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Human Bondage

by Blanka Pesja

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    the concept for Human Bondage is based on the Victorian diary, the album comes in a special designed metal-velvet case, hard on the outside, soft on the inside, including a zigzag folder containing eight poems; the text is printed on eight former daguerreotypes from which the portraits of the dead have been erased.
    (The daguerreotype was the first publicly announced photographic process) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daguerreotype

     2014 Blanka Pesja. All rights reserved.

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1.
Intro 01:39
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2.
Confinement 02:57
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3.
Potion 03:06
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4.
Winged 03:19
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5.
Innocent 03:26
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6.
Conversation 04:49
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7.
Flux 05:12
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8.
Vacant 05:52
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9.
Mourning 09:09
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about

This album deals with separation and the consequential isolation. The need to connect with the dead, with what has left us and is gone, feels primeval and manifests through ancient traditions. It comes to us through dreams, desires and social connections.
The poems are haunted snippets of memory, fading as they occur, like daguerrotypes (photographs taken by an early photographic process employing an iodine-sensitized silvered plate and mercury vapor) used in the booklet's visuals.

In this second album we took the work method of the first album a little further by totally destroying the recorded improvisation of the Exit Trio and deconstructing all acoustic sounds into a newly organized electronic composition. All sounds you hear are made from the original recording of the improvisation. Our gratitude goes out to the musicians of the recorded improvisation who allowed us total freedom to do as we pleased with their music.

To listen to short snippets of all the tracks please visit:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9cdxjigCCk

credits

released August 31, 2014

DarkEnsemble:
Blanka Pesja - poems & voice
Gal Aner - sound & composition
(www.jujujordash.com)

Composed, Recorded and Produced by Gal Aner
Concept, Construction and Production by Blanka Pesja
Mastered by MarcoAntonio Spaventi
www.maspaventi.com

All art work by Blanka Pesja
darkensemble.wordpress.com
Photo's by Claudia Hansen
www.claudiahansen.com

DarkEnsemble: Human Bondage
feat. Exit Trio:
Itai Weissman - tenor sax
(www.facebook.com/itai.weissman?fref=ts)
SungSu Kim - double bass
(www.facebook.com/sungsu.kim.353)
Kaspars Kurdeko - percussion, drums
(kasparskurdekodrums.wordpress.com/about/)

DarkEnsemble: Body with Drawing (see our merch section)
feat. Christian Pabst Trio:
Christian Pabst – piano
David Andres – double bass
Andreas Klein – drums
(www.christianpabst.com)

Our debut album Body With Drawing contained two different methods of applying text onto or into electronic soundscapes based on the acoustic improvisations of the Christian Pabst Trio. You can purchase the CD-Book through our merch section.

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DarkEnsemble Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Conceptual artist and poet Blanka Pesja initiates experimental collaborations with musicians and sound designers.
We question the traditional power balance: the acoustic dominance over the electronic, the human voice over the soundscape etc.Our recordings should challenge the hierarchical perception that is rooted in our traditions and cultural values. ... more

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