SFA068 - Datel zkázy: Live at Festival Ha!wangarda - Kraków

Datel zkázy (The Woodpecker of Doom) is a sub-group, side-kick and extra-marital affair of Sova smrti (The Owl of Death). Both groups work on the same principle: all the sound materials have their origin in the banjo, sampled and processed by the electronics of Jan Faix. In Sova smrti, Tomáš Mika plays the banjo, with Ian Mikyska acting as his woodpeckerish banjo countepart. To coincide with the release of Sova smrti's eponymous debut album on polí5, we present a recording of Datel zkázy's performance at the legendary Bomba club in Kraków, where they performed as part of the Ha!wangarda Festival. The cover design, as in the case of the Sova smrti, was made by Anastasia Vrublevská.

Ian Mikyska: banjo da gamba

Jan Faix: live processing, sampling

01 tak / yes

02 tak tak / yes yes

03 tak tak tak / yes yes yes

04 tak tak tak tak / yes yes yes yes

Recorded by Ian Mikyska at Bomba, Kraków, Poland, 6 th october as a part of Festival Ha!wangarda
Cover design: Anastasia Vrublevská

Special thanks to Aleksandra Małecka and Piotr Marocki

www.ianmikyska.com

http://ha.art.pl/hawangarda

http://www.atypgraphicdesign.com
www.bandzone.cz/sovasmrti

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SFA064 - Klarneton: Panoptykum

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The new album of Klarneton project "Panoptykum" is the conceptual compilation of the mostly improvised music for clarinet. Features of clarinet – a wind instrument, which can be attributed to academic, jazz and folk – are demonstrated in the all sorts of combinations and moody settings. As much as eight musicians were involved in the presented dozen of tracks.

"Tracklist was formed by prantsype of  pyramid, moving from the fragile and small till monumental, sustainable. I advise for adepts pay attention on the duets with saxophonist Vital Appow (ex- "Rational Diet") and bassist Eric Arlou-Shymkus (Vuraj) especially. Eric's instrument was multiplied till the infinity in the last track", - says the compiler of the album, clarinetist Viktar Siamashka.

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SFA041 - Klarneton: Etudes & Miniatures

1. Bazylok (03:23)
2. Cohan (14:23)
3. Six miniatures with bass (15:02)
4. Vilnia etudes (16:39)

total time: 49:37

Music & performance by Viktar Siamashka.

Place and time of recording:
tr.# 1 – Miensk, home studio, may – august 2012;
tr.# 2 – Miensk, home studio, summer 2012;
tr.# 3 – Miensk, home studio, 2010 and 2012;
tr.# 4 – Vilnia, The Belarusian Human Rights House, 10-09-2011.

Art – Viktar Siamashka Sr.
Mastering – Ales Siamashka

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vvsiamashka.podfm.ru
kamunikat.org/Siamashka_Viktar.html

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SFA039 - Chadima - Kalfus - Osako - Faix: Levicová avantgarda

Projekt Levicová avantgarda vznikl jako předem nepřipravované improvizované hraní saxofonistů Mikoláše Chadimy, Petra Kalfuse a Seizana Osako spolu s hráčem na elektronické nástroje Janem Faixem k projekci dadaistických filmů Rhythmus 21 (1921-1924), Symphonie Diagonale (1921-1927) , Le Retour A La Raison (1923), Entr'acte (1924) , Le Ballet Mecanique (1924) , Emak Bakia (1926), Filmustudie (1926) a Vormittagsspuk (1927), vybraných dramaturgem Pavlem Strakou, které proběho v klubu Rybanaruby 11. listopadu 2014. Filmy představovaly pouze rámcovou inspiraci pro zúčastněné hudebníky, podstatnější byla vzájemná interakce během hraní, která se nesla hlavně ve freejazzovém duchu podbarvovaném elektronickým špiněním zvuku. Výsledná nahrávka tak žije svým vlastním životem (vytvořené skladby neodpovídají stopáži původních snímků) a není nutné znát jednotlivé filmy, třebaže přístup instrumentalistů vychází z toho, že jejich hra by měla být současnou uměleckou levicovou avandgardou, která oživuje a rozvíjí kořeny uměleckých snah dvacátých let dvacátého století po devadesáti letech ve století jednadvacátém.

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Mikoláš Chadima - saxofony (http://www.mchband.cz)
Petr Kalfus - saxofony, basklarinet
Seizan Osako - sopránsaxofon
Jan Faix - elektronika (http://bandzone.cz/countportmon)

 11. 11. 2014 nahrál a 12. 11. 2014
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SFA038 - Shibuya Motors – Furrows Of The Night

On their second official release, Bratislava-based weird avant-core electro-acoustic duo draws crackling epileptic lines between composition and spontaneous improvisation, frenetically throwing echoes of death metal, jazz, free improv, glitch, noise and distorted techno beats into the sewer. Furious and fast as their live shows: energetic explorations of the dark corners of the subconscious, although not omitting surprising elements of distinctive musical humor. To be played at maximum volume level.

