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The first part of the composition is constructed around an excerpt from an English translation of a poem by the Spanish poet, playwright, and anti-fascist Miguel Hernández in which there is a vague presentiment of the losses of a previous life.
What does the wind of bitterness want
That it comes down the gully
And forces the windows
While I dress you in my arms?
Katya re-records her own voice numerous times with the help of a looper, finally deconstructing the text to the point of zero semantic content. This process aims to hear what is between the lines, among the splinters and lacunae of language, which cannot express the experience of tragedy.
The second part of the composition was created together with the sound artist Yura Kuznetsov and is an original inversion of the first part—a nullification, careful listening to the search for that which cannot be expressed directly. The basis of this part was Shirshkova’s repeatedly resynthesized voice, which is transformed into a disturbing flow of sound. The movement of this flow is not fast and is nothing like a river. It is better compared to a cautious wandering in the dark or feeling one’s way.
(text by Evgeny Bylina)
supported by 6 fans who also own “And everyone else is also groping in the dark”
This recording has been stirring many thoughts in me since the first listen, and probably more often than not the context of its creation matters. But what I see as a constant is the communication and dialogue with space. The environment as an instrument, the sound as part of the environment. And a labyrinth of emotions. jiristepan
supported by 5 fans who also own “And everyone else is also groping in the dark”
A recording that touches something ancient in us and brings a shift to places not yet discovered. It's hard to describe in any sensible way something that definitely mixes the spirit of Palestrina with the legacy of minimalism, reductionism and improvisation, although that's not really important here. A deeply emotional thing that doesn't talk about humanity, but speaks directly to it. jiristepan
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