Out on my 'See the Lights EP'
featuring: 
Wreckage Machinery - See the Lights
Wreckage Machinery - Absence

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See The Lights EP

Wreckage Machinery - See the Lights

Logan One

sobre

Get Away

Come Out Ye Black And Tans

Nikolai Rakov (1908-1990) was a Soviet-era Russian composer/violinist/teacher who studied under Reinhold Gliere and eventually taught composers such as Edison Denisov, Boris Tchaikovsky, Nikolai Peiko, Andrei Eshpai, and Alfred Schnittke. While most of his students  went on to explore a wide range of tonalities and styles (especially Denisov, whose works are dodecaphonic and metrically complex), Rakov's own music is unflinchingly tonal and very traditional in style. I've heard him best-described as a 'Russian Poulenc', a moniker which is reflected in his use of unambiguous melodic devices and straightforward harmonies. His work also draws quite a lot of influence from Russian folk music. A works list and biography can be found at:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Rakov

This particular piece, composed in 1972, is the first entry in a massive four-volume set of Soviet bassoon/piano works that I came across as part of a lengthy effort I've undertaken to unearth more chamber music from that era and region. Like Poulenc, Rakov was an especially prolific writer and penned quite a few pieces for wind/piano duos. The set of works this is taken from may be the only bassoon music he wrote, but it's hard to be sure. To the extent of my knowledge, this work has not yet been recorded, but I'd love to be proven wrong on that.

As per usual, I hated the way the piano on my MIDI synth sounded on this one and opted for a playful-sounding pizzicato accompaniment that makes it sound more a ballet number and less like a theme left off of the Gameboy version of Tetris. There are five total pieces in the set, the others of which will appear in due time.

Pieces (5) for bassoon and accompaniment, 1. Moderato (Nikolai Rakov)

ierse folk. CD uit 2007, band is gestopt in 2009

BftcCH - Foggy Dew

Experimentally entwined running bass carried on by the mesmerizing voice of singer Lusiula.

Espace (Feat. Lusiula)

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