The Eastbloc Antifascist Sound Alliance (@eastblocsound) is a community initiative created around the desire to connect an eclectic group of people working with sound in Eastern Europe, post-Soviet space, and Eastern European diaspora. In this geo-cultural context resistance against the rise of right-wing populism and the resurgence of fascism at large is very important. “Building an antifascist alliance around listening, based around sound and music, does not erase our specific experiences, shaped through pacts and ideologies and geopolitical conditions, or even ‘how we survived communism and even laughed,’ (Slavenka Draculic) it does not stand for nations or even forming a power alliance, it stands for this specific diaspora standing up.” The Eastbloc Antifascist Sound Alliance’s first cooperative product is the mixtape “Diasporian Dissonances.” It features more than 30 artists from from the former Eastbloc and the Eastern European diaspora and has been mixed by AGF @poemproducer. 

“Diasporian Dissonances” is a contribution to BLACK BOX EAST: https://blackboxeast.berlinergazette.de
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eastbloc antifascist sound alliance presents: DIASPORIAN DISSONANCES

mixtape by AGF feat:

artist - title

Anamaria Pravicencu - Drawing fragment 1 
amber amber - intro (@amberamberdj) - 
Andrea Beton - Suché Lúky (@maryc)
sonicwilderness BRNO 2021 - ambient screams
AGF - what is an “eastbloc”
Robertina Šebjanič, Ida Hiršenfelder, Manja Ristić (@manja-ristic) - Sounds of the EarthSea
Timur Dzhafarov [@johnobject] - 500mg [Standard Deviation] - If-Only
Trinh & Linh Ha - jam (Blindsignal Hanoi)
Dengue Drums (FOOZOOL Remix)@larasarkissian
amber amber - Beeing from the East [poem]
In My Talons - Thunder (@clgolem "Future in Old Hungarian" Version)
Avtomat - 01. Gusła (Human Rites) @avtomatmusic
manja ristić - kairos & the dwellers - 03 dwellers.aiff
AGF - building an anti-fascist alliance
Jonas Gruska - spomaleny protest (@jonas-gruska)
ANTI - VERIGI 2021 (ASIAN DOLL REMIX) - Ant! (@jonny-neiik)
Amek Drone Ensemble - Op. 1 - 01 Op. 1
Political Soundwalks - 2020-10-25~15 10 @ гатэль Планета _ Стэла Мінск - Горад-Герой
Simina Oprescu - NIMBOSTRATUS (Quoting Beethoven) @siminaoprescu
Marija Balubdžić - Umbra Posle (@umbra-balubdzic)
klarawodehn - klimarap acapella (@klarawodehn)
ZLE OkO - A kto nie ma pokus (…And who hasn't been tempted) @hellgi666
Nandele - Failed Experiment (@nndle)
OR poiesis - kamnolom kisetsu (@user-880349987-124851397)
Natela Svanidze - Epitaphium (1974 Original Recording on Synthi - 100)
Lara Sarkissian - OBSIDIAN
Marija Šumarac - Walking (@marija-sumarac)
Diana Romanova - Hurlement (@diaromma)
Anna Politovskaya - excerpt from movie ‘Анна Политковская: семь лет на линии фронта’
Yoana Robova - it is a bit crowded
Private Mountain - Baroque in the Age of Neoliberalism (@dimitardodovski)
Svetlana Maraš - Soudscape Cabinet (@svetlanamaras)
Krista Dintere - Biosignals Purva Radio MpLab (@dintere)
"Fascia  181006190131" Marija Bozinovska Jones with J.G. Biberkopf featuring MBJ Wetware
Belarus 2020 to serve and protect
leah & Natalie Beridze - gal (@natalie-tba-beridze)
Audrius Simkujas - conditioner sound ambeo
the2vvo - Felt Curtain (@the2vvo)
Danay Suarez - El corazón (cut)(@danaysuarez)
Roman Radkovic Collective - Kde domov můj
Discombobulatrix - ciocarlie cu reverb (@discombobulatrix)
GORO TARIKATA - Conclusion (@mojogoro)
Yaera - Elavoko

DIASPORIAN DISSONANCES

live recording, 10th of Aug. 2020 @littlebigbeatstudio

start no 16

8-channels audio (stereo version)
Work in progress

VOYNA in Russian means The WAR. The work uses voices only, repeating the single word "war" in numerous languages of the world - from English, Russian and Ukrainian to Chinese and Japanese.

