March 12th, 2013 | by Agnes Szelag | published in news, sound | Leave A Comment »
Jason Hoopes – Piano // Agnes Szelag – Cello October Pieces and Shadows, the new collaboration from sound artist Agnes Szelag and composer Jason Hoopes, is comprised of a subtle collection of minimal explorations for piano and cello. Singular lines interweve to produce a contemplative suite of spacious arrangements for sparse repetitive piano with the cello adding tonal [...]
February 15th, 2012 | by Agnes Szelag | published in fun, inspiration, reviews, sound | Leave A Comment »
Tomek Chołoniewski is one of the top players in the Kraków improv music scene. I have seen him play in a number of contexts and there’s a balancing act he is really good at. On one hand. he always blends in with what is going on musically on the stage; on the other hand he always [...]
January 23rd, 2012 | by Agnes Szelag | published in fun, reviews, sound | Leave A Comment »
While in London, I was lucky to catch one night of the Jazz and Experimental Music from Poland Festival which ran December 5-7. I went to England primarily to visit family and to go to All Tomorrow’s Parties, so this was some nice icing. I went on the 7th which had Piotr Kurek headlining with Kacper Ziemianin [...]
January 17th, 2012 | by Agnes Szelag | published in fun, reviews, sound | Leave A Comment »
Drekoty open for Evangelista @ Club Re, Kraków on November 29th, 2011 Drekoty were a wave of relief for my ears. I hadn’t heard songs, lyrics, and structure performed for two weeks because I had been attending the Audio Art Festival (review coming – it’s a monster, so many acts!) I had a fabulous time [...]
December 29th, 2011 | by Agnes Szelag | published in reviews, sound | Leave A Comment »
Bydgoska Orkiestra Muzyki Współczesnej Dec. 21st, 2011 Alchemia, Kraków With “orchestra” in the title I was expecting a little more than a trio on stage but I do love trios and I enjoyed the beginning of their set more than the latter part of the concert. In the first piece you had Mateusz Szwankowski [...]
December 27th, 2011 | by Agnes Szelag | published in art, reviews, sound | Leave A Comment »
Zimoun (Bern) – 45 prepared dc-motors, cotton balls, cardboard boxes 60x60x60cm Nov. 18, 2011 Krystafory, Kraków Any piece is affected by the space it inhabits and I felt that the ambiance and size of the Krystafory basement was pretty fantastic combined with the architecturally-minded (his words) elements. I felt the juxtaposition of the typical medieval [...]
December 21st, 2011 | by Agnes Szelag | published in news, sound | Leave A Comment »
Zenit LP release along with The Norman Conquest’s nadir on the Synth series by Ruralfaune - June 1st, 2012! Zenit & Nadir Inhabit two different realms of temporality. Zenit sculpts time with textures hurtling your con- sciousness through the cosmos faster than the speed of light. Nadir invokes stillness seeping you in layers of cosmic dust; suspending [...]
December 19th, 2011 | by Agnes Szelag | published in news, sound | 1 Comment »
In 2009 Helena Espvall (Espers), Marielle Jakobsons, and I made a recording of improvised material. Both Marielle and I created a graphic scores for the occasion. Hand-made CDs of ‘Improvisations for Strings and Electronics’ available on Feb. 14th from Arachni Discs with a digital release on bandcamp. Here’s a sample of one of the tracks! “Music [...]
December 15th, 2011 | by Agnes Szelag | published in news, sound | Leave A Comment »
Myrmyr my duo with Marielle Jakobsons released a vinyl record this June . It’s available at Under the Spire Recordings. Here’s a review from Boomkat: ‘Really beautiful new album from Oakland duo Agnes Szelag and Marielle Jakobsons, casting soaring chamber compositions in perfect ambient space. Painted from a bright but controlled palette of cello, [...]