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уторак, 14. јун 2016.

Predstavljanje: Plamen Večnosti, (Srbija)

Plamen Večnosti


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Plamen Večnosti, umetnički solo projekat multi-instrumentaliste Sifr Shraddhe, nastao je kao evoluciona konsekvensa starog ambientalnog projekta pod imenom Plamen Večne Zime. Pomenuta promena imena, za sobom je vukla već dugo priželjkivanu promenu muzičke baze projekta, odigrala se 2013. godine. Tada je Sifr Shraddha odlučio da utoli glad inspiracije, koja je strpljivo čekala da manifestuje svoj sadržaj kroz, do tada nepoznate kanale i puteve. Ništa nije moglo unapred da uputi na posledicu promene imena starog projekta (iz Plamen Večne Zime u Plamen Večnosti) i na ono što će doneti rad sa novim načinima ispoljavanja nakupljanih energija.
 
Period u kojem je Plamen Večnosti došao do naziranja svrhe svog postojanja, smešten je u 2014. godinu kada se i odigrava najaktivniji period priprema, snimanja i iskustava koji su direktno inspirisali kreiranje prvog albuma ovog umetničkog projekta. Album nosi naziv The Horripilation, a manifestovan je na datum 24.01.2015. Inspirisan direktno, putem svakodnevnih iskustava na psiho/fizičkom planu, Plamen Večnosti je dobio epitet ’umetnički projekat’. Razlog za ovu vrsti kategorizacije leži u tome što muzičko manifestovanje inspirativnih kretanja nije jedina stavka koju Plamen Večnosti nosi unutar sebe. Naime, projekat, kao takav, oko sebe okuplja dodatne elemente, bez kojih epitet ’umetnički projekat’ ne bi nosio stvarnu težinu. Ručno kreiranje instrumenata, čija je svrha bila da daju što unikatniji zvuk na prvom albumu, jeste jedan do kamena temeljaca projekta Plamen Večnosti. Sifr Shraddha je bio spreman otići dovoljno daleko u težnji da što preciznije zabeleži vibracije koje je nosila snaga inspiracije, pa je u sam tok snimanja albuma uvrstio i određene elemente kao što su pravljenje specifične atmosfere unutar prostora gde se snima i direktan fokus na energije koje su morale biti upisane u pesme. Shodno tome, Plamen Večnosti je, pored muzičkog jezgra, koje jeste sama suština projekta i neka vrsta kapije za manifestaciju vibracije, u svoje postojanje uvrstio elemente koji nisu svojstveni epitetu ’muzički projekat’.



EP pod nazivom ’Apokrifa’ je delo koje je krunisalo početak 2016. godine. U pitanju je jedna vrsta nesvakidašnjeg i pomalo opskurnog pristupapravljenju EP izdanja koje naizgled, ali samo naizgled, odudara od prvog albuma. Rad je bio fokusiran izričito i samo na vokalni aspekt izražavanja uvek istog inspirativnog izvora. Ovoga puta, najpogodniju formu za izražavanje inspiracija pronalazi u pravoslavnim načinima pevanja - pojanja, koje Sifr Shraddha podražava i pokušava dosegnuti u izdanju ’Apokrifa’. Vidljivo je odstupanje od svakog tekstualnog kalupa - izbačene su reči u pesmama, a pojanje se svelo na izgovaranja samoglasnika. Cilj ovakvog pristupa je svakako bio da se dubina i širina inspirativnih tokova podigne na nivo koji nije omeđen ničim drugim osim frekvencijamačisith tonova, bez reči. Nadilaženje onoga ''šta bi se imalo za kazati slušaocima''je rezultiralo u mnogo pristupačnijim i pitkijim trenucimamuzičke ekspresije.Oni su, uveijeni u skute ikonografskog pristupa koji je korišćen na ovom EP izdanju, želeli da zaborave sami sebekroz buđenje čiste i iskrene emocija koja leži zakopana duboko unutar svega i svakoga.

