We have another elegant experimental/electroacoustic album by violinist Karolina Ossowska and her partner in this release, Jeff Gburek. There is a Nurse With Wound-meets-György Ligeti vibe to this release, maybe even references to Krzysztof Penderecki’s earlier avant-garde works, but given a gritty, ghostly treatment. Another glorious release.
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Jeff Gburek & Orkiestra Gaiafonica – Sept (ember) Sorties, 2024
From Jeff Gburek’s Bandcamp site: “None-sense Opera is what I will call it. It’s not noise, not merely musical soundscapery nor just anything rushing in to fill the 4/33 gap. My selections are operant, intuitive but their sense often only dawns on me later in the twilight when I become Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek – Eyeless: Microtonal Mandolin
Jeff Gburek returns to these pages presenting an album featuring himself improvising on his mandolin. The album is sparse and very well recorded. The clarity really helps one to focus on the sounds emanating from his weapon of choice. Think of a mix between experimental music, jazz, a horror soundtrack, Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek – Raw Radio Dispatch For “RIAFC”
Many honorable composers of note were fascinated by radio static, and as someone who owned a shortwave radio in my youth, I happily admit to having the same fascination with such crunchy sound. Our friend Jeff Gburek uses radio sounds for his latest release. From his Bandcamp site: “This album Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek & Karolina Ossowska – One Moon, Many Shines
This is some of the best late-night listening I’ve heard in a long time. Neither Jeff Gburek nor Karolina Ossowska ever fail to please my ears, whether it be with a deep intellectual piece or compositions which teeter on the edge of being mournful, but this one deserves a special Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek – Oxygen is not for the Dead
Today is a travel day, so I leave you in the ever-capable hands of Jeff Gburek and one of his latest creations.
Adam Majdecki-Janicki – Cellos et Ghosts
Adam Majdecki-Janicki (a.k.a. Adam Kaufmann) is one of the leading lights in the Polish neo-psychedelic rock music scene. This album serves as a good introduction to the broad palette of his work.
Jeff Gburek – Still Life with a Question Mark
No wishes, no hopes for the year, just a pleasant way to gently slide into 2024. We launch with Jeff Gburek’s latest release, of which he provides notes on his Bandcamp site: “Still Life with a Question Mark came together as an album rather quickly after I discovered loops unused Continue Reading
Jeff Gburek – The Radio & The Sea
Jeff Gburek’s latest album is not a departure from his carefully crafter work, but a continuation of his honing sounds together, weaving them in a way that the early musique-concrète composers could not have imagined. Drones, pulses and the sounds of Burgas, Bulgaria, are blended to produce an immersive soundscape. Continue Reading
Mirt – More Tarutao Recordings
Mirt, a Polish experimental artists, offers up sound recordings from Thailand. From his Bandcamp site: “This is another part of an ongoing series of recordings made on Tarutao island. This time, the entire album focuses on the overall soundscape of the island and is a collection of random recordings I Continue Reading