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His latest album is LIGHTNING (Claudio Contemporary, 2013). LIGHTNING is one of those phenomena which shows us most clearly how things work, and that is by principle of force. We see sparks everywhere: from atoms, microscopic sparks in synapses in our brain to social unrests and revolution. Is lightning a fight between the opposites, or rather a bridge between the two? Forces derived from differences drive a perpetual cycle of building and destruction, destruction and building. Are we just its fertilizer or can we command the lightning? How far can we go with our will?
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VALSE BRUTAL ( KUD France Preseren, March 2009). When a journalist, who had spent most of his career reporting from war time zones, was asked what his major experience from these places was, he answered it was getting rid of a big illusion. He has always travelled to his destinations with an indistinct notion that the situation would soon improve, that it was only a matter of time before the belligerent parties would realize the nonsensicality of their actions, or that everything must have been a consequence of a terrible misunderstanding... On the contrary. What he found out was that people simply don't want to stop the violence. Indeed - violence and wars were nothing but the everyday matters, like breakfast, car industry, neighbour's borrowed screwdriver or electricity bills. |
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Album SACRE DU TEMPS contains music for the dance performance choreographed by Edward Clug. Album has been released by Station Zuid in November 2007. This is deffinitely the most daring, energetic and sparkling performance by Clug so far. It's impossible to think of a phenomena more all-embracing then time itself, and at the same time so incomprehensible and relative. Along the same line, music and dance are covering the same broad and slippery field, from the recognizable to the unspeakable. |
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This is music for the film A LIFE IN SUITCASES (First Name Soundtracks, UK, 2006), directed by Peter Greenaway. The album also covers the music for three other films which constitute The Tulse Luper Suitcases trilogy: The Moab Story (2003), Vaux to the See (2004) and From Sark to Finish (2005). They were screened at film festivals in Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Toronto, Montreal, Tribeca, Hong Kong etc.
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STORIES FROM MAGATREA, were released by KUD France Preseren, Slovenia, in 1997, and by Falcata-Galia Recordings, US, in 1999. This work, like his former records, once again surprises us with its evocative pictures, ludistic power and erudite humour. The stories do not relate to any particular event, but refer to the work of Douglas Adams and his description of the prosperity of the giant industry on Magatrea which produces planets to order. The stories, of course, take place wherever and whenever. They tell us about the interconnectedness of everyday events and illusiions, of God's mysterious ways, of different beliefs and similar wishes. |
Album CURRENTS OF TIME Recommended Records, London, 1991; re-release: Tone Casualties, Hollywood, 1998), features his band and different music environment from that of Stories from Magatrea. The album set the foundation of his band's characteristic style. The use of a great variety of instruments, sensibilities and methodologies leads to strong, almost visual expierences. |
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Borut Krzisnik was also the initiator and a member of DATA DIRECT, a group that unites Slovene, Italian and Yugoslav musicians, some of which already appear on the album "Currents of Time". The group's interest concentrates on exploration of the contemporary eclectic music thus surpassing any precise definition of genre. The second record, LA DOLCE VITA (FV, Ljubljana / Discordia, Willich, 1995), further radicalized the original objective. The musicians of DATA DIRECT stem from various musical areas: symphonic orchestra, ethereal folk music of the Balkans, improvised or "cool" jazz, "avant-garde rock"... Such surprising mixture of different approaches produces new meanings, fusing alternating musical relationships into intriguing and amply structured compositions.
Or as it says on the album cover: "The most thrilling thing is to discover and rediscover the shape and structure of chaos." |
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VIDEOS:
Catch
Songs for the mating season
Divine Comedy - pt.1
Divine Comedy - pt.2
Glitch
Korona
Les Oiseaux - part #1
Les Oiseaux - part #2
Sacre du Temps
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Borut Krzisnik's music has been used in a large number of film, dance, theatre performances, and other projects. Recently, apart from his albums, he devoted himself to contemporary dance. Here are some videos and links of those performances.
- Catch – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Ana Lujan Sanchez, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Leeds, 2012
- Songs for the mating season (Hommage a Stravinsky) – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Edward Clug, SNG Maribor, 2012
- Divine Comedy – music for contemporary dance,choreography: Edward Clug, Bitef teatar in Budva grad teatar, 2011
- State celebration for 20th anniversary of the Slovene constitution – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Edward Clug, Cankarjev dom, 2011
- Glitch – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Thomas Noone, Thomas Noone Dance, Barcelona, 2010
- Korona – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Virpi Pahkinen, Finish National Opera and Ballet, Helsinki, 2011
- Sketches – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Edward Clug, Opera Graz, 2010
- The Merry Metronomes – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Gyula Berger, Zero Balet, Budimpešta, 2010
- Les Oiseaux – music for contemporary dance, choreography: Josh Beamish, Universitiy of Missouri, Kansas City, 2010
- Sacre du Temps - music for dance performance, choreography: Edward Clug, Station Zuid, 2007
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