A collection of experimental, electroacoustic, and comprovized works from composer, sound artist, performer, and improviser Arturas Bumsteinas, inspired by Central European cultural landscape, including a radio play commisioned by Bolt Records.
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Label: Bolt
Catalog ID: BR R005
Squidco Product Code: 20202
Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2014
Country: Poland
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
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"The album is a collection of works of Arturas Bumsteinas inspired by Central European cultural landscape (soundscape). It includes radio play Wielka improwizacja commisioned by Bolt Records. Wielka improwizacja is based on the monologue from the 3rd part of the poetic drama Dziady (Forefather's Eve) by Adam Mickiewicz and the archival recording of its reading done by the Polish poet Miron Bialoszewski. Most parts of this composition were recorded in and around the site of the Basilian monastery in Vilnius, which in the 19th century was turned into a Russian Tsarist prison where both Adam Mickiewicz and a protagonist of his poetic drama were jailed."-Bolt
"Arturas Bumsteinas is a composer, sound artist, performer, improviser working in the fields of experimental, electroacoustic, comprovized music with orientation towards collaborative practices. He is founder-member of ensembles Twentytwentyone, Zarasai, Works&Days. His music is represented by various international festivals and labels, exhibition art is represented by Antje Wachs Galerie in Berlin."-Arturas Bumsteinas Bandcamp page
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• Show Bio for Arturas Bumsteinas "Arturas Bumšteinas is Lithuanian composer and sound artist. Active in the field of art music since the end of the 90s, in the year 2012 he started performing under his Refusenik moniker. Bumšteinas was born in 1982 in Vilnius, Lithuania. He is a composer of acoustic and electronic music (graduated from Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater), founder of international ensembles Works and Days, Zarasai (together with Anton Lukoszevieze), Wolumen (together with Dominykas Vyšniauskas) and Quartet Twentytwentyone; conceptual artist with various projects presented in more than 30 exhibitions around Europe. The festivals where Bumšteinas participated with his music and audiovisual projects among others include the Holland Festival, Angelica, Sensoralia/Romaeuropa, Avanto, Sonic Circuits, Skanumezs, Full Pull, Cut & Splice, Wundergrund, Vilnius Jazz Festival etc. Since the beginning of his career he has collaborated with various musicians and visual artists. Amongst the publishers of Bumšteinas's music are such labels as Polish Bolt Records, Portuguese Cronica, Spanish con-v, Lithuanian Semplice Records; his exhibition-related work is represented by Galerie Antje Wachs in Berlin. His work is featured on UbuWeb (a prominent online resource for the avant-garde arts), his work has been numerous times commissioned by the Deutschlandradio Kultur and various other international cultural institutions. In year 2013 he was awarded "Palma Ars Acustica" prize for radiophonic arts." ^ Hide Bio for Arturas Bumsteinas
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Track Listing:
1. Acceptnik 16:05
2. Pinavija 18:03
3. Wielka Improwizacja 27:42
Electro-Acoustic
Organized Sound and Sample Based Music
Spoken Word
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