Name: :zoviet*france: • "Hidden by the wall [Roev Lai remix]" by Roev Lai
Duration: 12 min 12 s
Description: Original recordings are courtesy of :zoviet*france: (2021). Thanks to Ben Ponton and Mark Warren. Visit https://soundcloud.com/zoviet-france

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

as low as you can go

originally released on Engram Recordings' compilation "Light and Darkness".
https://engramrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/light-and-darkness

Light Ascent

5 nov 2022

Gear used: 8raw8 (808 drums), Korg Monologue (bass), Roland System-1M (melodic lead), Audiothingies Micromonsta 2 (pad) and Squarp Pyramid (sequencer).

tensity

Active volcano recorded from the top, at the edge of the crater, during the night. 

Recorded by a DoubleMS Setup by Schoeps, CCM41+CCM8+CCM4 (in a Cinela Windscreen),
an AB Setup by DPA Microphones, 2 x 4006,
and a Geofon by LOM Audio.
On a Sound Devices 833 recorder.
Original recording in 192kHz, 24bit.
This sound has been edited and mixes the different sources.

GPS: -19.530189, 169.445493
Recorded on 6th of November 2022, between 6:30pm and 8:30pm.

Tanna Island

Volcano Mount Yasur, Tanna Island

Between two seas, between two eras, voices that transmit and transfigure time to cross the abyss.

An Hour Is A Sea  w/ Mélodie Blaison (28.10.22)

Rumblo

Original recordings are courtesy of :zoviet*france: (2021). Thanks to Ben Ponton and Mark Warren. Visit https://soundcloud.com/zoviet-france

"Hidden by the wall" remix project

:zoviet*france: • "Hidden by the wall [Roev Lai remix]"

:zoviet*france: - Hidden By The Wall (Windharp, Walltown Crags - Peter W remix)

This track is a reassembly of original field recordings made by :zoviet*france:, and used in their 2021 composition “Hidden by the Wall”. All of the source material was recorded by :zoviet*france:, and then reworked by Peter W.

Slow version is here: https://audius.co/PeterW/zovietfrance-hidden-by-the-wall-peter-w-slow-remix

https://soundcloud.com/zoviet-france/wind-harp-walltown-crags?in=zoviet-france/sets/hidden-by-the-wall-open-remix

https://soundcloud.com/peter-wullen/zoviet_france-wind-harp?si=f24c994a6869404d907148dd8138770d&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

:zoviet*france: - Hidden By The Wailing Wall (Peter W remix)

https://open.spotify.com/album/2nsFPo2nbjaPPCfsOopU5K

Little Annie and @night_foundation live improv set for the Inertia record release party at Technique Records; Miami, FL 03.25.23

Little Annie meets Night Foundation LIVE @Technique Records 03.25.23

Soundcollagism, no-fi views, unnecessary writings and related activities. 
> https://linktr.ee/roev.lai_official 
> https://linktr.ee/official.semioscura 

I started working on new projects in 2021, after an eight-year hiatus. Between 2004 and 2014 I was active - behind various pseudonyms - as a founder and/or member of several solo music projects and bands (A Narrow Ambience, La Ferriére Ensemble), labels (Naked Noises Netlabel, Nephogram Editions) and festivals (Terracava). I had chance to collaborate with artists such as Paul Molyneux (Ocosi, Writhe), Pixyblink, Lee Thompson/Pipher, Ennio Mazzon, Buskerdroid, 10Konekt, Claudio Cicchetti (Atome Primitif, Hereh), Gigi Masin, Marco Lucchi, Orchestra Eclettica e Sincretista, HermeneutecH, Onoco, Lamierachicken, Moabi, Entia Non/James McDougall, Ecut, The Mass Of The Silence, Mach Feedback and others. Between 2012 and 2014 I also had the opportunity to play at festivals such as MainOFF, Destination Morgue and Terracava.

* This profile is meant archive in which I randomly share a selection of solo and  collaborative official releases, unpublished material, demos and more.

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