Voyna

Voyna (work in progress)

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Jukka Kääriäinen (gtr), Maja Jantar (voice), Paul Pignon (winds, voice),

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Orsolya Kaincz: analog synthesizer, fieldrecordings; David Karla: Tenorsax and effects; Nikolaus Gerszewski: electric guitar, vocals, objects

Trio FoCC

Quartet Lawrence Casserley signal processing - Pascal Marzan 10 str. microtonal guitar - Jean-Michel Van Schouwburg voice - Phil Wachsmann violin+electronics. Free Improvisation recorded live @ MoPoMoSo concert , Vortex Jazz Club London by Pascal Marzan on Sunday 17th November 2024.

L.Casserley - P.Marzan - JM.Van Schouwburg - P.Wachsmann Vortex 11 - 17th 2024 44K

Earth Core

Lemon Yellow Sintered Micro Crystals

Do Not Disturb

This work is created as a research within the liminal, disorientated motion without directional movement, as a result of sound research, produced by oscillatory circuits within EMS Synthi 100. Ideally, the composition consists of several layers of sound or channels of the analog synthesizer, thus encompassing the entire sound spectrum. The focus was on achieving variability and dynamics, as was the case in instrumental music compositions. It was possible to achieve this already in the installation itself, in the computer software. Therefore, the material made on EMS Synthi 100 is selected according to the dynamic characteristics and variability of its structure. During the editing, it was important to achieve a linear flow of the work in dramaturgical terms. Much attention was paid to the width and variety of sound in the stereo base of this piece.

Won First Prize at the 2019 "Neda Depolo" competition for creative contribution to radiophonic expression, awarded by Radio Belgrade 2

The piece is premiered  Third Program of Radio Belgrade: http://www.rts.rs/page/radio/sr/story/1466/radio-beograd-3/3595552/elektronski-studio.html?fbclid=IwAR0JDuQ5Y_vQabq8WHmwK87_w5ZVlLQa9i8UWMhWE5NB6XBc6LEWgUgHsJs



Delo nastaje kao ispitivanje unutar liminalnog, dezorjentisanog kretanja bez biranja pravca, kao rezultat istraživanja zvuka, koji proizvode oscilatorna kola unutar Sintija 100. Idejno, kompozicija se sastoji od više slojeva zvuka odnosno kanala analognog sintetizera, čime se obuhvata ceo zvučni spektar. Fokus je bio na tome da se postigne promenljivost i dinamika, kao što je bio slučaj u kompozicijama instrumentalne muzike. To je bilo moguće postići već u samoj montaži, u kompijuterskom softveru. Stoga, materijal koji je rađen na Sintiju 100, selektovan je i biran prema dinamičkim karakteristikama i promenljivosti njegove strukture. Tokom montaže bilo je važno postići linerani tok dela u dramaturškom smislu. Dosta pažnje bilo je posvećeno širini i raznovrsnosti zvuka u stereo bazi ovog dela.

Ovo delo je dobilo prvu nagradu Nede Depolo za kreativni doprinos radio izrazu koji dodeljuje Drugi program Radio Beograda 2019. godine

Premijerno emitovano na III programu Radio Beograda: http://www.rts.rs/page/radio/sr/story/1466/radio-beograd-3/3595552/elektronski-studio.html?fbclid=IwAR0JDuQ5Y_vQabq8WHmwK87_w5ZVlLQa9i8UWMhWE5NB6XBc6LEWgUgHsJs

Within the liminal/ Unutar liminalnog

Accordion and electronics - Branko Džinović
Violoncello - Aleksandar Latković
Composition - Score, Interaction design (electronics) - Svetlana Maraš

Premiered and recorded at Belgrade Philharmonic Hall in March 2020.

VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCWx1RZaj3A&fbclid=IwAR20g4dJCQmcjUcjXXM3tqmQouWZ6eMM1xPrDh69dMiqO9h2SjRYgZRs1nc

Chamber music - for accordion with electronics and violoncello

GLO were invited to do an experimental, ambient version of Beethoven's ninth symphony for the summer festival 2020 In between music in Hjärnarp, Skåne, Sweden. Due to the Corona pandemic we couldn't do it live as we hoped for so the artistic director Leif Jordansson asked the members to record their own parts at home, from instructions by LJ to let him put all the pieces together. We did a semi-live version in september 2020 with a few live musicians playing together with the recorded material, some of the parts are from that recording.

00.00 Part 1 - Ambient drone. A version based on the tonal material in Beethovens part one.
17.00 Part 2 - Plunderphonics. Recordings from B's part 2 cut in small pieces and rearranged in a new order, then recordings made on top of that.
24.55 Part 3 - Adagio, live from Hjärnarps church
30.55 Part 4 - Finale, recorded in studio by GLO in a session august 2020

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