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Selva Oscura

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Personnel:

Julia Bilat-cello, voice, improvised compositions

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UPC: 5904224875046

Label: Relative Pitch
Catalog ID: RPRSS054
Squidco Product Code: 37934

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2026
Country: USA
Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold
Recorded live at Gross Behnitz, in Berlin, Germany, in March, 2025,by Bertram Burkert.

Descriptions, Reviews, &c.

"On Selva Oscura, cellist Julia Bilat pushes the instrument into dark and unstable terrain, drawing out splintered harmonics, rough bow textures, and resonant drones with striking physical intensity. The solo recording unfolds like a passage through shadow, intimate, tense, and deeply immersive, revealing Bilat's ability to balance fragile detail with sudden bursts of force."-Relative Pitch

Track Listing:

1. Chrysina Resplendens 02:04

2. Goliathus Goliatus 04:02

3. Phanaeus Demon 02:29

4. Dynastes Hercules 03:24

5. Carabus Auratus 01:24

6. Anoplophora Glabripennis 02:56

7. Selva Oscura 09:33

8. Scarabaeus Sacer 06:33

9. Coccinella Septempunctata 03:29

10. Lampyris Noctiluca 04:41

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