Flotation Device 2022-03-06 - Songs you won't find on Putin's playlist
Flotation Device presents "Songs you won’t find on Putin’s playlist": a cross-section of the Ukrainian avant-garde, with new and recent recordings by Silvestrov, Poleva, Katarina Gryvul, Edward Sol, Ukrainian Improvisers Orchestra and more. Composed, improvised and fixed-media tracks that highlight the range and depth of that nation’s contemporary music culture. Plus anti-authoritarian works from a pair of gutsy Russian dissidents.
Annotated playlist and photo credits with Comments.
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Playing tracks by Katarina Gryvul, Dmytro Nikolaienko, Valentin Silvestrov, Ghost Cities, Dmytro Radzetskyi and more.
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Flotation Device 2022-03-06: annotated playlist by host Michael Schell
Intro and SET 1: The Ukrainian avant-garde [0:00]
1. [1:18] Katarina Gryvul: Zvuchy. From Tysha (Standard Deviation, 2022)
2. [5:16] Dmytro Nikolaienko: Misantropicalia. From Nostalgia Por Mesozóica (Muscut, 2022)
3. [9:38] Valentin Silvestrov: The Messenger. From The Messenger (Deutsche Grammophon, 2020) with Hélène Grimaud (piano), Camerata Salzburg, Stephan Flock (sound effects, recording engineer). NOTE: 1996 version for piano and strings
4. [20:02] Ghost Cities: Shoot the Sun. From Joyhunter (Off, 2019) with Mykola Lebed (sax, electronics), Ing Var (live mixing and effects)
5. [23:56] Dmytro Radzetskyi: Introscape in C-Dur. From Live (volume 1: Solo) (Bandcamp, 2021) with Dmytro Radzetskyi Дмитро Радзецький (MIDI Radz-guitar)⠀
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SET 2: Not found on Putin's playlist [28:05]
1. [31:53] Dmytro Radzetskyi: Guitar, Saxophone and Synth Trio. From Live (volume 2: Bands) (Bandcamp, 2021) with Dmytro Radzetskyi Дмитро Радзецький (acoustic guitar), Maxym Kolomiiets (modular synth), Dmytro Pashynskyi (soprano-saxophone). NOTE: Recorded live May 12, 2021 at KORA, Kyiv
2. [37:05] Alexander Manotskov: Kyrie, Dies Irae, Rex Tremendae/Confutatis, Lux Aeterna. From Requiem, or Children’s Games (Fancy Music, 2021) with Avrora Children’s Choir, Vlada Durgaryan (choir master), Tatiana Danilina, Andrey Guschin (recording engineers)
3. [48:41] Edward Sol: I Brought Nothing To The Table. From New Nest On The Same Tree (Bandcamp, 2020) with Edward Solomykin Едуард Соломикін AKA Edward Sol. NOTE: Recorded in 2013
4. [54:14] Outro with Ukrainian Improvisors Orchestra
5. [1:01:00] Vladimir Rannev: In Chocolate. From CAA—53 (Cyland Audio Archive, 2021) with N'Caged Vocal Ensemble: Olga Rossini, Arina Zvereva, Sergei Malinin, Dmitry Matvienko. NOTE: Video of installation with Marina Alekseeva at https://youtu.be/wnoIUauTnmE⠀
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SET 3: Hamlet and Faust chime in [1:03:10]
1. [1:04:15] Vladimir Rannev: Two Acts (excerpts). From Two Acts (FancyMusic, 2014) with Hamlet: Gunnar Brandt-Sigurdsson, Faust: Reiner Killius, Soul/Spirit: Natalia Pschenitschnikova, Ensemble Mosaik, Enno Poppe (conductor), Daniel Plewe (recording engineer)
2. [1:16:34] Valentin Silvestrov: Drei Stücke for two cellos. From Hieroglyphen der Nacht (ECM, 2017) with Anja Lechner, Agnès Vesterman (cellos). NOTE: Composed 2002, revised 2009⠀
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SET 4: Storm and renewal [1:24:47]
1. [1:28:15] The Memomachine: Spiderhood. From Chimera (VOLOKRecords, 2022) with Vladimir Kozlov Вова Козлов AKA The Memomachine
2. [1:37:14] Victoria Poleva: Simurgh-quintet. From Ukrainian Piano Quintets (Naxos, 2021) with Bogdana Pivnenko, Taras Yaropud (violins), Kateryna Suprun (viola), Yurii Pogoretskyi (cello), Iryna Starodub (piano), Andrij Mokrytsky (recording engineer). NOTE: Composed 2000, revised 2020
3. [1:54:56] Outro with Yuri Laniuk: Chamber Music
Photo credits: Vladimir Rannev via the artist, Dmytro Radzetskyi with RADZ-guitar via the artist, Edward Sol by repor.to, Katarina Gryvul via the artist, Valentin Silvestrov by Roberto Masotti, Alexander Manotskov via the artist, Victoria Poleva via the artist, Ukrainian Improvisers Orchestra via Dmytro Radzetskyi, Dima Nikolaienko by Vitaliya Zhyriakova