Svaka pesma koja se stvara kroz Plamen Večnosti iza sebe nosi širinu stvarnih i izrazito snažnih momenata na raznim poljima. Upravo ti trenuci su bunar sa kojega se napijaju tonovi i ritmovi u pesmama Plamena Večnosti. Trenuci koji svojom užasavajućom lepotom, nevinom gracioznošću i uznemirujućom neizvesnošću mame ka dubinama koje ostaju zauvek nepoznate, zauvek neistražene. Svrha umetničkog projekta Plamen Večnosti leži u tome da što preciznije, što jasnije i što tačnije načini otvore i kapije kroz koje će se manifestovati mogućnost i naznaka za suštinsko oživljavanje onih vibracija koje Plamen Večnosti apsorbuje i, u ovom slučaju, pušta kroz kanal kao što je muzika. 




                                                      

Plamen Večnosti


The Flame Of Eternity (Plamen Večnosti) is an artistic solo project of the multi-instrumentalist Sifr Shraddha. It came into being as a natural consequence of an evolutionary process that took its place within an old ambient project named Plamen Večne Zime (The Flame Of Eternal Winter). The changing of a name of the project (From The Flame Of Eternal Winterto The Flame Of Eternity), thattook place in in the year 2013. and had brought about a long needed change of the very basis of the project itself. Sifr Shraddha finnaly decided to quench the thirst of an inspirational forces that were about to took the form yet partly unknown to the musical and artistic language of Sifr.Nothing could prepair the terrain of artistical expression for the upcoming of those movements of inspiration that were waited for.
 
The year 2014. was the year when The Flame Of Eternitybegan to see the glimpses of its real purpose. Those were the times in whichthe most of the inspirational movements and experiences had done what they needed to do to influence the creation of the first phisical manifestation of this artistic project. Under the name ’The Horripilation’The Flame Of Eternity had released the first album on date 24.01.2015. The above mentioned experiences were the esencial part that work on every-day psycho/physicalbasis in order to influence the under-flow of the album.They were also the reason for the title that was used together with this project – the artisitc project. Why is that? The reason lies within the very thing that has been done through this project. Beside the musical expression of art, Sifr took a step further. This step is releated with the manufacturing of the instruments by the hands of Sifr alone. The physical creation of the instruments, that can be heard on the first album ’The Horripilation’, contributed directly to the fact that the need for the most unique and unrepeated sounds was the one of those drives that drove the inspirational core of The Flame Of Eternity.The hand-made instruments were just a part of the whole new scenario that took place in the time around the recording of the first album. Other things like the needed correct and perfect atmosphere while recording and the focus on the inspirational energies where the ones that carved those energies within the very structure of every song. Altogether, with those elements that are mentioned here, it becomes clear to the one that the title ’the artistic project’ is more sutable forthe work The Flame Of Eternity, for it now focuses not only on the creation of music, but on the creation of the correct instruments and atmosphere used, both within and without.

EP release under the name ’Apokrifa’, crowned the beginning of 2016. What Sifr tried to do here is to focus the work only on the vocal based way of expressing the inspirational forces. On the first hand, it might be that the way in which the expression took form on ’Apokrifa’ was a bit different from the previous release. But, in is only the illusion.On this release, the inspirational forces had found out that theorthodox way of singing suits them best.In order to appear in the form of vibrations, Sifr needed to crush down the barriers of the sang word, and to sing using only thevowels.The goal of this kind of approach was to rise the expression of the inspiraitonal forces, their depth and potential.This risen flow of musical expression resulted inthe trancendence of ’that which might be told to the listeners’ and in much purer, more precise vibrations.Cloacked up with the iconographic expression, that is used on this EP release, they aimed for that very trancendence that they produced, in order to bring about the awakening of that purest emotion that is rooted deep within each, every and all. 

