playlist artwork#12 this weekDicta-tour 2011

by Polar Circle

Tracks

1 18:36 179 listens
2 15:13 109 listens
3 13:28 76 listens
4 17:29 58 listens
5 12:00 33 listens

About this album

  • Updated: 04/11/2011
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    • Jeroen: Arrangement.
    • DJ Rape: Producer.

A direct recording of a concert by Polar Circle, DJ Rape and leading Dark Cellist Kees Karel I in the beautiful woods of Vitebsk in Belarus (around 50 people audience). Audience noises/applause were excluded from the downmix, except for two moments, where you hear my voice (completely processed). I manipulated the applaus (what do you expect with only 50 people listening !). Kees Karel I Cello is enormous. More like real estate. It was not easy to get it from Holland to Belarus. The dark sound of this huge cello went first through jeroentsjiek's sound processors, converting them into "Cries of Whales". If you like Klaus Schulze's Heinrich Von Kleist (X), listen to the Whales !!! DJ Rape did a fabulous job in remixing Crazy Show. Blagadaryu ! 

Vitebsk ! Belarus ! Thank u 4 ur patience, for the hospitality after the concert: сосисочки, помидорчики, агурци, бульбаши......пять капель..... живье Беларусь !! До скорого встречи !! jeroentsjiek

The tracks of this album are published under a Creative Commons licence, check the licence associated to each track.

Reviews for "Dicta-tour 2011"

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Inna_U

There is life in this music

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Inna_U • 2011-11-15 21:13:36

I've listened to the songs several times. And the more I listened the more I liked it.The Cello is just great. Some of my friends listened to the tracks as well, and the feedback is very positive. Thank you for this music and I am looking forward to listening more and more.
sergei perevozchikov

Clear, concise and emotional. Requires active listening.

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sergei perevozchikov • 2011-11-07 09:25:38

Spent an hour or so listening. This is very Dutch in a sense that it is minimalistic and deep at the same time. Somewhat similar to the Dutch cinema school (such as the Pointsman by Jos Stelling, where no spare details are necessary to make up the emotion). Also reminded me of the Estonian minimalist composer Arvo Part, in a sense that the music requires the listener to participate with his own emotions to make it complete. The first piece depicts the Man facing the Eternity, it is very Dutch again. This is the entrepreneurial spirit of the Pioneers; I presume the vikings had the same kind of feelings sailing to Greenland. Yet as opposed to the vikings, this is not the warriors' way, it is rather the traveler, but rooted in protestantism (unlike Columbus for example) idea of predestination, calm and self-confident. The second part shows the human nature with its "looking back" flavor, but again fits into the style with the real emotions limited only to the hints, leaving the listener on his own personal experiences. In the third part the human cello contravenes the electronic universe, and suddenly the self-confidence start shaking and gradually you can feel the conflict between the two evolving into intense opposition; by the end of the piece one might feel almost exhausted by the fight of the selfish doubts and outrageous infinity. One might expect the fourth part, the final, where after the dramatic fight the human nature wins and settles down, but this music is Northern, not Nordic, and this is not Per Gynt; for the true Dutch character the journey never ends. Thanks for the reflections that you brought in with this piece.
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