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from CANT:

6th CANT release - recording by Katya Shirshkova "The Pond", homage to the work of the same name by Ben Patterson.

Katya Shirshkova:
When I was 8 years old, Ben Patterson came to Irkutsk. They told me to show how I play Bach, and I did. Poorly. I also decided to play improvisation, unintentionally, I just got upset and played - I always liked to hold the keys and listen more. Ben liked it. He showed me a trick with a coin, I was scared. And dad became an honorary member of Fluxus and received a box of clockwork frogs as a gift. It was the props for the Pond performance.

Ben Patterson:
Pond was one of the early pieces where I tried to use chance operations, like the John Cage school of thought, but in a different way. I like the mechanical frogs hopping about this grid, because they are not perfect. They move in different directions and create their own situation. Depending on where they land or as they pass through the grid, there are signals for the performers to make frog-like sounds. In the end, it sounds like a pond at nighttime with frogs croaking and creeping.

From these lines it may seem that the recording promises some kind of naive memory, a note, but this is a deception and a trap. The trap here is method. A constant refrain appears before the listener, not hiding a letter, and then disintegrates into a net from which one cannot get out. Ben played randomness with a system of squares and mechanical frogs. Katya took this simple net in her hands and turned it into a seine, now side A is a thoughtless immersion in water, and side B is the consequences.

This is Katya's first release, I am very glad for the trust. Thank you, K!

In addition to the well-known series of holidays, the last couple of weeks of December is the best time to release music.

от CANT:

6-й релиз CANT — запись Кати Ширшковой "Пруд", оммаж одноименному произведению Бена Паттерсона, или лишь его присутствие

Катя Ширшкова:
Когда мне было 8 лет, в Иркутск приехал Бен Паттерсон. Мне сказали показать, как я играю Баха, и я сыграла. Плохо. Решила еще сыграть импровизацию, непреднамеренно, просто расстроилась и сыграла – мне всегда больше нравилось зажимать клавиши и слушать. Бену понравилось. Мне он показал фокус с монеткой, я испугалась. А папа стал почетным членом Fluxus и получил в подарок коробку с заводными лягушками. Это был реквизит для перформанса Pond.

Ben Patterson:
Pond was one of the early pieces where I tried to use chance operations, like the John Cage school of thought, but in a different way. I like the mechanical frogs hopping about this grid, because they are not perfect. They move in different directions and create their own situation. Depending on where they land or as they pass through the grid, there are signals for the performers to make frog-like sounds. In the end, it sounds like a pond at nighttime with frogs croaking and creeping.

По этим строчкам может показаться, что запись сулит какое-то наивное воспоминание, заметку, но это обман и ловушка. Ловушка здесь - это метод. Постоянный рефрен предстает перед слушателем, не скрывая ни буквы, а потом распадается в сеть, из которой не выпутаться. С помощью системы квадратов и механических лягушек Бен играл в случайность. Катя взяла эту сетку в руки и превратила в сеть, теперь сторона А — необдуманное погружение в воду, а сторона Б — последствия.

Это первый Катин релиз, я очень рад оказанному доверию, спасибо!

Помимо всем известной череды праздников, пара конченых недель декабря - лучшее время для выпуска музыки. 
credits
released December 11, 2020

All music by Katya Shirshkova

Choir:
Liza Kulikova
Polina Dmitrieva
Xenia At
Liza Slepova
Alena Solovieva
Katya Shirshkova
Sofia Bezhenutsa
Varya Melentieva

Mastering by Emile Nestle
Artwork by Zurkas Tepla

This is the ??? release on CANT label, established in Moscow by Zurkas Tepla.
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Katya Shirshkova - Pond - SIDE А

Performed by Kymatic ensemble at Rheinsberg schloss (17 May,  Rheinsberg, Germany)

Transition Spaces

Artwork by Zurkas Tepla

Tracklist:
Katya Shirshkova - Le Heron
David Maranha - A Reunião
Alex Zhang Hungtai - Swimming Bird
Michael Pisaro - Liu - Tombstones. Fool
Pierce Warnecke - The Unraveling
R. Murray Schafer - Snowforms
Louis Laurain - Pulses, Pipes, Patterns
Bernardo Devlin  - Albedo. Quadras do Alvor
Gonçalo Almeida - Ciclos
Ivan Fedele - Arc en ciel
Katya Shirshkova - Pond
Zurkas Tepla - In forehead
Pavel Kushnir	- Sergei Rachmaninoff's Prelude in C-sharp minor

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