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Tańce Snu: Meander

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Artist: Tańce Snu (@)
Title: Meander
Format: CD
Label: Zoharum (@)
Distributor: Alchembria
Rated: * * * * *
Tace Snu (Dances of the Dream) was the name of the first release of India Czajkowska and Sebastian Madejski and now is the name of the project which now includes also Christoph Matyaschek and Adam Rozenman. While its predecessor was mostly neoclassical ethereal, this one is more oriented towards folk and even some ambient elements appears in this recording of a concert done on 29.IX.17 in Warsaw; obviously the voices continue to have a lead role in the development of the track but now have to cope with a less minimalistic framework so they have to give musical space to the other instruments. The result is far more colorful than the debut.
The naturalistic setup of "Saraneti" is based upon traditional instruments as percussions and zither and the structure borrows from folk and ritual music.
"Holalia Ablakota" is a long track in two parts: the first one is a song for voice and dulcimer vaguely reminiscent of religious chants while the second one begins with a more complex relation between guitar, percussion and flute and a free structure with a coda base on the elements of the first track ending with solo voice. The suspended atmosphere of "Ilaperose" is based upon a clever use of synth which create a backdrop upon which the other instruments can move. "It Go Tona" is an instrumental track where flute and guitar have more freedom of movement. "Unsara Enditi" is a sort of lullaby with his reverb and quiet pace. "Kijamo" is based upon voices upon a dulcimer used as percussion and even guitar underline the articulation of the rhythm. "Elentiren" continues on the same framework but with a slower pace and the use of a xylophone. "Mestenija" is a weird song for voices and synth which closes the release.
This is a release at the threshold between traditional music, as its base is the folk song after all, and ambient music, as it relies on synth and electronic effect to shape the sound, whose writing is even able to mask the artist's influences. Really nice.

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