Hofka by Ilia Belorukov & Denis Sorokin

originally released as digital on Mikroton Digital (Russia)

"I wonder what they want," he said at last. "That fellow has already been here. Why did they send him to me? If they want to know what I'm doing all they have to do is read it on the screen, they don't even need to leave the house. They make mistakes. They have the power but they make mistakes. I never make any, that's my trump card. Hoffka!" he said. He shook his long hands before his forehead." The bitch! Hoffka! Paffka! Suffka! Do you want any more?"
— Jean-Paul Sartre "The Room"

The first instalment in the new incarnation focuses on metamusic, sound/space and performance. It was recorded in 2013 on July 12th in Art Liga Gallery by Ilia Belorukov and Denis Sorokin. After they met 1 hour and a half before the concert, Ilia devised a plan of the concert, wrote instructions for Denis, placed different sound sources around the space, balanced the volumes and checked the sound. For instance, the second half of Denis' guitar part is a guitar solo from a Metallica's song but nobody will figure it out due to the following reasons: 1) it's performed 3-4 times slower, 2) it's performed on a completely detuned guitar. Denis walks around the space, he had instructions not only what and when to play but also where to play. Ilia's parts are entirely improvisational but he moved around the space as well. 

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