Spevy

Jonáš Gruska

Chaotic (poly)rhythms generated by natural elements such as wind and water, extended and combined with micro-improvisations. Field recordings of trains, crickets, grasshoppers are joined by a generative synthesis, inspired by the traditional music of Laos. Sounds of Jonáš’s childhood, sounds of immediate surroundings, ultrasounds pitch-shifted to our hearing dimension. 

The main theme of the album is erratical behaviour of the environment and fauna in collaboration with attempts to find a pattern and order; exploration of ASMR phenomenon through unconventional microphone techniques and deep focus on meridian-response-inducing timbres. Each used sound has a strong emotional connection with Jonáš’s past and has its own story in the overall experience.

Catalogue number LOM13
Release date 14. 9. 2017
Media digital, LP
Text Tristan Bath
Music all tracks recorded and composed by Jonáš Gruska, "Spev Cvrčka" performed by Merak Jagad gamelan orchestra
Mastering Rashad Becker at Dubplates & Mastering
Cover Birch Cooper, Brenna Murphy
Newsletter