CUMULUS SPORES
ANA KRAVANJA & SAMO KUTIN
Ana Kravanja – viola, violin, chimes, voice
Samo Kutin – hurdy gurdy, çifteli, tampura brač, acoustic resonators, voice
recorded, mixed and mastered by Dejan Lapanja
cover painting: Mitja Ficko
design: Saša Kovačič
translation: Gregor Zamuda
recorded in a snowless winter Lesno Brdo, Slovenia, 2020
CUMULUS SPORES
ANA KRAVANJA & SAMO KUTIN
Ana Kravanja – viola, violin, chimes, voice
Samo Kutin – hurdy gurdy, çifteli, tampura brač, acoustic resonators, voice
recorded, mixed and mastered by Dejan Lapanja
cover painting: Mitja Ficko
design: Saša Kovačič
translation: Gregor Zamuda
recorded in a snowless winter Lesno Brdo, Slovenia, 2020
ANA KRAVANJA IN SAMO KUTIN
Ana Kravanja & Samo Kutin have for many years now been a mainstay of the creative music scene in Slovenia, a scene brimming with new creative expressions in the fields of imaginary folk, alternative rock, experimental music and free improvisation. More recently the pair have perhaps been particularly known as two thirds of the celebrated (including internationally) band Širom, known for its dream-like music that eludes genre labels. This time Ana and Samo are employing their creativity in a tandem that foregrounds the hurdy gurdy, the plucked string instruments tampura brač and çifteli with acoustic resonators (Samo), and the viola, violin as well as voice (Ana). Delivering a skilled execution and wonderful interplay, the pair interweaves and untangles enticing strands of music, full of hypnotic rumbling, playful jingling, and imaginative sonic and structural solutions. Tracks filled with billowing and reverberations are unveiled before us as complex and multilayered, yet their limber quality enchants and enraptures us instantaneously. Ana and Samo are constructing their soundscapes with musical rigour and exceptional congruence. They place each note exactly where it belongs in what resembles the structure of ancient fairy tales where each element has a role and a meaning and which fit Ana’s and Samo’s music like a glove.
Upcoming shows:
13.-16.01.2021 Eurosonic festival (streaming)
03.10.2020 Bistrica ob Sotli, Slo
29.08.2020 Kino otok/Isola Cinema, Izola, Slo
19.08.2020 Layerjeva hiša, Kranj, Slo
13.07.2020 Letni vrt Gala hale, Ljubljana, Slo
10.07.2020 MIKK, Murska Sobota, Slo
04.07.2020 Poletni art kamp, Maribor, Slo
27.06.2020 Čadrg Records, Čadrg, Slo
23.06.2020 Radio Študent, Afterparty, Ljubljana, Slo
21.06.2020 Praznik glasbe – Križni hodnik Minoritskega samostana, Piran, Slo
21.06.2020 Praznik glasbe – permakultura Sokoliči, Slo
02.06.2020 Klub Cankarjevega doma, Ljubljana, Slo
26.05.2020 Močvara, Zagreb, Croatia
02.03.2020 Kösk, München, Germany
01.03.2020 Alter Schlachthof, Eupen, Belgium
28.02.2020 Terminus, Saarbrücken, Germany
27.02.2020 La Dynamo, Paris, France
ANA KRAVANJA IN SAMO KUTIN
Ana Kravanja in Samo Kutin have for many years now been a mainstay of the creative music scene in Slovenia, a scene brimming with new creative expressions in the fields of imaginary folk, alternative rock, experimental music and free improvisation. More recently the pair have perhaps been particularly known as two thirds of the celebrated (including internationally) band Širom, known for its dream-like music that eludes genre labels. This timeAnaand Samo are employing their creativity in a tandem that foregrounds the hurdy gurdy, the plucked string instruments tampura brač and çifteli with acoustic resonators (Samo), and the viola, violin as well as voice (Ana). Delivering a skilled execution and wonderful interplay, the pair interweaves and untangles enticing strands of music, full of hypnoticrumbling, playful jingling, and imaginative sonic and structural solutions. Tracks filled with billowing and reverberations are unveiled before us as complex and multilayered, yet their limber quality enchants and enraptures us instantaneously.Anaand Samo are constructing their soundscapes with musical rigour and exceptional congruence. They place each note exactly where it belongs in what resembles the structure of ancient fairy tales where each element has a role and a meaning and which fitAna’s and Samo’s music like a glove.
Upcoming shows:
13.-16.01.2021 Eurosonic festival (streaming)
Past shows:
03.10.2020 Bistrica ob Sotli, Slo
29.08.2020 Kino otok/Isola Cinema, Izola, Slo
19.08.2020 Layerjeva hiša, Kranj, Slo
13.07.2020 Letni vrt Gala hale, Ljubljana, Slo
10.07.2020 MIKK, Murska Sobota, Slo
04.07.2020 Poletni art kamp, Maribor, Slo
27.06.2020 Čadrg Records, Čadrg, Slo
23.06.2020 Radio Študent, Afterparty, Ljubljana, Slo
21.06.2020 Praznik glasbe – Križni hodnik Minoritskega samostana, Piran, Slo
21.06.2020 Praznik glasbe – permakultura Sokoliči, Slo
02.06.2020 Klub Cankarjevega doma, Ljubljana, Slo
26.05.2020 Močvara, Zagreb, Croatia
02.03.2020 Kösk, München, Germany
01.03.2020 Alter Schlachthof, Eupen, Belgium
28.02.2020 Terminus, Saarbrücken, Germany
27.02.2020 La Dynamo, Paris, France