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2022 élan vital recordings 

Manja Ristic / Toni Dimitrov - Dystopian 001

1. Manja Ristic - Nothing Has To Happen, Fortress Europe
2. Toni Dimitrov - Against Civilization

🏴 'Dystopian 001' is split release between the sound artists Manja Ristić and Toni Dimitrov, and it is part of the new 'Dystopian series', showcasing a more abstract, darker, obscure and politically infused side of the sound of élan vital artist roster. Inspired by everyday life in the last several years living in realized dystopian visions and darkest predictions, the sound on this series will be the soundtrack for our daily dystopian reality. We are all aware that the future of our civilization is not bright, but that doesn't mean we are not living in an exciting epoch.

🏳️ Part one brings two longer pieces, presenting the dark side of the mystical long form experimentations by the Serbian violin and field recordings diva Manja Ristić and the latest field recordings experiments of the sound art naturalist Toni Dimitrov. Through this joint release the artists are trying to explore the potential for change of the society, resulting in a mature, expressive and complex album. 

Composed and arranged by Manja Ristić & Toni Dimitrov 
Mastering LaPlant Studio Belgrade
Cover drawings by Dorian Dimitrov
Design by Toni Dimitrov

Release date 27th March 2022
 https://elanvital.bandcamp.com/album/dystopian-001

Manja Ristic - Nothing Has To Happen, Fortress Europe (excerpt)

[PCLEP 026] Collagist - Maładość

- Texturex

6“ Lathecut flexicard of one song by Delphine Dora

Fifth postcard of the series,
this singlesided flexi is playable on most turntables.

19 copies only
comes with one pretty little silver badge

https://mmli.bandcamp.com/album/dilatation

Delphine Dora - Dilatation

Costest

Performance from the set of 'curse tablets' scores in St Swithun's, Worcester, on 10th December 2022. 
Organ: Lauren Redhead
Electronics: Lauren Redhead and Alistair Zaldua

(quite a lot of hiss on the recording that is from a present noise in the room - sorry!)

Curse Tablet St Swithun's Worcester

"Škvar" is a sound installation composed by Manja Ristić & Mark Vernon, as a part of the site-specific installation "Invoking shipbuilding in Korčula" created and realized by the visual artist Matea Šabić Sabljić aka @_argo_nauta_

The installation will be presented on the 6th and 7th of December, next to the Antifascist memorial by architect Bernardo Bernardi which was built at the exact place of an old shipyard.

Sound work is an extension of an art action: "Taking the tool in your hands is an act of honesty", which took place in September and engaged wider community. The participatory action involved people bringing hammers and nailing the names of old Korčula's shipbuilders into the planks of abandoned boats. Doing so produced the noise — sound of an old shipyard that was gone decades ago.

This public action became a silver lining of the sound work "Škvar".

Matea continued to collect hammers in Korčula, Dubrovnik, Split, Betina and Zagreb. Collected hammers will be installed as a site-specific installation accompanied by the sound work. Collecting hammers is continuing as a work in progress for the sake of "Invoking shipbuilding in Korčula" hoping to initiate a Museum which will protect both history and the future of local shipbuilding.

Exhibition is curated by Sonja Leboš ( @uiii.aiir ) and co-organised by @kap_korcula

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Zaziv muzeju i korčulanskoj brodogradnji

Korčulanski škveri i majstorske radionice svjedoče slavnu korčulansku brodograditeljsku prošlost. Glas o kvaliteti njihovog rada je bio nadaleko poznat. Korčulanske obitelji brodograditelja sagradile su na tisuće brodova. 
Međutim, rad, znanje i vještina koji su bili dio svakodnevice otoka kroz stoljeća, pa sve do kraja prošlog tisućljeća, izgubili su se. Nestale su radionice, pa škverovi. Pa i majstori.
Zazivamo sve te davne meštre i meštrice,
Zazivamo sve buduće meštre i meštrice,
Da uzmu alat u ruke i krenu graditi!
Želimo “uškvariti” značaj korčulanskih škvarova. Kolektivna memorija izgradnje tisuća brodova je zapisana u rukama. Treba se prisjetiti. Zakucati brokvu po brokvu. Dasku po dasku. Brod po brod.
Značaj korčulanske brodogradnje uokviriti, “uškvariti” muzejom, oko kojeg će se stvarati novi brodovi i novi meštri.
Meštar po meštar.
Meštrica po meštrica.

Škvar by Manja Ristić & Mark Vernon

Music by https://soundcloud.com/martin-rutley, https://soundcloud.com/arco5, https://soundcloud.com/veelargo, https://soundcloud.com/und-sidedly, https://soundcloud.com/firnwald, https://soundcloud.com/collagist, https://soundcloud.com/d-fried, https://soundcloud.com/mar-ric, https://soundcloud.com/nikitexa, https://soundcloud.com/user-137870698, https://soundcloud.com/samplequence, https://soundcloud.com/flipforgarth, https://soundcloud.com/atom_ant-1, https://soundcloud.com/ksoptionica, https://soundcloud.com/mutellat, https://soundcloud.com/sedatic, https://soundcloud.com/kilmarth, https://soundcloud.com/nearfield-1, https://soundcloud.com/sobrio

Sixteenth Listen

[PCLVA 016] Various Artists - Sixteenth Listen (2023) teaser

Aryl Kabemoc

Fangyi Liu, Dian Qi Xia 電氣夏

We went to the forest, despite entry being forbidden because of the current pandemic, to record communities of species while the noise of humans was reduced. These conditions also encouraged us to make sound interventions, playing with objects such as giant piles of resonant wood. During an improvised live session, we will mix these recorded sounds to stream them for the festival.

Edyta Jarząb is an improviser, working with voice and electronics, field recordings and deep listening practice as forms of sonic activism. Her works embrace compositions for experimental theatre, dance and films, and for the radio. She is one of the founding members of community Radio Kapita? in Warsaw.
Paweł Kreis is an electroacoustic engineer working in the fields of electronics, acoustics and sound perception. His interest also includes physics, systems, contacts and psychoacoustics. He works on self-designed tools and experiments with music, based on abstract rhythms.

Edyta Jarząb & Paweł Kreis ::: Trespassing (excerpt)

Q-O2 is a Brussels based workspace for experimental contemporary music and sound art. Q-O2 develops projects in collaboration with national and international artists and arts organizations, hosts artists in-residence, and holds performances and concerts. 
http://www.q-o2.be

Edyta Jarząb & Paweł Kreis ::: Trespassing (excerpt)

Q-O2

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