This is a live improvised solo interpretation of a poem by Václav Hrabě called 'Báseň skoro jako vánoční pohlednice' ('A poem almost like a Christmas card'), performed to 'an audience seated at tables with candles' in Klub Futra, Orlová on January 11th, 2025
Also playing this night were inspiring friends Zintaer and Teh(A)nu.
Their sets were followed by the collaboration piece to close the very nice, darkly calm, experimental Winter evening.
I used synth to laptop, bass to pedals,
with a film I made playing in the background
part of which is included in the download with audio from the set, along with a bundle of photos of the evening from myself, Valdemar Bednarz (who took the cover photo) and Richard Kutěj.
released November 11, 2025
In hindsight, I left the synth drone sound decaying for a little too long as the bass notes, swirls and tunes began to build up, but other than that, I was very pleased with this piece, as a full journey with ebbs and flows, with its two sets of riff heavy elements of tension and release during its course.
It is still nervewracking to perform solo, given that most of the three decades of live performances has been with bands, so I can hide away and just play if my brain is in that mode. There is less of a hiding place when you are on your own, but I am happy I still found a way to immerse into what I was playing and the atmosphere of the room at the same time, and hopefully this serves as an interesting sonic and visual documentation of the evening for those that weren't there.
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Concept chosen by Blanka Kissová
Artwork drawn on the Futra walls
and stage decorations for this night by Dan Nguyen
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'Begin Again' - warm up rehearsal 3 days before the gig.
theowl.bandcamp.com/album/begin-again
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Zvukoprostor #2 will be on December 12th, 2025, again in Klub Futra, Orlová, with a new concept and poem for a different selection of players (including myself) to make audio and visual interpretations.
No doubt another recording will be made!
www.futra.cz/events/zvukoprostor-2-2
www.facebook.com/events/2679815398875691