Lucie Vítková, Haruhiko Okabe: SILO, by Lucie Vítková, Haruhiko Okabe

Lucie Vítková, Haruhiko Okabe: SILO

by Lucie Vítková, Haruhiko Okabe

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	1.	I 04:34
	2.	II 14:10
	3.	III 03:23
	4.	IV 03:38
	5.	V 13:28
	6.	VI 06:44
	7.	VII 02:33

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Recorded at 26m high silo of the sugar refinery in Rimavská Sobota, Slovakia.

Lucie Vítková (CZ) - hichiriki, voice, sonic costume (cellophane, cans), synthesizer (KORG Volca Bass)
Haruhiko Okabe (JPN) - hichiriki, fujara, whistling, objects

Lucie Vítková, Czech composer and performer, living in New York City, and Japanese musician and improviser Haruhiko Okabe, met during the Ruiny Festival in Širkovce (Slovakia) in summer 2018. It was an extraordinary experience to get them together, since they are interested in experimental and free improvisation as well as in traditional music. They both play Japanese traditional double reed instrument hichiriki, which is used in Gagaku – ancient Japanese court music. Vítková studied with masters in New York City and Tokyo, and Okabe is a Gagaku master in Takamatsu (Japan).

During their five-day residency, they had time to practice together on daily basis and finally got the opportunity of a live performance at SILO in Rimavská Sobota (Slovakia). Okabe also became interested in the traditional Slovak instruments and started to play fujara, koncovka and dvojačka. Vítková joined with her voice, sonic costumes from cans and cellophane, and Korg Volca Bass synthesizer. Other percussion instruments were found on the site, such as stones, different building materials and metal pieces.

The SILO is a very unique site to play music at. Its high round walls reflect sound very far so one can get an echo, with which they played in the pieces. Their intention was to be in the moment and space, and express the relationships of the environment with sound. On some of the recordings, Vítková also used movement, with her sonic costume, to follow the round shape of the SILO and get more spatial placement of the sounds.

The SILO is a very captivating place that reminded us of the ocean site with its light breeze, which is caused by the architecture, and its light blue painted walls. Here and there one can find bushes and small trees, where nature started to take over the abandoned factory.
This beautiful industrial complex is now waiting to be demolished and our album might be the last homage, capturing its acoustics, before it will disappear.

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released December 2, 2019

Mixed and mastered by Juraj Mišík
Design by Projekt Ruiny
Text: Lucie Vítková
Curated by David Petráš & Michal Dováľ
www.projektruiny.sk
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