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DNIPRO

by AKASHIC RECORDS

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DNIPRO 1 03:57
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DNIPRO 2 03:34
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DNIPRO 3 03:43
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DNIPRO 4 06:03
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DNIPRO 5 07:25
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DNIPRO 6 06:06
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DNIPRO 7 05:03
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DNIPRO 8 03:21
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DNIPRO 9 01:47
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DNIPRO 10 05:30
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These are intentional structures of tone, timbre & noise which dance on the edges of the various abysses of our times. And I do intend them as dances.
Working on this album in difficult, evolving circumstances, taking a title from the river we call Dnieper, in English, a body of water that in some sense divides Ukraine into contesting spheres, I find myself at the end of another meditation on vigilance. Here are some musical scenes however of the river not only as an arbitrary border for human conflict but for pleasures of life which I feel some of these tracks have captured (imagined), with a nevertheless underlying melancholy. All wars are wars against all living creatures, our extended biome, wars push the ecocidal envelope & meter us closer to the edge of no return regarding climate change. “Every major city in Ukraine, other than Kharkiv, Odessa and Lviv, are on the Dnipro. Naturally, such a situation creates problems in terms of pollution if not managed properly..." "Laboratory tests have found as many as 161 pollutants in the water. Of these, Deputy Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Mykhailo Khorev identified 19 particularly dangerous pollutants, of which nine are pharmaceutical drugs, including antibiotics, anti-depressants, and steroids. This “cocktail” of drugs and chemicals contributes to the particularly heavy buildup of algae observed this year... (2021). War comes on with death, destruction, displacement of species, invisible extinctions. I seek to embrace a brighter message in the light of peace making and peace offerings and through immersion in my work, I find balance that I can share with you (between improvisation and forethought), by means of synthesizer and a klang of prepared guitar, ebow, touches of reverb & radio, my reportage from the fronts within me.  -- Jeff Gburek, 05.05.22
Thanks to Karolina Ossowska for preparing the cover image. The graffitti is my fault, not hers.

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released May 6, 2022

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AKASHIC RECORDS Poland

Guitarist, composer, sound designer, field recordist, shortwave radio poet, blending electro-acoustic, electronica, spectral comp., cracked circuits, sounding organic objects with an ear towards earth voices. Studied Javanese and Balinese gamelan and theories of Partch and Xenakis. Working with dance/theater/butoh co. Djalma Primordial Science. More than 400 concerts throughout Europe since 2005. ... more

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