The Twilight of Returning 
Electronics, Poem, Voice: Ilir Lluka
Performed live @ Miza Gallery on 04 April 2014
Tirana

“The Twilight of Returning“ is a sound-art performance related to the deep senses , the perception of memory and the way how an object of remembrance returns in less of its original form.
Perceiving memory not as a meditation on the object of remembrance but as a meditation on memory itself and how memory can never reappear detachedly from the flow of thoughts/contextx/sensations that a person has during his life. Every time a memory reappears it exists as a context in progressive evolution. To remember means to continually rediscover yourself in the present state of being.
Twilight: Aesthetic/conceptual conjunction between the element of fading (of a memory) and the romantic element of the perception of the fading itself.
Returning: The return of the object of remembrance (vague and abstracted)


Ilir Lluka: Muzgu i Rikthimit @ Miza Gallery (exerpt)

(single)

[Bandcamp]
https://ilirlluka.bandcamp.com/track/andante-noisesketch

Andante (noisesketch)

Single track composed for the compilation
"Unexplained Sounds Group: The First Annual Report by Various Artists"
Published by Unexplained Sounds Group on 29 December, 2015

This composition is a dedication to the English duo Autechre. It was inspired by the track "Uviol" from their album Confield (one of my all-time favorite albums). It's not a remake or a cover of their track, just inspired by it.

https://unexplainedsoundsgroup.bandcamp.com/album/unexplained-sounds-group-the-first-annual-report

Uviol (a Dedication to Autechre)

Live with Mardit Lleshi at To Be Continued...
[24-hour music marathon festival, 2016 edition] 

Ilir Lluka: Live Electronics
Mardit B. Lleshi: Cello

"To Be Continued..." is an uninterrupted 24-hour music marathon concert for TB Day
(World Day Against Tuberculosis), with the participation of 48 sound artists from 48 different countries, each one performing live for 30 minutes from a location of their choosing in their respective countries. The project includes listening points from studios as well as public spaces such as bars, libraries, cultural centers, art galleries, shops, all listed on the website, that broadcast the concert in real time. The event is hosted each year by Stazione Di Topolo. located in Udine, Italy, starting from midnight on March 23 to midnight of March 24, and is broadcasted live on their website, available to be listened to from every point on the globe with an internet connection.


This was the second time I was participating in this event, this year as a duo with the Albanian cellist  Mardit Lleshi, with a live performance for live electronics and cello.

[website 2016 edition)
https://www.stazioneditopolo.it/24h-2016/index.html

[press]
https://www.udinetoday.it/eventi/stazione-topolo-programma-luglio-2016.html

Ilir Lluka & Mardit B. - Shell 3 - for Cello & Electronics (LIVE VERSION)

Feature of my track "Interlude" from "Shell" on "I Ragazzi della Stanzetta" [Radio Activity, Sicily]​​
 


[stream]
http://www.spreaker.com/user/coastblueproject

"Shell" was released by Nostress Netlabel in December 2014 in a limited edition CD, Digipak, 50 copies. 
http://www.nostressnetlabel.net/NN_CD008_12_14.html
https://ilirlluka.bandcamp.com/album/shell-2

Ilir Lluka: Interlude (Shell) on RadioActivity

Written, produced by Ilir Lluka
Cover photography by Eni Derhemi
Published by Nostress Netlabel
Country: Italy
Catalogue#: [NN_EP028_12_15]
Genre: Electronic
Style: Drone, Experimental, Ambient

Official release and download page:
www.nostressnetlabel.net/NN_EP028_12_15.html

Bandcamp:
https://ilirlluka.bandcamp.com/album/aria

Artwork:
http://www.nostressnetlabel.net/releases/NN_EP028_12_15/Artwork.jpg

Featured in the compilation:
"Various Artists: December CC Electronic Music Compilation"
Published by Music Numbers Netlabel
http://musicnumbers.wordpress.com/2015/12/30/nx2015-12-december-cc-electronic-music-compilation/

