Islands by Uros Spasojevic Project
Like an island, isolated from external influences, the album “Islands”, by composer and bassist Uroš Spasojević is a unique and unusual combination of chamber and electronic sound. Monochromatics and an outlandish selection of chamber instruments paint vivid, progressive harmonies and almost transcendental effects of electric bass guitar that will take the listener into a completely new sonic dimension of sound, to some kind of a planet covered with an endless ocean of tones and colorful silence. Just like Solaris, the sentient planet from the same movie directed by the great Russian filmmaker, artist, and visionary Andrei Tarkovsky, to whom is dedicated one of the compositions on the album, the music from the album Islands finds its way to the listener and takes over his subconscious, awakening the most hidden, unexpected emotions and deepest thoughts and states of mind. The immersion into 14 mesmerizing compositions composed by the author Uroš Spasojević begins symbolically with the composition Steps and sublime tones of viola, cello, and bass guitar that mark the beginning of this unforgettable journey of 68 minutes, full of unfamiliar and emotional sensations. One after another, the sound frames slowly change as the listener realizes the conceptuality and allegory of each subsequent composition, which is poetically described by the sounds of viola, cello, piano, vocals, harp, and bass guitar. And each is special, authentic, and honest, each represents an island for itself, united at the same time into a much larger entirety that is constantly circling and flowing.
A whole spectrum of infinite possibilities opens in front of the listener, with no fear of limitations and closures, the known and the unknown… Peaceful liaisons and shocking realizations … Between time and timelessness… Space and emptiness… Between silence and sound.
Tracklist
| 1. | Steps | 6:14 |
| 2. | Lost, Pt. 1 | 4:09 |
| 3. | Light | 3:03 |
| 4. | Core (...For K. Bjørnstad) | 4:28 |
| 5. | Dröm (...For I. Bergman) | 3:05 |
| 6. | Tечь (...For A. Tarkovsky) | 7:13 |
| 7. | Lost, Pt. 2 | 4:02 |
| 8. | Os Élégie | 2:59 |
| 9. | Medley - Reminiscences | 6:23 |
| 10. | After the Storm | 5:19 |
| 11. | Infinity Song | 6:46 |
| 12. | Senok | 5:51 |
| 13. | Journey | 4:50 |
| 14. | Unity | 4:00 |
Credits
Nena Jelača - vocal and harp
Ivan Simeunović - viola
Dušan Stojanović - violoncello
Ivan Rabasović - piano
Uroš Spasojević - bass guitar and electronics
All compositions by Uroš Spasojević except Henry Purcell: They tell us that your mighty powers above and Bach/Busoni: Chorale Prelude No.5, Ich ruf' zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BWV 639 (track no. 6)
Recorded at studio Supreme Tracks by Goran Antović and studio Kebac by Vladimir Ružičić
Mixed by Marko Milatović and mastered by Goran Antović
All in year 2020
Cover by Nena Jelača
Design by Vladislav Filipović
License
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