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This project takes you on a journey across all categories and dimensions. It spans a wide range of musical styles, from classical to modern, from melodic to atonal, from soft to hard. Every moment brings a new surprise, keeping you on your toes from start to finish. I wrote this song to give you a powerful opening of your consciousness and a truly mind-altering experience. Enjoy the ride!

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ŠIROM - I.

Release date:
- Europe: 12.01.2016, ZARŠ Rec. / KLOPOTEC Rec. (CD / DL)
- Japan: 17.07.2016, AMORFON Rec. (CD / DL)

Download:
https://zars.bandcamp.com/album/i
https://amorfon.bandcamp.com/album/i

I. is the debut album of the Širom trio, comprised of Ana Kravanja, Samo Kutin and Iztok Koren, who stem from the Slovenian regions of Kras, Tolminsko and Prekmurje and are members of various other groups, such as Najoua or ŠKM banda. 

Their form of expression is original, stylistically homogeneous, incorporating a wide array of folk sounds on one side and contemporary acoustic rock style meditations on the other. The end result is grounded yet still mystical minimalism. 

Širom's music is contemplative, but can get harder when necessary, it is closer to being band- than chamber-like, to being street as opposed to urban in nature. It is mostly instrumental and features miniature combinations of folk, classical and improvisational elements to make for an original and very moving experience. It is already interesting enough to look at the building blocs of Širom's sound, since the musicians use a wide range of instruments from around the world, including the banjo, ukulele and balafon, as well as homemade instruments and bells. It is unbelievable what a world of sound they conjure up, how many nuances of sound, how quickly this penetrates the ears and cuts into the subconscious. 

The creating of patterns and entwining of delicate musical pastels calls for a focused listener, since there is a feeling that the fragile edifice can be blown away in any moment. The lyrical and sophisticated album reveals an unfathomable beauty of dichotomies – it is sophisticated but at the same time never finished, unobtrusive but still principled, improvisational and collective, curious and simultaneously fatigued, restless and ethereal. 

Širom have released a record which unveils the personal while discovering new worlds and which deserves to be celebrated as a gem of the Slovenian music scene, notwithstanding or maybe precisely because of all the misguided attempts at defining “slovenianhood”. 

Tracklist:
1. Samotni mora dehteti / The Lonesome Has to Scent 05:32 
2. Svetlobni prelaz čez vrnitev / A Passage of Light on Return 15:31 3. Trilogija / Trilogy 17:44 
4. Mehki koraki rjovenja / Roar's Soft Steps 07:27 
5. Vsak dan je jutri nov dan / Tomorrow, Each Day is a New Day 02:12 

Iztok Koren - banjo, bass drum, chimes, balafon 
Ana Kravanja - violin, viola, ribab, kalimba, bendir, balafon 
Samo Kutin - ukulele, kalimba, homemade harps and steel drum, balafon 

Painting Marko Jakše 
Photo Nada Žgank, Noemi De Pas, Tit Brecelj
Cover design Eva Kosel, Yoshio Machida
Recording, mixing and mastering Iztok Zupan 
Recorded without overdubbing in Posavec, Slovenia 2015

03 Trilogija

Pauline Anna Strom - Energies

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Taken from Trans-Millenia Music. 

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Pauline Anna Strom - Energies

Taken from 'Drama' Single by HTRK, out July 6, 2018.

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Have a listen to Japanese vocalist Hatis Noit's experimental sonic escapade as she journeys across genres and traverses across emotions.

Read more + tracklist: https://hyponik.com/mixes/hyp-364-hatis-noit/

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ŠIROM

Ana Kravanja:violin, viola, ribab, qeychak, balafon, bendir, flutes, various objects, voice

Samo Kutin: ikitelia, hurdy gurdy, tampura brač, lyre, melodica, chimes, percussion, objects, voice

Iztok Koren: banjo, three-string banjo, balafon, gamelan, tank drum, percussion, various objects


The intertwining of diverse musical approaches, tools, histories of sounds and unbridled musical imagination and craftsmanship; these are the expansive guiding principles behind the Slovenian trio Širom. 

More than a dozen instruments can be found in the repertoire of Širom and at least as many musical forms can be perceived as inspirations for this new ensemble. However, despite these diverse influences and strategies, Širom remain anchored in a highly individual creative process, that keeps them from merely reflecting pre-existing musical patterns. They create an original, stylistically homogeneous form of expression that oscillates between a wide array of folk sounds and contemporary acoustic rock-style meditations.
 
Širom music is contemplative, but can be sharp when necessary, it is closer to being band- than a chamber group.

Band contact: sirom.band@gmail.com

Website: http://siromband.si/

Store: https://zars.bandcamp.com/album/i
https://sirom.bandcamp.com/

Label: https://glitterbeat.com/

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