Thursday, October 11, 2018

Fantastic Swimmers Concertography - Prync Łatuk (October 11, 2018)


The Belarusian free-jazz project Fantastic swimmers (Fantastyčnyja Płyŭcy) exists since the mid 00's. The main driving force behind it is Viktar Siamaška, who started and maintains the project, band, studio sessions and performances.

1. Part I (v.1) 04:23
2. Part II (v.1) 04:54
3. Part III (v.1) 03:41
4. Part IV (v.1) 03:21
5. Part V (v.1) 02:51
6. Intermedia 00:28
7. Part I (v.2) 04:24
8. Part II (v.2) 01:36
9. Part III (v.2) 05:30
10. Part IV (v.2) 03:09
11. Part V (v.2) 10:08

“Prync Łatuk”. Version 1 (tr. #1-5):

Eryk Arłoŭ-Šymkus – double bass (1-5), voice (3)
Frydrych Samotny – tenor saxophone (1-5), voice (3)
Viktar Siamaška – clarinet (1-3, 5), voice (3), bagpipe (4)
Vasil Pankrataŭ – Korg monotron (4, 5)

The Memorial Museum-Studio of Zair Azgur, Miensk, Biełaruś, 24-04-2015

“Intermedia” (tr. #6):

Jan & Marcin Siamaška – piano
Viktar Siamaška – French horn

The School of Arts, Biarezań, Miensk region, Biełaruś, 09-12-2015

“Prync Łatuk”. Version 2 (tr. #7-11): 

Jahor Ciukin – flute (7-9, 11), recorder (10)
Frydrych Samotny – tenor saxophone (7-11)
Viktar Siamaška – clarinet (7, 9, 11), bass recorder (8), bagpipe (10)
Vasil Pankrataŭ – Korg monotron (10, 11), high-hat (11)
Dzianis Kudraŭcaŭ – guitar (11)

The Gallery 12, Miensk, Biełaruś, 18-04-2015

Photo for cover was taken from the album 'Power and Glory: Five Centuries of Taste and Collecting in the Royal Houses of Europe', Reed International Books Limited, 1991