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Vlad Dobrovolski
Secret Thirteen Mix 077

Album LT 2017 on Secret Thirteen Journal label
Electronic, Spoken Word, Pop and Soundtrack (Abstract, New Age, Ambient, Field Recording, Sound Collage, Synthwave, Spoken Word)

Secret Thirteen Mix 177 is a nice continuation or complement to Vlad’s own creative endeavours. It showcases the varieties and capabilities of human voices, their interactions with technology, different cultures, contexts. It is incredible to hear cinematic spoken word passages stretching across a colourful and organic world of sound. The mix passes like a slightly surreal movie, where continents shift along with people and experiences. It retains this heartfelt, human and emotional feel. Even though it is carefully assembled from various parts, it flows very organically and merges different sonic traditions and cultures. It kicks off with the dramatic German “Hör!-Spiel” by Anestis Logothetis, which is dissolved into a blissful ambient piece, while further on we have the genuine and socially-minded funk/jazz of Chicago community group La Mont Zeno Theatre. The concrete wanderings of Af Ursin give way to spiritual excursions from Estonian composer Sven Grunberg. The mix has shiny undertones with the Nuno Canavarro or Fitz Ellarald pieces, while also delving into darker spheres with Charles Cohen or Robert Ashley’s haunting closing monologues. These are just a few examples of the charming variety of this stunning selection. With its haziness, cinematic drift and picturesque atmospheres it is reminiscent of Terry Frost’s work “Tree, Tree”. Author’s description “This is a compilation of music dealing with various applications of the human voice, i.e., spoken, hiccuping, coughing, which are multi-tracked, processed or retaped. Some of these people have appeared on other records and are involved in various other kinds of music/activity (electronics, improvisation, rock, dance, theatre, poetry, performance, etc), so this is in no way an accurate representation of what they all "do". What they all have in common is an interest in using voices in one way or another to make music. Parts of Mouth Music are composed of the human voice paired with, or superimposed upon, electroacoustic music from the 60’s to the present. Other portions of this excogitation draw on western music influenced by non-western sonorities. One of my own unreleased tracks and synthetic environments are scattered throughout.”

Musicians

	Vlad Dobrovolski syn, cym, RU album by
	Kiyohiko Semba perc, performer on track
	Anestis Logothetis voc, 1921-1994 AT performer on track
	Herbert Brün p, 1918-2000 DE performer on track
	Baldruin , DE performer on track
	David Rothenberg cl, bcl, US performer on track
	La Mont Zeno Theatre , performer on track
	Orquesta De Las Nubes , ES performer on track
	Alan Watts voc, 1915-1973 US performer on track
	Astarius voc, performer on track
	Anthony Manning , performer on track
	No Artist , performer on track
	Francesco Cavaliere , performer on track
	The Revolutionary Army Of The Infant Jesus , GB performer on track
	Jan St. Werner key, DE performer on track
	Af Ursin , BE performer on track
	Sven Grünberg syn, key, voc, *1956 EE performer on track
	Cosmic Neighbourhood , performer on track
	Naoki Zushi eg, JP performer on track
	Pardon Kimura syn, ep, performer on track
	Vuptes , performer on track
	Nuno Canavarro p, *1962 PT performer on track
	Ramuntcho Matta g, voc, *1960 FR performer on track
	Anton Mobin eb, zth, FR performer on track
	Elysia Crampton key, US performer on track
	Fitz Ellarald g, b, syn, RU performer on track
	Stephen Mallinder voc, b, *1955 GB performer on track
	Luis De Pablo , performer on track
	Frank Gartner , performer on track
	Charles Cohen syn, 1949-2017 performer on track
	Terry Riley p, org, *1935 US performer on track
	Robert Ashley voc, US performer on track

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