This is a live recording of an extended version of "Monolit", with additional musician on bass clarinet, Boštjan Gombač, joining the crew and live synth played by Andrej Hrvatin, which was not in the original recording.
You can still listen or purchase the initial studio version here:
nimetu.bandcamp.com/album/monolit
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This is a very special album, not just "ordinary" music, but an intense "sonic witchcraft" tool for shifting into the altered states of consciousness.
It can also be used as a powerful background music for breath-work and journeys with psychotropic plants.
It was conceived as a pre-recorded part for the premiere of drone music performance that took place in Minoriti Church in Maribor, on November 16th, 2019.
The album is published as one continuous piece, comprised of different sections that are marked by the accents on tingsha bell.
MONOLIT sections:
1. F-oundation
2. Radiate
3. Vortex
4. Bardo Plateaux
5. Fields
6. DMT Language
The idea behind "Monolit" is loosely inspired by the monoliths that appear in Clarke/Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey".
The aim was to research the rich sonority of low strings - double bass and cello, with special extended playing techniques and a playful idea of constructing the "language" of alien intelligence, similar as the one that many people report meeting under the influence of DMT.
Fort the 2023 live version, the score was extended by the addition of bass clarinet and synth.
It also draws inspiration from the droning sonority of Tibetan Tantric singing rituals, as performed by the Gyuto Monks.
"Monolit" explores artist's subjective ideas about the Bardo state, immersive vortexes of deeper trance states and the symbolic DMT language.
Relax, adjust the level to your preference - the loudest parts can excite and fill the whole room - use a good full range hi-fi system or listen on a good set of headphones in its entirety, as it is meant to be a "journey", an artistic ritual.
Visit NIMETU website for more music and information:
www.nimetu.org
released November 13, 2023
Andrej Hrvatin - Nimetu: composition, electronic montage, tingsha bells, chakapa, Arturia Microfreak, sound recording and mastering
Žiga Golob: double bass
Zsofi Klacsmann: cello
Boštjan Gombač: bass clarinet
Igor Unuk: photography and video
Recorded live at Minoriti Church, 13th of october, 2023, on a high-end stereo set of Sennheiser MKH40 microphones.