Dobra voda is a small bay on the island of Silba. A remote beach is situated an hours walking distance from the only village on the island.

This mystical and completely secluded place was once a summer commune, gathering creative minds from Yugoslavia but also from all over Europe. A versatile art scene emerged, the one that preceded Ljubljana's alternative theatre scene, Rijeka's new wave and some of the most influential ex-Yu alternative bands; "[...] The music was coming from every single bush: violins, cellos, saxophones, trumpets, and, of course, mostly guitars [...]."

One of my dearest friends, Natasha Kadin, curator and cultural manager of SEA Silba Environment Art organised a wonderful exhibition in 2018 with found archive photos made by Marijan Blažina, one of the artists from the commune. Croatian multi-disciplinary artist and author Boris Greiner wrote more about this exhibition: www.silba-environment-art.hr/en/blog/boris-greiner-slikovne-poruke-s-dobre-vode/

I visited Dobre vode on a few occasions, but this particular time I wanted to record a sonic palimpsest, built from water memories and other environmental simulacra of this magical little bay. I recorded with hydrophones from various angles, listened to the interplay between water and salt and different geological formations. The movement of the pebbles from the sea bed, water sliding down the rocks and crevices, burying my "ears" under the sea bed but also inside the enormous piles of dry Posidonia oceanica, commonly known as Neptune grass or Mediterranean tapeweed, a seagrass species that is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea. It forms large underwater meadows that are an important part of the ecosystem. The Posidonia has a very high carbon absorption capacity, being able to soak up 15 times more carbon dioxide every year than a similar-sized piece of the Amazon rainforest.

Dobra voda bay is positioned to accumulate dry Posidonia once it is washed ashore. It is absolutely impossible to be still in those clouds of dry seaweed and be completely silent. Even so, I tried.

The sound piece is a mix of 16 chosen recordings placed in a dronesque metaphor of passing time. 

released August 25, 2022

All sounds recorded, edited and composed by Manja Ristić
Recorded during SEA Silba Environment Art Residence 2021
www.silba-environment-art.hr
Hydrophone built by Jez riley French
jezrileyfrench.co.uk
Mastering La Plant Studio Belgrade
laplantstudio.com

Dobra voda

August 25th, 2022

Bandcamp

Echoes

Fire! Orchestra - ECHOES: I see your eye, part 1

Fragmentos de charlas tomados de sesiones de ensayo de manera remota en 2020 y 2021

CHats.#1.Julio

From the 'Redux' album by Monsieur Crane on TONN Recordings.

Available now on TONN Bandcamp.

Mastered by Wellencocktail at Tonstudio Hanover
Cover design by Nieuw NDG
Image by Christophe Mauberqué ©

Redux

Le Temps

Le Temps - Monsieur Crane

Chats.#5.babyDelfi
Delfi habla y canta, que para ella es lo mismo, con un bebé imaginario o quizás con la beba que ella fue…

CHats.#5.babyDelfi

Hexfarm is 

Phil Bywater - Saxophones/Flutes
Dane Renshaw - Drums
Mat Ward - Bass Guitar/Vox

The first new track from Hexfarm - who  have managed to jam once a year in 2022 then 2023 for the first time in many many many years. 2 of us now live in Australia with our Japanese residing Drummer flying in once a year for some fun. This was recorded remotely and hot mixed in my home studio - rough garage sounds : ) Lots of improv stuff on tape to see the light of day too in the vault

Momma Don't Like You No More - Hexfarm

Formosa es el resultado de grabaciones y manipulaciones de ondas de radio transmitidas por una diversidad de fuentes: radioaficionados de diversos lugares de América del Sur, estaciones de radio de la República Popular de China, y emisiones de radio de fenómenos naturales como las tormentas que se propagan dentro de nuestra atmosfera.
Las grabaciones corresponden a distintos momentos de recepción y grabación de señales radiales entre los años 2020 y 2023 en la ciudad de Córdoba-Argentina.
Las señales fueron tomadas con un receptor de radio analógico portátil Kaide Kk-222, y una serie de radio receptores SDRweb localizados en Argentina y Brasil.

Formosa

Adelanto de segundo disco "Los Anuncios"
Bajarán las personas simples
sus corazones y sus almas simples
sus armas cargadas pagadas cash
actuarán crudo y explícito 
por los niños
por los robos
por la conexión
por la piel

del otro lado del arco iris 
inocentes y soñadores tendidos
al final del túnel
tiroteos
ahora solo esperas 
los anuncios
mirando al cielo 
solo esperas 
los anuncios
En seguida volvemos
volveremos, titilando
Enseguida volvemos
Volveremos

San Pedro Flotando

magic calculator 9 (gw. 1/7/21)

Improvisación / Free impro _ Mixer radio/ Experimental

juliokaegi@gmail.com

Formosa

Julio Kaegi