Slávo Krekovič: electronics
Miro Tóth: alto saxophone, vocals

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Recorded at A4 – Space for Contemporary Culture, Bratislava 2014
Mixing and mastering: Miroslav Tóth
Cover art: Boris Sirka

http://shibuyamotors.com

SFA031 - Didi&Pedro - RHIZ

Didi Kern: drums, percussion

Petr Vrba: trumpet, vibrating speakers

The Viennese drummer Didi Kern (bulbul, broken heart

collector, fuckhead) sometimes plays a trumpet. The Prague trumpetist Petr Vrba
(los amargados, iq+1, rouilleux) sometimes plays drums. After meeting two years
ago on stage they occasionally meet and work with joy and love to create space
where static structures quickly change, where silence and noise are a pleasure,
and sound is equal to music. Delight for those who enjoy live, changeable,
sometimes smooth but mostly raw music.

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Recording by DerBloedeDritteMittwoch in Rhiz, Vienna 05/2014
Mastering by Federsel, Prague
Cover photo by noid

Cover by momo

http://www.vrrrba.cz

http://www.bulbul.at/
http://www.fuckhead.at/
http://brokenheartcollector.klingt.org/

SFA017 - Boris Gagloev: The Exclamations From...

Pure music for acoustic guitar, solo or with overdubbs, romantic lyricism or avant-garde compositions. Old european polyphony, spanish tradition and concepts of free-jazz and classic music of the 20th century.

One of a few early records of russian guitarist and composer Boris Gagloev (1969 Vologda - 2008 Prague). 

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Released on tape in St.Petersburg in 1995, in 2004 was digitally remastered from original DAT tapes.

Reissue on SFA with the consent of Marina Gagloeva.

SFA008 - The Pololáníks: Záspě

In the world of free improvisation, solo projects and duos seem to be the
norm, while larger groupings are usually reserved for one-off projects and
special occasions. Being a regular five-piece band, then, makes The
Pololáníks something of an oddity, along with the fact that the quintet
meets for regular garage rehearsals, just like an aspiring indie band would
– except, of course, there is no repertoire per se, just an infinitely
developing interplay of five distinct musical personalities. The Pololáníks'
core instruments are trombone, double bass, recorders, guitar/saxophone/
clarinet and laptop, but other, more peculiar DIY instruments and found
objects (e.g. bowed CPU heatsinks) make frequent appearance.

The compilation presented here pairs excerpts from the band's very first
public performance with a selection from recent concerts, including joint
session with Count Portmon (tape players) and Ken Ganfield (modular synth).
 The selection of tracks is meant as a sort of retrospective preceding the
band's first proper studio album, which the quintet hopes to record shortly.

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Vít Kořínek: trombone
Martin Lauer: double bass
Zbyněk Rohlík: recorders
Martin Strakoš: guitar/saxophone/clarinet
Pavel Bakič: laptop
(All - voices, found objects, various percussion and DIY instruments)

Tracks:

1. Hlacenstvo 4:45

2. Rabulista 6:10

3. Šantala 15:45 (feat. Count Portmon - tape players, synthesizers and Ken Ganfield - modular synthesizer)

4. Halže 6:45

5. Žrec 11:21

6. Žamputář 3:12

Recorded live in Prague: 8.10.2011 - Rybanaruby (1,5); 11.2.2013 - K4 (3); 23.2.2013 - Final Club (2,4,6)

http://bandzone.cz/thepololaniks

http://facebook.com/thepololaniks

E-Mail: thepololaniks@gmail.com

SFA006 - Vrba/Cremaschi: Villa K

Petr Vrba: trumpet and vibrating speakers
George Cremaschi: electronics and contrabass

recorded live at Amsterdam and at Haag, Netherlands, June and July, 2012

cover picture by jp design

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http://www.georgecremaschi.com/
http://www.vrrrba.cz/

SFA003 - Boris Gagloev & Jan Faix: Arkaim

Boris Gagloev: midi guitar, samples, mixing and mastering

Jan Faix: piano, celesta, tibetan cymbals

Recorded by Vít Král - Fluidum Records Studios - 27.12.2006


Signals from Arkaim presents digital reedition of "musical fantasy about an incredible voyage of a young but talented European Pterodactyl, possesing perfect ear and unique sense of rhytm, to the mysterious country of Arkaim, inhabited by vegetarian Dragons, deaf Cyclops and treacherous Vampire Flowers, which can be seen only in the infra-red light. Seven parts of this extraordinary but absolutely true story narrate about the hero's adventures, his exploits and happy return."

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SFA001 - Tembryo: Party for Non-Swimmers

Tembryo - Party for Non-Swimmers

Session in the bottom of disused and dilapidated swimming pool in Barrandov, Prague, 3.6.2012.

Jan Faix: lo-fi electronics, tapes, percussion, melodica
Filip Černý - acoustic guitar
Jan Kyncl - tenor saxophone

Recorded, mixed and mastered by Veronika Bartošová
Design by Krilin (www.krilin.cz)

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www.bandzone.cz/tembryo


First Release of netlabel Signals from Arkaim
www.signalsfromarkaim.blogspot.cz