Every deed that has been accomplished through The Flame Of Eternity carries behind itself the weight of a real events/experiences of various fields. Those moments are the very well from which melodies and rhythms of The Flame Of Eternity drinks. The moments thatwith their horrifyingbeauty, innocent grace and disturbinguncertaintyare beckoning to the depths that always stays unexplored, unrevealed. The very purpose of the artistic project The Flame Of Eternity lies within the process in which it,as precise as it can,strive to create the openings and gates through which the real possibility for the revival and bringing into the light of those vibrations that it absorbs andreleases through the channel of the music, may manifest.

 


среда, 1. јун 2016.

Recenzija: Urze de Lume - Ibéria Oculta, (2012.)

Urze de Lume - Ibéria Oculta, (2012.)


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Iberija. Keltsko nasleđe. Muzika i nasleđe. Sve je to upakovano u debitantskom albumu benda iz Portugalije, Urze de Lume, Ibéria Oculta. Fizičko izdanje urađeno na jedan krajnje mističan način, sadrži trinaest pesama instrumentalnog karaktera.


Otvara ga prva pesma Alvorada de Montesinho. Čujemo cvrkut ptica, dok im se priključuju gajde. U pozadini se probija zvuk bubnja. Stvara mistiku oko nas. Uživamo. Melodija kao stvorena. Prelazimo na drugu numeru Jota da Fraga. Bubanj i gajde počinju svoj ples. Opušteni smo i to nam jako prija. Svojim ritmom vode nas do treće pesme Baile dos Caretos. Tu u jednom momentu na samom početku pesme čujemo i vokal na kratko, što nas posebno raduje. Prave dobru melodiju i savršeno kombinuju tradicionalne instrumente. To čine isto i sa numerama Ritos ao Luar i Nas Maos do Medo. Stvaraju svoj pagan ritual i mi u tome u potpunosti uživamo. Prepuštamo se njihovoj muzici. Muzika za ritualnu igru, ples kao stvorena je. Naše putovanje Kelto - Iberijom se nastavlja. Upoznajemo svoje pretke, predele starog vremena. Šesta numera A Flor do Mondego je upravo počela. Vodi nas zvuk gajdi. Ton je pomalo tužan, ali prija. Igramo. Već smo u sedmoj pesmi Urze de Lume. Jedna kratka numera sa bržim melodijama. Momci stvaraju nestvarne tonove. Ritual i dalje traje. Odlična numera. U osmoj smo pesmi Repasseado da Urze. Nastavljamo istim tempom i prelazimo na devetu pesmu Corridinho Transmontano. Sada se već melodije ne mogu rečima opisati , jer su tako fantastične. Zvuk se razliva oko nas. Gajde i doboš nas vode u destu pesmu Arnade. Zastali smo i sa oduševljenjem nastavljamo slušanje. Te melodije zvuče fantastično i prosto nam ne daju mira. Tako je i u sledećoj jedanaestoj pesmi Ibéria Oculta. To okultno je svuda oko nas. Okruženi smo njime. Spremamo se i prinosimo žrtvu. Opet spominjemo naše pretke. I dalje uživamo. Od sredine pesme tonovi su brži i mi igramo. Nose nas melodije rituala koju bend stvara. Došli smo i do pretposlednje pesme Cornos das Alturas. Doboš najavljuje početak i poziv na ritualni ples. Stanje svesti je nestvarno. Melodija koju gajde prozivode je odlična. Bend nas svojim tonovima čini zadovoljnim. Približavamo se poslednjoj numeri Tempestade. Opet taj predivni zvuk gajdi. Kako savršenu melodiju stvaraju. Gde je ovaj bend bio sve ove godine. Pesma pomalo donosi i tužne melodije (lični utisak), baš kako i treba za sam kraj. 
Utisci? Pre svega, drago mi je da sam uspostavio kontakt sa Ricardo-om i na taj način upoznao bend u kojem je on član. Urze de Lume je svojim prvim albumom spojio spojivo sa nespojivim. Naizgled, na prvi pogled nemoguće. Ali naprotiv Ibéria Oculta, koja je pred nama pokazuje da je sve moguće. Album prepun mistike Iberijskog poluostrva. Album koji poštuje tradicije, kulturu i upravo svojom muzikom čuva ih od zaborava. Album koji svakako morate imati u svojoj kolekciji. Meni još ostaje da ih uživo čujem i da dodatno uživam u njihovom ritualu. Do sledeće recenzije njihovog novog albuma, ostajte dobro!


