{"title":"Jacaszek","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJacaszek is an author and producer of electroacoustic music, known for his unique blend of electronically prepared sounds with acoustic instruments. Born in 1972 in Mrągowo, he currently resides in Gdansk, Poland. His captivating compositions have earned him a place among esteemed artists such as Deaf Center, Bersarin Quartett, Rafael Anton Irisarri, Dictaphone, Greg Haines, Murcof, Pan-American, Richard Skelton, Loscil and many more. With his innovative approach to music production and mastery of blending different sonic elements together, Jacaszek continues to captivate audiences worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eCombining electronic textures with organic instrumentation is Jacaszek's forte. His ability to seamlessly merge these two worlds creates a mesmerizing listening experience that transcends genres. Drawing inspiration from various sources including classical music and contemporary electronica,\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eJacaszek has crafted a distinct sound that is both hauntingly beautiful and emotionally evocative. Each composition tells a story through carefully constructed layers of soundscapes that transport listeners to ethereal realms. Whether it's the delicate piano melodies or the intricate manipulation of field recordings,\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"gardenia-2","title":"Gardenia","description":"\u003cp\u003eGardenia is an existing land located at the Limpopo province of South Africa, right at the border with Botswana. The place's real name is Mmabolela and it's a private nature reserve covering 6500ha of subtropical savanna and part of Limpopo River. \n\nIn November 2019 I had a chance to visit the location and participate in an annual residency for composers and sound artists called 'Sonic Mmabolela', initiated and curated by Francisco López. \n\nWe lived in an isolated property in the middle of savanna having a unique opportunity to exist in undisturbed touch with the African wilderness. \n\nFor the past decade or so, Polish musician Michal Jacaszek has been exploring a new, resolutely modern chapter in Eastern Europe's long, storied love affair with classical music. His creations are painstakingly crafted collages of electronic textures and baroque instrumentation.\nAll the natural sounds later used to create Gardenia were captured there — during longtime recording sessions over the virgin interior of Mmabolela Reserve.\n\nThe album's field recording content was selected from several hours of birdsong, calls of frogs, insect noises, sounds of trees, bushes, grass as well as non-living natural elements like stones or shells. \n\nThese field recordings were later digitally processed and used as part of 9 musical arrangements. \n\nHowever the recording sources and the location of Gardenia is defined, it was not my intention to document a South African natural soundscape nor create any other kind of strict concept album. \n\nAll I do in my work is an affirmation of beauty hidden in various aspects of the Creation. 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Music moves in measured steps, inconspicuous yet holding attention. Opener \u003ci\u003eThe Zone\u003c\/i\u003e is curious and brittle, crawling on keys and a foundational bass thump as strings seep beneath in a raspy hush. Centerpiece \u003ci\u003eDance \u003c\/i\u003efolds into an ominous and molasses-slow trot through minor chords, spacious percussion, and static, all under the spell of a mournful violin lead. Windswept vocals haunt \u003ci\u003eLiina\u003c\/i\u003e from a distance, while they sink deeply into orchestral closer \u003ci\u003eNovember Late\u003c\/i\u003e. Jacaszek’s work is that of an auteur; he has signatures that he uses faithfully and with much aplomb. Listeners can expect subtle gesture and baroque grandeur on \u003ci\u003eMusic For Films\u003c\/i\u003e: soaring melodies cloaked in reverberation, delicate piano ruminations, and textural craftwork capable of creating and disrupting motifs, smothering and enchanting minds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ghostly International","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498414248267,"sku":"1090499","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/8a49537d-f5f8-4abb-9380-c00889dbcbd6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727747480"},{"product_id":"idylla","title":"Idylla","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIdylla\u003c\/em\u003e is the third of part of a trilogy of nature-based recordings that Polish composer Michał Jacaszek has recorded for Touch. The first, \u003cem\u003eCatalogue des Arbres\u003c\/em\u003e (Touch TO:94), was a collaboration with Kwartludium that celebrated the earlier inspiration of French composer Olivier Messiaen's Catalogue des Oiseaux (1958). \u003cem\u003eGardenia\u003c\/em\u003e (Touch TO:117) was a response to a field recording workshop organised by Francisco Lopez in Limpopo province in South Africa, on the border with Botswana, the participants living in a subtropical nature reserve in the middle of nowhere.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIdylla takes Jacaszek's unique approach to field recording a step further. Faced with the spectre of AI and the progressive blur between digital simulation and the natural world, Jacaszek has made a series of source recordings and then used MIDI technology to isolate key sounds before scoring them for classical instruments and the vocal treatments performed by the 441Hz Choir from Gdańsk, under the direction of Anna Borkowicz.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is said that there is nothing new under the sun. Here is a collection of recordings that are poised between a lamentation for a disappearing world and a joyous reflection upon the beauty of being sat by a river, listening to birdsong amidst the movement of trees in a soft wind. \u003cem\u003eIdylla\u003c\/em\u003e consolidates Jacaszek's work as being amongst the most essential of any contemporary composer, its symphonic quality matched by its beauty and detail above and beneath.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Touch","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":51872668057931,"sku":"R0817-0186","price":13.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/cover.ki-4_54ca8593-6b4a-4245-aa42-a12a6c9d6c90.jpg?v=1748022265"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_4098bedb_thumbnail_4096_6ccfd0f4-0005-4ec7-994a-2c658b53db88.jpg?v=1726799330","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/jacaszek.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}