DEŽNI KIT 2 / THE RAIN WHALE 2 (excerpt) - Marko Karlovčec, Žiga Pucelj

"DEŽNI KIT 2 (THE RAIN WHALE 2)"

@ Menza pri Koritu, Metelkova, Ljubljana, 14.7.2011

Marko Karlovčec - guitar, composition
Žiga Pucelj - guitar

botanic-records.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/markosinai
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MARKO KARLOVČEC is a slovenian musician (saxophone, no-input mixing board, guitar) whose work is influenced by the legacy of free-jazz, noise, contemporary improvisation, post-black-doom-drone-metal and the historical avantgarde. Lately he has been performing mainly as a soloist and in various ad-hoc improvisational settings, among them in a duo with percussionist Seijiro Murayama. In 2011 he has released three records -- »Brezna/Abysses« (solo saxophone), »Sestrenje/Sistering« (no-input electronics) and »Likely to Become« (noise) -- on his DIY label Botanic Records. He also collaborated with english composer Scott McLaughlin on the international festival of sound arts EarZoom and in a series of music-dance events called Neforme, organised by Zavod Sploh. In a duo with renowned singer, dancer and actress Irena Tomažin they released a live recording named »That which happens is itself dripping red«, did some concerts, a residence and performed the open composition »Excremental Sun Boxes« at the multimedia center Kibla in Maribor. He also collaborates with extraordinary vocalist/freestyler/electronic N'toko. He has played in combination with musicians such as Tomaž Grom, Seijiro Murayama, N'toko, Okkyung Lee, Neža Naglič, Samo Kutin, Jaka Berger, italian duo Mimesys, etc.

ŽIGA PUCELJ is a musician, music publisher and student of philosophy at the Faculty of letters in Ljubljana. At first he played saxophone but his interests currently lie in extended improvisation techniques on guitar, no-input electronics and computer manipulation/production of sounds. In the past he was a member of the groups Daisy Digital and Faithishera. Today he is involved with the experimental collective Primož Tilen Žiga, the improvising groups saul kripke and MeRuditTod plus his continuous solo project Bellatonal. He does remixes for slovenian musicians, his music was also featured in audio-visual projects during animation workshops at Menza pri Koritu. He also collaborated in the multi-disciplinary project PLOD directed by Neža Žehelj and Darja Demšar at Stara Elektrarna. As a writer, he is a member and contributor to the web magazine Nova Muska and the independent Radio Študent.

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