Urze de Lume
dark folk
Ibéria Oculta, (2012.)

01: Alvorada de Montesinho
02: Jota da Fraga
03: Baile dos Caretos
04: Ritos ao Luar
05: Nas Maos do Medo
06: A Flor do Mondego
07: Urze de Lume
08: Repasseado da Urze
09: Corridinho Transmontano
10: Arnade
11: Iberia Oculta
12: Cornos das Alturas
13: Tempestade

Ocena: 9,5/10.



                                                                                    


Urze de Lume - Ibéria Oculta, (2012.)


Iberia. Celtic heritage. Music and heritage. All this is packed into the debut album of the band from Portugal, Urze de Lume, Iberia Oculta. Physical release was done at an extremely mystical way, contains thirteen songs and instrumental character.



It opened with the first song Alvorada de Montesinho. We hear the birds chirping, while they are connected bagpipes. In the background the sound of the drum breaks. Creates a mystique around us. We enjoy. Created as a Melody. Moving on to another track Jota to Fraga. Drums and bagpipes start their dance. We're cool, and to be very good. Its rhythm lead us to the third song Baile dos Caretos. Here at one point at the very beginning we hear songs and vocals in short, makes us happy. They make a good melody and a perfect combination of traditional instruments. To do the same with tracks Ritos ao Luar and Nas Maos do Medo. Create your pagan ritual that we fully enjoyed. Give in to their music. Music for the play ritual, dance as it is created. Our journey Kelt - Iberia continues. We learn about their ancestors, parts of old times. The sixth track A Flor do Mondego has just begun. Take us to the sound of bagpipes. The tone is a little sad but good. We play. We are already in the seventh song Urze de Lume. One short track with faster tunes. The boys create unrealistic tones. The ritual continues. Excellent track. The eight songs we Repasseado da Urze. We continue at the same pace and move on to the ninth song Corridinho Transmontano. Now more melodies are no words to describe, because they are so stunning. Sound is poured around us. Bagpipes and drum us into song Arnado. We stopped and enthusiastically continue listening. These tunes sound fantastic and simply do not give us peace. So it is in the next eleven songs Iberia Oculta. This occult is all around us. We are surrounded by it. We are getting ready and we offer sacrifice. Again mention our ancestors. I still enjoy. Since mid-song tones are faster and we're playing. Nose us ringing ritual that the band creates. We have come to the penultimate song Cornos das Alturas. Drum announces the start of the call to the ritual dance. Situation awareness is unreal. Melody by bagpipes motorways is excellent. Bend makes us happy. Approaching the final numerical Tempestade. Again that wonderful sound of bagpipes. How to create the perfect melody. Where is this band was all these years. The song brings a bit sad melody (personal impression), just as it should to the very end.
Tips? First of all, I'm glad that I made contact with Ricardo and thus met the band in which he is a member. Urze de Lume is their first album merged compatible with incompatible. Seemingly, the seemingly impossible. But contrary Iberia Oculta, which is before us shows that anything is possible. Album full of mysticism Iberian Peninsula. Album that respects the traditions, culture and just his music keeps them from oblivion. Album that you have in your collection. For me just m, stand still good!


Urze de Lume
dark folk
Ibéria Oculta, (2012.)

01: Alvorada de Montesinho
02: Jota da Fraga
03: Baile dos Caretos
04: Ritos ao Luar
05: Nas Maos do Medo
06: A Flor do Mondego
07: Urze de Lume
08: Repasseado da Urze
09: Corridinho Transmontano
10: Arnade
11: Iberia Oculta
12: Cornos das Alturas
13: Tempestade

Mark: 9,5/10.