MiniMa is a new edition by Ma Records, introducing four new albums. Although the music is aesthetically diverse, we believe all the albums are linked by a common element, which we have called MiniMa. Each of the records demands a slightly different type of listening and concentration. Each of the artists approaches the flow of time differently. We strongly believe listening to the entire MiniMa edition will be a complex aesthetic experience.
Ligeticitations are first of all “citations” of recordings of works by the composer György Ligeti. Excerpts of various length are taken out of the original music and subjected to a kind of “close reading”. At the same time, a certain “licitation” is taking place: a negotiation regarding the musicality of individual elements – themes, sounds – which were not meant to appear on their own.
Strings, Water, Leaves, Air is a collection of real-time compositions, each of which was created under the influence of a different kind of tea. They are an invitation to stillness; to perceive their gentle nuances of taste and sound. By layering several steepings and instruments, a new blend is created – between improvisation and structure, time and timelessness, sound, taste, and fragrance.
Escape wass created by layering the home recordings of the participating musicians (ESCAPE I) and by mixing the Portuguese field recordings with a studio quartet of musicians responding independently of each other to different sonic materials (ESCAPE II). The result is a collage of improvised and composed music, field recordings, and electronics.
Lullabies are songs that ring out through our souls before we fall asleep. That is, when our souls are at their most open, most sensitive, most vulnerable. The short but intense EP Lullabies presents the unexplored sonic possibilities of the accordion, developed from a close connection between the player and the instrument.
1. Ondřej Galuška - Ligeticitations 1: Intro 02:30
2. Ondřej Galuška - Ligeticitations 2: Chamber Concerto 05:43
3. Ondřej Galuška - Ligeticitations 3: Étude 2 - Corde à vide 03:00
4. Ondřej Galuška - Ligeticitations 4: 6 Bagatelles for Wind Quintet 04:44
5. Ondřej Galuška - Ligeticitations 5: String Quartet No. 1 03:48
6. Ondřej Galuška - Ligeticitations 6: Chamber Concerto: Calmo, sostenuto 05:10
7. Ondřej Galuška - Ligeticitations 7: Poème symphonique 04:29
8. Ondřej Galuška - Ligeticitations 8: Lux Aeterna 04:52
9. Ondřej Galuška - Ligeticitations 9: Outro 02:09
10. Ian Mikyska - 1. Eight-Year Liu Bao – 4. 1. 2021 05:58
11. Ian Mikyska - 2. Shui Xien Wuyi Oolong – 17. 12. 2020 06:36
12. Ian Mikyska - 3. Qilan Wuyi Oolong – 26. 12. 2020 05:02
13. Ian Mikyska - 4. Millenium Liu Bao – 18. 12. 2020 05:18
14. Ian Mikyska - 5. Lang He Shu Pu-erh – 30. 12. 2020 06:23
15. Ian Mikyska - 6. Mengku Gushu Sheng Pu-erh – 20. 12. 2020 04:02
16. Ian Mikyska - 7. Golden Tippy King Shu Pu-erh – 3. 1. 2021 08:24
17. Ian Mikyska - 8. Ali Shan Oolong – 17. 12. 2020 06:38
18. Radim Hanousek - ESCAPE I (acoustic) 09:26
19. Radim Hanousek - ESCAPE II (mix) 27:00
20. Vojta Drnek - 1. Doss Down 03:54
21. Vojta Drnek - 2. Insomnion 02:42
22. Vojta Drnek - 3. Stars Fading 04:20
23. Vojta Drnek - 4. The Lullaby Of Birdland 03:48
