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Frans De Waard, Vital Weekly 548, “live journal 12.28.2005″
The best release of the three is however from a Russian musician living in New York: Grundik Kasyansky. He had releases on State Art (see Vital Weekly 424) and Creative Sources Recordings (see Vital Weekly 530). His instruments include a computer, small theremin, radios and feedback synthesizer, although he limits himself to the latter here. [...]
Vlad McNeally, Regen Magazine, Frogs, 2006
Like a haunting, subtropical journey, Grundik + Slava’s Frogs utilizes field recordings, dissonant wailing vocals, and moody drones to paint a tale of frogs and their surreal rain forest home. The project Grundik + Slava formed while the duo attended university in Tel Aviv; even though Grundik now resides in New York City, this unusual [...]
Wire, 272. on the ‘outer limits’ page by sam davies, Light and Roundchair, 2006
Full of frequencies between frequencies and sounds between sounds, Light And Roundchair is a finely tuned exploration of the strange interstitial spaces between sound events. A vocabulary of tones slowly evolves, almost disappearing as soon as they are focused on, like a set of counterpoints of accompanists in search of a theme. On “10.9.2005″ Tod [...]
Alan Mine, Heathen Harvest, Frogs, 2006
Sometime in 2004 Grundik & Slava released one of the most beguiling, intriguing and absolutely beautiful releases titled ?…For Electronics and Birds’ on the Russian Stateart Record label. It should have sold tons. In truth…probably no-one went out and bought it. The mixture of experimental and avant-garde electronic pieces to be found on there can [...]
Frans De Waard, Vital Weekly, Light and Roundchair, 2006
Of much more interest is the disc by one Grundik Kasyansky, which sounds Russian, but the four pieces were recorded in New York City. Kasyansky uses a feedback synthesizer, computer, small theremin and radios, to create one very long piece, and the three others last from four to nineteen minutes. This is quite a minimal [...]
Ikonen Magazine, Frogs, 2006
“Frogs” ist der zweite Teil der “Fauna” Trilogie des russischen Duos und somit der Nachfolger von “…for electronics and birds”. Die CD ist den Fröschen der tropischen Regenwälder gewidmet. Das Warum bleibt unklar, jedoch zieht sich die “Frösche im Regenwald” Thematik durch die gesamte CD. Grundik & Slava sehen sich selbst als Duo, allerdings ist [...]
Massimo Ricci, Touching Extremes, Light and Roundchair, 2006
Utilizing feedback synthesizer, radios, a small theremin and computer, Kasyansky modulates air particles and luminescent frequencies into intermittent contacts with a sonic aura that’s pretty difficult to delineate. The fascination brought by the ether’s byproducts – enhanced by the difficulty of clearly detecting the contained messages – has always been an excellent territory of exploration [...]
Brian Olewnick, Bagatellen, Light and Roundchair, 2006, 13.07.2006
Recently, [N:Q], the quartet of Nantes-based musicians including Keith Rowe, has taken to at least occasionally performing with nothing but radios. Though radio as an infinitely rich “color” among other instruments has a long history by now, presenting it as a sole sound source is a tricky affair. The “easy” thing to do would be [...]
Squidco, Light and Roundchair, 2006
Grundik, also known from the excellent electro-acoustic duo of Grundik+Slava, alone and migrated to the US. In fact, he lives about 10 blocks from Squidco now, in Inwood, NY (upper Manhattan). This is a set of solo works using primarily a feedback synthesizer, the last two in combination with radios. The pieces are quiet and [...]
Gothtronic, Frogs
After “For electronics and birds” the album “Frogs” is the second in Grundik + Slava’s fauna series. As the title presumes, all the music is dedicated to frogs. The titles of the songs enhance this presumption even more. As on it’s predesessor “For electronics and birds” the electronic music is amplified by sound of nature [...]