Featured in:
"La Rebelión de los Antioxidantes"
(Radio Ateneu Del Clot, Barcelona on 30 March, 2016)
https://llumsdetunguska.blogspot.com/2016/03/llums-de-tunguska-programa-24-30-03-2016.html

Ilir Lluka: Aria_Part 1. Longitudinal Touch

Written, produced by Ilir Lluka
Cover photography by Lori Lako
Label: Nostress 
Catalogue#: NN_EP030_09_16
Released on 5 September, 2016 
Genre: Electronic
Style: Noise, Abstract, Avantgarde

[release page]
http://www.nostressnetlabel.net/NN_EP030_09_16.html

[Bandcamp]
https://ilirlluka.bandcamp.com/album/distance-of-reflections

Featured in:
"Ilir Lluka: Where Is What Cannot Be Seen" (Vojo Studio)​
vojostudio.com/blog/index.php/2018/12/17/ilir-luka-donde-esta-lo-que-no-se-ve/

[release notes]
"Distance of Reflections is the latest work by Ilir Lluka comprised of three tracks that weave their threads on urban dynamics and introspectives, made out of precarious balances and unpredictable glimpses of light slowly rising behind fogs and distant rivers to then be abandoned inside the chaos of the cityscape. This is a record made out of almost familiar sounds that the artist has lived and wanted to capture into a single body of work, made out of voices collected from his daily life, distorted and processed so as to destabilize the listener while accompanying him in catatonic voyages beyond the borders of mind and body. Indeed, there are elements that in certain moments detach from the subjective matrix to make space for an objective perspective with colours, blurry nuances and dialogues that take place in the meanders of the psyche of those who grasp the message and create their own personal story. The cover photography by the Albanian artist Lori Lako conceptualizes two parts, distorted and normal, of an image that presents the artist's sensations lived in the quotidianity. Ilir Lluka lives in Tirana and from several years works on abstract and drone music, having upon his shoulders several productions with Nostress Netlabel such as his album “Shell” released in limited edition CD available from the label’s site. The base concept of his music is about memory and how it evolves alongside personality creating surreal sensations that counteract the real ones while his musical research is focused on the destabilization of the listener with a dense presence of streams as body of such sonorous gems. Lluka composes by complex graphic scores created by the artist himself and these coded frameworks enable the artist to emerge with such unique sonorities. A unique artist and a record that will leave you jaw-dropped."  (Angelo Barraco NN)

Distance Of Reflections

Distance of Reflections Part Three

Music For A Film (EP)
Produced during January 2015 - August 2017
Published by Nostress Netlabel on 4 September 2017
Country: Italy
Genre: Electronic,
Style: Drone, Modern Classical, Cinematic

Official release page:
www.nostressnetlabel.net/NN_EP032_09_17.html

Bandcamp:
ilirlluka.bandcamp.com/album/music-for-a-film

Featured in:
"Onírica Sensorial" / Emisión 38"
Toxicpro Radio (Mexico City)

[excerpt on Soundcloud]
https://soundcloud.com/ilir-lluka/onirica-sensorial-emision-38-ilir-lluka-music-for-a-film-toxicpro-radio-mexico-city

[full show on Mixcloud]
http://www.mixcloud.com/toxicpro/oniricasensorial-038/

Music For A Film

Ilir Lluka: Music For A Film (teaser)

Aria

Aria_Part 2. Nine Thousand Solitudes

Ilir Lluka: Music For A Film _Part 2

Ilir Lluka: résonance / être (variation 1) - Prologue
Album: résonance / être
Published by Selva Elettrica
Release date: May 2018
Catalogue#: SEL_99
Country: Italy
Written, produced during March 2014-February 2018
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract,  Avantgarde

You can stream and/or download the full album for free here: https://selvaelettrica.bandcamp.com/album/sel-99-r-sonance-tre

