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His latest album is 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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Borut Krzisnik's music has been used in a large number of film, dance and theatre performances, videos and other projects.
He wrote the score for Peter Greenaway's film trilogy, Tulse Luper Suitcases and its integral version A Life in Suitcases. They were screened at almost all important film festivals (Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam, Tribeca, Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Philadelphia, Hong Kong, Edinburgh and many others). He has also joined Greenaway at Gold – 92 bars in the broken car (theatre play, Schauspiel Frankfurt), The Reitdiep Journeys (documentary), Grand Terp (complex site specific installation, Groningen), Map to Paradise (exhibition, Ljubljana) and some others.
One of the best examples of happy marriage between his music and visuals are theatre performances conceived and directed by American-Brasilian director Gerald Thomas: Nietzsche Contra Wagner (SESC, Sao Paulo, 2000) and Anchorpectoris – United States of the Mind (La MaMa, New York, 2004). His music served as one of the cores in Thomas’ “absolute theater”, driving and fusing various theatre languages, from "conventional" theatre, ballet and opera to physical theatre.
Very important were his numerous collaborations with Slovenian director Emil Hrvatin and British director Julie-Anne Robinson, best known for Blackpool. Although different, they have in common their characteristic synthesis of strong, revealing concept and bold interpretation. They are continuously present on European stages with culminations in Picollo Teatro in Milan, Bush Theatre and Royal National Theatre in London.
Among his works for dance, we may specially mention Sacre du Temps (Station Zuid, Tilburg, 2007). This inspiring performance draws its energy both classical ballet and contemporary dance. It was choreographed by internationally acclaimed Romanian born choreographer Edward Clug.
Krzisnik won Vesna prize for best music at Slovenian Film festival in 2008 (film Landscape No2) and 1st prize at the Napoli Danza Festival; Il Coreografo Elettronico (art video Labyrinth).
Other collaborators have included Vinko Moderndorfer, Isabelle Kralj, Zlatko Bourek, Bojan Jablanovec, Amir Muratović, Matjaz Pograjc, Barbara Novakovic, Pepi Sekulic, Natasa Prosenc, Tibor Levay, VSSD, among others. He is also known for his work with the groups Laibach and Borghesia. |
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