Marina Džukljev | piano
Michael Thieke | clarinet
1. Pockets of Silence 05:17
2. The Shadows and Ghosts We Mistook for Her 06:52
3. Motionless Pool 03:07
4. When Gravity Doesn’t Work 03:31
5. Set and Settings 04:21
6. Light Codes 08:15
7. On Being Unable to Stand Up and Leave 06:16
recorded 04 December 2021 by Nikola Malogajski at Kulturni centar Vojvodine Miloš Crnjanski in Novi Sad, Serbia
mixed and mastered by Ilia Belorukov
artwork by Bojan Đurišić / design by Jovan Obradović
special thanks to Dragan Ilić and Kulturni centar Miloš Crnjanski
about:
Their duo is characterized by a constant balancing between the poles of density and sparseness using a wide range of tonal and noise-oriented materials. The musicians are united by their interest in repetitive structures and the entire potential sound spectrum of their instruments, including various preparations.
Marina Džukljev and Michael Thieke met in 2019 at the Konfrontationen Festival in Nickelsdorf where the idea of playing as a duo came up. They planned duo concerts in their respective hometowns of Novi Sad and Berlin, both of which had to be cancelled due to the onset of the pandemic. It was not until the end of 2021 that they were finally able to meet up for this recording in Novi Sad and then in Spring 2022 they played live for the first time as part of Marina’s one-week residency at Berlin’s Au Topsi Pohl venue.
links:
Info: Marina Džukljev
Listen on Bandcamp: Motionless Pool