Featured in: 
"La Croche Oreille with Ilir Lluka"
(Show 128: Sunday, November 4, 2018 on CKLR 89.1)
_produced and hosted by Gaëtan Gosselin
_supported by the AVATAR artist-run audio and electronic art center
https://lacrocheoreille.ca/2018/10/30/emission-128-le-dimanche-7-novembre-2018/

réson. d'être

résonance / être (variation 1) - Prologue

The Infinite Return (single)
Written, produced during August 2017-January 2018
Genre: Electronic 
Style: Abstract, Experimental, Soundscape

[Bandcamp]
https://ilirlluka.bandcamp.com/track/il-ritorno-infinito

Featured in the compilation 
"Various Artists: The June Solstice 2025"
Published by Petroglyph Music 
[stream compilation]
https://petroglyphmusic.bandcamp.com/album/689-the-june-solstice-2025

Il Ritorno Infinito

Album: An Étude In Two Variations
Written and produced by Ilir Lluka
Cover by Edu Comelles
Label: Audiotalaia
Country: Spain
Catalogue#: [at086]
Recorded in Vienna in March 2018
Genre: Electronic
Style: Abstract, Electroacoustic, Ambient

Official release page (Audiotalaia): 
www.audiotalaia.net/2018/09/at086ilir-lluka-etude-in-two-variations.html

Bandcamp:
https://ilirlluka.bandcamp.com/album/an-tude-in-two-variations-2

​Featured in "The Iron Secret" by :zoviet*france
Broadcasted on Resonance 104.4 FM
(29 September, 2018)
http://zovietfrance.podbean.com/e/a-duck-in-a-tree-2018-09-29-the-iron-secret/
https://www.mixcloud.com/Resonance/a-duck-in-a-tree-2018-09-29-the-iron-secret/?fbclid=IwAR3OHDMRKDsF-REt1Zg7oAoh7tClGekouBzgoHUpDU5VR14v7W33syPOph0

​

Featured in: 
"La Croche Oreille / Show 128: Sunday, November 4, 2018"
 (on CKLR 89.1)
_produced and hosted by Gaëtan Gosselin
 _supported by the AVATAR artist-run audio and electronic art center

https://lacrocheoreille.ca/2018/10/30/emission-128-le-dimanche-7-novembre-2018/

Featured in:
"A Miscellany of Tasteful Music"
https://amiscellany.info/2018/10/01/music-ilir-lluka-an-etude-in-two-variations/

An Étude In Two Variations

An Étude In Two Variations - First Variation (For Japanese Koto and Live Electronics)

Upcoming

IDYLL 

Electronics: Ilir Lluka
Violin: Aida Hani

Idyll comprises a single long track, the basis of which was the recording of our performance at the "To Be Continued..." Festival (2018 edition).  
The original recording was 30 minutes long, and several parts from it were selected as the basis for this release, which has been in the works for several years now. 
More info soon about the release details.

About the original event:
"To Be Continued...." is an uninterrupted 24-hour music marathon concert for TB Day (World Day Against Tuberculosis),  with the participation of 48 sound artists from 48 different countries, each one performing live for 30 minutes from a location of their choosing in their respective countries.
The project includes listening points from studios as well as public spaces such as bars, libraries, cultural centers, art galleries, shops,  all listed on the website, that broadcast the concert in real time.
The event is hosted each year by Stazione Di Topolo. located in Udine, Italy, starting on the midnight of March 23 to the midnight of March 24, and is broadcasted live on their website, available to be listened to from every point on the globe with an internet connection. 

This was the third time I was participating in this event, with the first time being in 2013 with a solo performance for electronics, and the second time in 2016 as a duo with the Albanian cellist Mardit Lleshi.

IDYLL

IDYLL (Ilir Lluka & Aida Hani) for violin & electronics TEASER

Audiovisual artist / electronic music composer from Tirana, Albania.

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