The Polish electroacoustic musician connects the dots between his own work and classical music giants on this week's RA podcast.
Michał Jacaszek is the latest in a tradition of Eastern Europeans exploring the reaches of sentimentality in classical music. A resolutely modern musician, the Polish electroacoustic composer has constructed his work like any producer on his six full-lengths. But while he painstakingly plots his out his pieces on the computer, there is nonetheless a current of emotion that connects Jacaszek to beloved modern composers like Arvo Pärt and Henryk Górecki as much as there is between Jacaszek and producers like Gas, Fennesz and Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Jacaszek interest in the sacred was made explicit on his most recent album, 2009's Pentral, in which he sampled sounds from churches, exploiting the natural reverb that occurs in such enormous structures. And he also makes it plain on his RA podcast, in which he connects the dots between modern classical music and his own compositions—with the likes of Bach and Tallis also thrown in for good measure. Slow and delicate, it may be one of the most ambient RA podcasts yet.
Download RA.192 Jacaszek Podcast
Filesize / 75.77 MB
Length / 01:03:06
Podcast XML link / http://www.residentadvisor.net/xml/podcast.xml
How to subscribe to the RA podcast Tracklist Jacaszek - Martwa Cisza - Miasmah H. M. Gorecki - Symphony No 3, Lento E Largo Jacaszek - Rytm To Niesmiertelnosc - Miasmah Colleen - Floating On The Clearest Night - Leaf Jacaszek - Rytm To Niesmiertelnosc II - Miasmah Arvo Part - Cantus In Memory Of Benjamin Britten - ECM New Series Jacaszek – IV - Gusstaff Biosphere – Spindrift - Touch Biosphere - Path Leading To The High Grass - Touch Jacaszek - VIII - Gusstaff J.S. Bach - Organ Sonata No 4 E-Moll Jacaszek - Podmuch György Ligeti - Lux Aeterna - WERGO Pawel Szymanski - Lux Aeterna Jacaszek – V - Gusstaff Thomas Tallis - Meserere Nostri Jacaszek - O Ma Zalosci! Murcof – Rostro - Leaf Jacaszek - "There Is No Others There Is Only Us – Movie Soundtrack" Karol Szymanowski - Stabat Mater Kapela Brodow - Chodzony Jacaszek – Lament - Gusstaff |
1 comment:
Absolutely stunning. So beautiful. Unlike anything else. The alternation of Jacaszek's own ethereal work with that of Back, Tallis, and Gorecki....just beautiful.
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