We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Maidan, 2014

by AKASHIC RECORDS

/
1.
Maidan, 2014 45:18
2.
3.
4.

about

I will try to fill out the details later. I became interested in working with ths sound-signs I perceived while listening to live-feeds from the Ukraine. They seemed very chaotic and yet calming. I recorded three hours of these sounds and then performed a spectrograph analysis. I was curious about a certain metallic pinging sound. Amid images of apocalypse, sounds actually spoke of a different kind of order of signals. Today, some kind of answer came through the blog of Ilya Varlamov, who went onto the scene:

"59. You’ve probably heard about people banging metal with sticks. Many asked why – this is sort of a signal. When nothing happens, nobody is taping. When casual stone- and grenade-throwing takes place, the knock is monotonous, in order to set rhythm and keep the morale. When Berkut attacks, drumming becomes louder and everyone hears that – for some it is a signal to run away, for some, on the opposite – defend the barricades."

I've taken as my cover image the ice-soaked statue of Lobanovsky from his photos and with great thanks to him for his extensive field-work.

zyalt.livejournal.com/984735.html

I will update soon. In the meantime, just a feeling of solidarity with neighbors struggling for their justice.

Update, 2.18.14: www.kyivpost.com/content/kyiv/renewed-violence-breaks-out-today-near-ukraines-parliament-at-least-one-injured-336993.html

Update, 2.21: this might yet be a live feed. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_LFrMcoEm4#t=1429706

in any case, some of the material in track #3 derives from this live feed.

historical background (although by now, the final paragraphs are out of date): www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/01/30/9-questions-about-ukraine-you-were-too-embarrassed-to-ask/

this blog gathers new articles from around the world and is updated
on a daily basis: news.kievukraine.info


for the people of Ukraine,


Jeff Gburek,
December 2103--March 2014,
in Poznań, Polska

credits

released January 26, 2014

license

Some rights reserved. Please refer to individual track pages for license info.

tags

about

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

contact / help

Contact AKASHIC RECORDS

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like AKASHIC RECORDS, you may also like: