Bulgarie.



✳TRACKLIST✳

A Oilor · Luca Novac

Cântecul Miresei (Wedding Ritual Song) · Gheorghe Moţoi, Florea Băsaru, Petrică Manole

Brâul Pe Şapte · Nicolae Dobrică & Vasile Bursuc

Charles Kuralt interviews Alan Lomax (part 1 of 4) (1991)

Enregistrement personnels — Concert FOLK MUZICA · Elie Hackel, Rémi Yulzari, Adrian Iordan, Jérémie Benichou

Enregistrement personnels — Ornements roumains par Elie Hackel

JOCURI VIOARA, Blajel · Tiberiu Gheza

Evening In Transylvania · Belà Bartok

Interview in Brussels Radio (in French) · Béla Bartók. Recordings from Private Collections I. ℗ 1995 HUNGAROTON RECORDS LTD.

Rumanian Folk Dances (1915) Sz. 56, No. 1 Jocul cu bata, fragment · Béla Bartók.

Vidéo Youtube : « Bartók field recordings Romanian Folk Dances » · Béla Bartók.

Danse populaires roumaines · Rémi Delangle & Vassilena Serafimova (Live de 2017 au studio 106 dans le cadre de l'émission Génération Jeunes interprètes sur France Musique)

De man daje mol te piau (Tsigane Roumanie) · Tcha Limberger, Janos Dani, Gyula Csík, Vilmos Csikos

Fekete Éjszaka Borulj A Világra · Tcha Limberger's Budapest Gypsy Orchestra

Bre Ivane (Bulgarian wedding) · Trifon Trifonov & Stanimaka

Suite de Valachie · Bulgarian All Star Orchestra

Razluka · Peyo Peev

Irina Ross · Taragot (Radio Edit)



Sources :


« Cântecul miresei. Patrimoniul cultural imaterial al Republicii Moldova ». 
https://www.patrimoniuimaterial.md/ro/pagini/registrul-fi%C8%99ele-elementelor-de-patrimoniu-cultural-imaterial-tradi%C8%9Bii-%C8%99i-expresii-ale-artei-sau/c%C3%A2ntecul-miresei



« Les musiciens face à l'histoire : Alan Lomax ». Médiathèque Musicale de Paris. https://youtu.be/qHntRQWbheo



« Magyar nóta ». Wikipédia. https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magyar_n%C3%B3ta

Mona Hkl - La World Music n'existe pas (Octobre 2024)

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