remixed by Continuo
remix rationale
Laurent Fairon – ReMelodiya vol.1
Remix of Alexei Rybnikov's Juno & Avos opera, 1981, after the 2xLP published by Melodiya, USSR, 1982
ReMelodiya is a series of 40mn mixes focusing on a single Melodiya LP from the 1980s as the unique sound source for a thorough sonic transformation. Genres covered by the ReMelodiya remix series include electronic and contemporary music, opera for children and choral music. The title is derived from Melodiya, the well-known Russian, monopolistic state label prevalent in the 1980s.
ReMelodiya vol.1 is based on Alexei Rybnikov's visionary, electronic space opera titled Juno & Avos, with a libretto by Andrei Voznesensky. Most of the music on the disc is played on bespoke, self-built synthesizers and drum machines with typical Soviet sound of the 1980s, in addition to assorted percussion and strings. The vocal cast includes a variety of actors and singers, from deep Russian bass to heavenly female voices. In this redux and remix version, I tried to channel the highly epic dimension and provocative synth work of the original score.
Parts of the music of Juno & Avos was initially intended by Rybnikov for the all-electronic, futuristic film score of the legendary Soviet science fiction film Through the Thorns to the Stars (1981).
ReMelodiya vol.1 is dedicated to French comic book artist Mœbius.
ReMelodiya is a series of 40mn mixes focusing on a single Melodiya LP from the 1980s as the unique sound source for a thorough sonic transformation. Genres covered by the ReMelodiya remix series include electronic and contemporary music, opera for children and choral music. The title is derived from Melodiya, the well-known Russian, monopolistic state label prevalent in the 1980s.
ReMelodiya vol.1 is based on Alexei Rybnikov's visionary, electronic space opera titled Juno & Avos, with a libretto by Andrei Voznesensky. Most of the music on the disc is played on bespoke, self-built synthesizers and drum machines with typical Soviet sound of the 1980s, in addition to assorted percussion and strings. The vocal cast includes a variety of actors and singers, from deep Russian bass to heavenly female voices. In this redux and remix version, I tried to channel the highly epic dimension and provocative synth work of the original score.
Parts of the music of Juno & Avos was initially intended by Rybnikov for the all-electronic, futuristic film score of the legendary Soviet science fiction film Through the Thorns to the Stars (1981).
ReMelodiya vol.1 is dedicated to French comic book artist Mœbius.
credits
released July 31, 2017
Artwork by L.F. inspired by original LP cover.
And here's another Continuo Remix
Remix rationale
ReMelodiya vol.2 is a remix of the first record release of Bronius Kutavicius' Kaulo Senis And Geležinio Kalno ("The Old Man of Bone on the Iron Hill"), an opera for children based on a well-kown fairy tale, whose caracters are animals (mouse, bird, swan, cow, ...) with a cast of children singers accompanied by a few adults performers. Bronius Kutavicius (born 1932) is the greatest Lithuanian composer, active since the 1970s. He composed in a variety of genres, from vocal, chamber or orchestral music, to opera and film music. His colorful, classical style incorporates elements of contemporary music (12-tone technique, aleatory, electronic) as well as archaic Baltic rites, folk songs and mythology.
ReMelodiya vol.2 is dedicated to Benjamin Britten, whose chamber opera Curlew River (1964), inspired by Japanese No drama, was in turn an inspiration for this reconstruction of Kaulo Senis And Geležinio Kalno.
credits
released July 31, 2017
Artwork by L.F. inspired by original LP cover.
Artwork by L.F. inspired by original LP cover.
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