Belgian/Italian duo Lumisokea  (formed by multi-instrumentalists and composers Koenraad Ecker and Andrea Taeggi) brings forward an eight-track album filled with refined micro worlds of exciting electronica and acoustics. 

In their upcoming release Automatons  on label Eat Concrete, Lumisokea set out to build sonic landscapes that are both minimalistic yet highly rich in texture and atmosphere.

In their effort, Lumisokea (Finnish for 'snow-blind') add a range of acoustics to their laptops and electronic hardware including prepared piano, harmonium and live percussion , rendering a fresh and vivid sound.

Stylistically they cover a broad spectrum, going from ambient to noise and prepared piano to heavy bass beats (as if you were listening to John Cage's 'Piano Sonatas' while a dubstep rave is going on next door), still remaining completely focussed on their signature sound.

Lumisokea have crafted a highly rewarding listening experience in their debut release, beautifully packaged by Islandic Ninna Thorarinsdottir and mastered to perfection by Sam John at Precise Mastering (who has worked with Aphex Twin, Scuba  and 808 State  a.o.).

Glossolalia by Robert Blatt, for voice and electronics (2011) "Every limb of my body would, as a result, be set a fire. At such moments my tongue recited what no man could bear to hear."

Composed from twelve descriptions of ecstatic experiences found within sacred texts translated three times into twelve different languages, Glossolalia is a piece for voice and electronics written for Marie Guilleray. It is both a movement towards utterance and an exploration of altered states of consciousness, using an abundance of speech sounds, multiple languages and the introduction of stroboscopic effects. It was composed in close contact with Marie, as we have in the past worked together on the incorporation of the voice with electronics.

Robert Blatt is a composer and guitarist born in Anaheim, California. He has studied at the University of Washington in Seattle and at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.

Marie Guilleray is a vocal performer and improviser. She studied singing at Conservatory Nadia & Lili Boulanger in Paris, and at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Currently she is researching about the combination of voice and electronics at the Institut of Sonology in The Hague.by Robert Blatt, for voice and electronics (2011) "Every limb of my body would, as a result, be set a fire. At such moments my tongue recited what no man could bear to hear." Composed from twelve descriptions of ecstatic experiences found within sacred texts translated three times into twelve different languages, Glossolalia is a piece for voice and electronics written for Marie Guilleray. 

It is both a movement towards utterance and an exploration of altered states of consciousness, using an abundance of speech sounds, multiple languages and the introduction of stroboscopic effects. It was composed in close contact with Marie, as we have in the past worked together on the incorporation of the voice with electronics.

Robert Blatt is a composer and guitarist born in Anaheim, California. He has studied at the University of Washington in Seattle and at the Royal Conservatoire in The Hague.

Marie Guilleray is a vocal performer and improviser. She studied singing at Conservatory Nadia & Lili Boulanger in Paris, and at the Royal Conservatory in The Hague. Currently she is researching about the combination of voice and electronics at the Institut of Sonology in The Hague.

Fani Konxtantinidou

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4 channel piece for flute and electronics

** Thanks to Yolanda Uriz for the flute sounds