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ZARADNY, ANNA - Mauve Cycles

Format: CD Label & Cat.Number: Musica Genera G004 Release Year: 2008 Note: massive electro-drones from Poland, to discover Price (incl. 19% VAT): €13.00 Warning: Currently we do not have this album in stock! More Info "In Poland women play a marginal role in experimental music, Musica Genera tells us. I never heard of Anna Zaradny, who was in 1977 already on a compilation called 'Women In Electronic Music'. She played with Burkhard Stangl, Cor Fuhler, Zbigniew Karkowski, but also composed music for theatres, sound installations and collaboration with visual artists. Yet she never made her own CD, which 'Mauve Cycles' now is. Her first solo CD. And I must say: what a great CD! Two pieces, 'Mauve 1' and 'Mauve 2', which are pieces of electronic music. Drone based, but loud, deep, and never noisy. Towards the end of 'Mauve 1' the material starts to modulate and vibrate, in a Pan Sonic/ø like manner. Think Eliane Radigue but then just a little bit louder and more forcefully present and with more rhythm aspects to it. Highly minimal but with those slight variations at all the right moments that make this a damn fine release. I am not sure how the music was generated, but it wouldn't be a surprise if this was made on a bunch of analogue synthesizers (but I might be wrong). I was blown away, literary, but this one. Great, massive work." [FdW / Vital Weekly] "Mauve Cycles by Anny Zaradny is a significant release. It is the first solo cd by the artist with already considerable output including improvised music, composing for theatres, collaborations with visual artists and sound installations. Also, the involvement of women in the contemporary experimental music still seems to be perceived as unusual (hence the compilation releases such as 'Women in Electronic Music' from 1977 or 'Her Noise' exhibition from 2005) and in Poland it is a marginal phenomena. What immediately captures attention in Anna's music is the diversity of colour and texture: noisy, harsh, prepared, digitally manipulated. The unusual thing is the almost baroque ornamentation. The production of the recording, emphasising the dynamics of sound, reveals the remarkable abundance of textural detail, especially at high volume. The rich arrangements make one think of orchestral momentum, which is not surprising in the context of Zaradny's classical music education. Sensitivity rooted in the aesthetics of '60 sonoristic avant-garde Pauline Oliveros, David Tudor, Gordon Mumma), combined with years of experience and collaborations with world's leading free-improv and sound artists (Tony Buck, Burkhard Stangl, Cor Fuhler, Zbigniew Karkowski) result in the two parts of 'Mauve Cycles'. At structural level, Anna's music is built of interweaving, constantly evolving sound and rhythm blocks, organised into the title cycles.Even if the elements of this sound mosaic can be categorised (drone, field recordings, extreme sonoristics, oscillator rhythms), every now and then the order is shattered by violent, out of context sound intrusions. The feeling of constant unease, both at compositional and sound levels, is one thing that makes the record stand out. The otheris the focus on compositional aspect of the music, which distinguishes Anna's ideas from many other recordings in similar sound convention. The multilayer, spatial nature of the recordings resemble sound sculptures of Harry Bertoia, Christina Kubisch or Kaffe Matthews. 'Mauve Cycles' seems to correspond with the output of these artists as well as Eliane Radigue's or Delia Debyshire's, contributing to women's voice in the field of electronic preparations. Anna is also responsible for the cover design, including thesurprisingly romantic contribution from famous Polish graphic artist Marek Raczkowski. Recent musical activities indicated Anna's growing sensibility in the field of sound art, and this latest recording is the full expression of her experiences. It is another gem in thecompositional series of Musica Genera label." [Daniel Brozek] www.musicagenera.net