Following her single release A​Я​A on World Canvas, the multidisciplinary artist sasha smirnova presents her debut EP '………shared strain'.
Building on the foundation and the sonic materials introduced on AЯA, '………shared strain' continues to weave together distortion, sparse processed vocals and fluctuating rhythmic movements, expanding on the synthesis and composition in smirnova's practice.
As the harmonic and rhythmic passages in the songs on '………shared strain' drift in and out of the grid and dissolve into each other, they give space and elevate the vocalizations of one another in imaginative ways of developing and exploring sound, sonic structures and their capabilities.

Arranged, produced, and cover art by sasha smirnova
Mixed and mastered by nara is neus

sasha smirnova - ………shared strain

"A collection of algorithms traversing crunchy texture, accelerated vocal refrains and shimmering melodic tension. Blending rhythmical undercurrents with euphoria and dysphoria.

A five-track sonic exploration of memories forming and their disintegration, the liminal spaces between awake and asleep.

Patterns of code compiled, recompiled, degraded, deleted. Transitory data, snapshots of meaning, even computers are ephemeral."

Music by Lizzie Wilson aka Digital Selves @digitalselves.
Artwork + Mastering by Victor Gybels.
Drawings by Lawrence Mc Guire

.exe girlfriend

Excerpt from the A-side of the 'Spectrum Art' c-44, to be released in June 2023 on Monorail Trespassing.

Spectrum Art

Vasculae - Avidity / Proclivity excerpt

taken from "hierarchia"
bffmusicbffmusic.bandcamp.com/album/hierarchia

🪶 . ‗˒∝﹏∘

i’m pretty sure that if I checked Bartek’s Google Chrome tab bar I’d see something like “lord of the rings fanmade bootleg 144p”, “classic post-soviet cartoons best moments compilation”, “Jožin Z Bažin” or some other cursed stuff . . . and maybe that's why “hierarchia” is such a complicated mixture of polygonal minimalism, hauntological sci-fi or numb trap beats, perfect for an obscure, dark-humored, 90’s point ‘n click game
. . . but that’s just my theory.

𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐤 Ⅰ
𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐢𝐜 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐡𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐚 𝐤𝐞𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐫 𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐱𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐨.
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐲𝐧𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬.
𝐈 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐦𝐢𝐱𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞-𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬, 𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐫𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.

“hierarchia” doesn’t stop impressing me with its confident, super coherent worldbuilding and shamelessly minimalistic storytelling built with microtonal, arrhythmic, disharmonic melodies melting more and more with every second.
Bartek’s polyphonic synths are talking to his acoustic guitar like they've been knowing each other their whole life.

𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐤 𝐈𝐈
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎.
𝐎𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐞𝐤 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐚 (𝐚𝐭 𝐠𝐥𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐮𝐫.𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐞𝐥), 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐝.
𝐈𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟐 𝐈 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬 (“𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬” 𝐚𝐧𝐝 “𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐝𝐲”), 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝐈 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐛𝐮𝐦 “𝐍𝐢𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐰𝐧𝐨ść” 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟏.

It feels like I’ve been waiting forever to listen to something like this record.

moodboard:
🥀🌚🌬️🌫️⚙️🎰🐔🦠

music by Bartek Kalinka
www.instagram.com/bartekkalinka/

artwork by Adam Kozicki
www.instagram.com/adam_kozicki/

master by radek sirko / duy gebord
duygebord.bandcamp.com

♫°002

Bartek Kalinka - hierarchia

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Following her single release A​Я​A on World Canvas, the multidisciplinary artist sasha smirnova presents her debut EP '…​…​…​shared strain'.
Building on the foundation and the sonic materials introduced on AЯA, '………shared strain' continues to weave together distortion, sparse processed vocals and fluctuating rhythmic movements, expanding on the synthesis and composition in smirnova's practice.
As the harmonic and rhythmic passages in the songs on '………shared strain' drift in and out of the grid and dissolve into each other, they give space and elevate the vocalizations of one another in imaginative ways of developing and exploring sound, sonic structures and their capabilities.

Arranged, produced, and cover art by sasha smirnova
Mixed and mastered by nara is neus

sasha smirnova - eclipse

Following her single release A​Я​A on World Canvas, the multidisciplinary artist sasha smirnova presents her debut EP '…​…​…​shared strain'.
Building on the foundation and the sonic materials introduced on AЯA, '…​…​…​shared strain' continues to weave together distortion, sparse processed vocals and fluctuating rhythmic movements, expanding on the synthesis and composition in smirnova's practice.
As the harmonic and rhythmic passages in the songs on '…​…​…​shared strain' drift in and out of the grid and dissolve into each other, they give space and elevate the vocalizations of one another in imaginative ways of developing and exploring sound, sonic structures and their capabilities.

Arranged, produced, and cover art by sasha smirnova
Mixed and mastered by nara is neus

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