Name: Ihor Okuniev — Land, 2022, Haus der Kunst München by Ihor Okuniev
Duration: 20 min

Borders, boundaries, barriers. A soul is repelled by the future, as stuck in a sliding door.
Time seems to have stood still / contemporary meets classic, physical objects confronts the intangible / when does the real journey begins?

Limited edition of 50 professionally dubbed tapes.
Produced by: Anatolian Weapons, Burago, Daniele Ciullini, Davide Pestillo, Fernando Seixlack, Gaspare Sammartano, Krikor Kouchian, Mount Fog, Viridiano.
All tracks mastered by Francesco Brini (Spectrum Mastering & Vinyl).
Artwork by Emanuele Dassisti aka Manudss.
Liner Notes by Gabriele Casiraghi.
Duplicated in Milan, 2021.

Anima Respinta dal Futuro Vol.1

distortions, inversions of all this chamber made music to replace nightlong shakings between white or red horrors, fermented words; an imperfection being committed, beneath helpless intoxication, searching for a safe side of distance, libera, dreadful mourning. a spark of hope to all, bearing in mind a massive silence to be stopped by cheering from all around. 

when russia invaded ukraine it altered everything. writing music in these troubled days, during these historical events has become more sublimated than it has ever been; habitual leisure has been replaced by volunteering, the territorial defense of hometown, or the front line in the army. despite everything, music remains a significant part of our lives and continues to be the voice of history, communication, time, and memory. 

all revenues go to the ukrainian charities and defense forces.

cover designed by ratx.cc 
mastered by all options

xtclvr - july_23 dub

dj snork - 6aron 247

Pep Gaffe proudly presents Take by @tofudj

The long-awaited debut solo outing from the collective’s most beloved groover. Recorded during days and nights filled with terror caused by the russian invasion of Ukraine, the music here is meant to provide minuscule relief, if only for the time played. 

100% of the proceeds go to Ukrainian charity organizations.

Preorder on Bandcamp.

Preview Mix by @acid_jordan
Mastered by Rupert Clervaux
Artwork by ratx.cc

Take

Buy = Donate

Tofudj - Take (Acid Jordan Preview Skip)

Danish label Posh Isolation join us for an hour a month.

https://www.nts.live/shows/posh-isolation/episodes/posh-isolation-1st-september-2022

Posh Isolation w/ Croatian Amor  010922

Vanessa Amara returns with a new full length for Posh Isolation. Fonetica Amara is an adventurous and uncompromising addition to the body of work that is Vanessa Amara. New music from a truly singular voice in Scandinavian experimental music.

“‘Poses’ was in some weird way a return to form for us, being our first structured work since ‘You’re Welcome Here’. It was also the first music Sebastián and I worked on together after I had moved to Ireland. I don’t think we really knew how to go about having a long distance relationship, separated from the practice we had built in Copenhagen.
I only had my computer to work with and without access to the internet I was stuck with sampling from my digital collection of music. ‘Poses’ is almost solely made using the DAW; Logics pitch shifter plug-in and a quite limited source of samples. But it was inspiring to work with music like this. Having a clear compositional focus on orchestrating and organising rather than squeezing out notes from today’s mood. So without thinking much about it we’ve continued to work like this. We were working on ‘Fonetica Amara’ from October 2020 - December 2021.

I’m sitting here writing this because Posh Isolation don’t know what to think of ‘Fonetica Amara’ and have - on a friendly note - compared it to when Darkthrone released ‘Panzerfaust’.

I guess their point being a departure from trying to be genuine about making music, successfully perceived as being bulletproof serious. I want to believe there’s more nuance to seriousness and I wonder if Darkthrone wasn’t being humorous in their earlier material. The most recent Matrix film moved me to shed some secret tears. Surprisingly so. I’ve wondered why.
I recently made my first friend after moving to Ireland almost 4 years ago. I was volunteering during the West Cork Chamber Music Festival and Kevin Terry, who’s a brilliant composer based in Cork City, was down here with a couple of compositions. One night at the pub I was going on about the beauty of humour in music for a good while and Kevin summed it up perfectly by calling it self-awareness. It was that playful self-awareness that got to me while watching The Matrix: Resurrection.

Since ‘You’re Welcome Here’ we’ve been deviating from a path we might previously have started out on. More than anything we try to change, because we can’t let go of that feeling of not understanding, not knowing, not recognising.
We wish to stay curious about our voice, to not become specific, avoid exercising some kind of “disciplinary correctness” and to “want more questions than answers” (Jack Halberstam’s: The Queer Art of Failure).”

-Birk Gjerlufsen Nielsen, 2022

Posh Isolation 271

Fonetica Amara

Pescado

Vanessa Amara - Pescado

Welcome the undeniable with the dazzling cast! Full pack that cannot be stopped, questioned, or abstained. Dig it, don’t you?

100% of the proceeds go to "Південна ніч" (South night) - a volunteer organization that supplies Ukrainian Army on the southern frontline:
www.instagram.com/pivdenna_nich/

Mastered by Amir Shoat
Cover by OBIES

considered

14/10/2022

all options - snight recap

Land, 2022
20 minutes
Part 1

Commissioned sound work by Haus der Kunst for Terrace Hall as part of “Tune”, Munich, Germany.
26.08.2022 — 30.04.2023
Curated by Sarah Miles

Working with photography, video, and audio, Okuniev’s practise is inspired by a fascination with his motherland’s nature, customs, and traditions. In Ukrainian culture, the land occupies an important place and is one of its main symbols.

Land is a deeply haunting and atmospheric portrayal of the destruction inflicted upon Ukraine since Russia’s invasion. Burned forests, ruins of houses, and destroyed armored vehicles dissolve into the environment, as the land absorbs the traces of war.

Since 1st March 2022, Okuniev has dedicated himself to a volunteer organisation Livyj Bereh, who travel to different regions of Ukraine to deliver essential items and to help people rebuild their houses, witnessing the shattering devastation firsthand.

The composition consists of five tracks, that are each different in sound and character, but together form one story. Long drones create a harrowing emptiness, as instruments float in and around the composition, unconfined and lost. The final part is symbolically associated with the sun, the beginning of something new. He recalls how the sun would rise over a large destroyed high-rise building, or a decimated house in a village, illuminating the ruins.

Thanks for the help with mastering @buttechno, special thanks @m-e-s-h

https://www.hausderkunst.de/en/exhibitions/ihor-okuniev

Ihor Okuniev — Land, 2022, Haus der Kunst München

eternal love and respect to Angelo Badalamenti 💔

twin peaks (gabba version)

ghost amb2

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venïsonman x yves b golden 'petrichor' (caveman LSD remix)

ihorokuniev@gmail.com

"Land" sound work at Haus Der Kunst 
https://www.hausderkunst.de/en/exhibitions/ihor-okuniev

"Roots" LP
https://psyx.bandcamp.com/album/roots

Ihor Okuniev — Land, 2022, Haus der Kunst München

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