OMOKENTRO, by Nabelóse

OMOKENTRO

by Nabelóse

supported by

stenhuss Music from the labyrinth of The Minotaur. Extraordinary.

	/

Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Super limited testpressings on green vinyl. Handstamped whitelabels.

Includes unlimited streaming of OMOKENTRO via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 5 days

edition of 10 7 remaining

€20 EUR or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
12" vinyl LP, 180g

Includes unlimited streaming of OMOKENTRO via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 5 days

€18 EUR or more
Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
CD version in 4-panel inside-out digipack

Includes unlimited streaming of OMOKENTRO via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 5 days

€12 EUR or more
Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

€8 EUR or more

	1.	A1 – Tauchen 05:34
	2.	A2 – Kern 07:15
	3.	A3 – Walking 10:44
	4.	B1 – Wolf’s Path 09:59
	5.	B2 – Amygdalaki 12:09

about

“OMOKENTRO” is the second release of Ingrid Schmoliner and Elena Kakaliagou’s “Nabelóse“ that sees them blend their voices with the sounds of the former’s prepared piano and the latter’s French horn. Recorded in the big water reservoir in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg as part of the fourth edition of bohemian drips’ “Speicher – festival for site-specific music“ in 2020, this LP captures a one-of-a-kind performance, influenced both by the surroundings’ idiosyncratic acoustics as well as by two very different social environments—with and without an audience. Spanning over 45 minutes, “OMOKENTRO” takes the attentive listener on a journey through time and space—not only reminiscent of the duo’s music reverberating through the reservoir but also through the memories of its enchanted visitors.

The duo draws on a variety of musical influences ranging from New Music to Minimal, as well as, occasionally, Greek folk music, or their own English-language compositions for voice in order to integrate them into their artistic approach. When playing together, they blur the lines between composition and improvisation while being mindful of the resonant qualities of the space and the people around them. The duo interacts with sensitivity and freedom to each other as to the environment and the audience, that become both a source of inspiration and resonant bodies in this process. Ingrid Schmoliner works with a piano, prepared with wooden sticks and even porcupine needles as well as e-bows to approximate the aesthetics of electronic music through the use of mostly acoustic means. Elena Kakaliagou invents unconventional new techniques for her horn, that make the instrument sound like the wind, the sea, or like a roaring animal; a few minutes later the well-known lyrical sound of the french horn accompanies the voice of Ingrid Schmoliner in a more classical duo.

“Tauchen” and “Kern” explore the stunning acoustics of the water reservoir by gently and slowly filling the space with sustained tones and subtle rhythms that become more demanding the further the second piece progresses. In “Walking”, “Wolf’s Path” and “Amygdalaki” the presence of the audience creates a more dense and multi-layered overall sound. This becomes noticeable in “Wolf’s Path”, which takes a similar approach to the first two pieces, but whose dynamic is more tense, though, despite the urgency of their playing, Schmoliner and Kakaliagou leave each other space to unfold. “Walking” is one of Schmoliner’s compositions for voice, while the song “Amygdalaki” works with a popular melody from the island of Skyros in Greece.

“OMOKENTRO” highlights Nabelóse’s unique musical approach at the intersection of composition and improvisation, sound and space while also once more showcasing the impressive acoustic affordances of the space in which it was recorded (the record follows previous releases on bohemian drips made for, with and in the same place by Microtub, Tomoko Sauvage and Axel Dörner & Richard Scott). Captured in binaural audio (Kunstkopf stereophony), the music and sounds from this album will relocate the listeners to the actual recording scenario.

credits

released September 30, 2022

Dedicated to our friend and colleague Thomas Stempkowski who left us too early; “Pfiat Di, mei Freind!”

Recorded by Alexander Meurer
Mixed by Ian Medina & Alexander Meurer
Mastered and cut by Andreas Kauffelt at Schnittstelle in Berlin, 2022
Cover photo by Hans Peter Widmer & Christiaan Stuten from Hans Jenny’s publication ‘Kymatik’
Cover design by Alexander Meurer

Supported by SKE / austro mechana

©℗ by bohemian drips & Nabelóse | all rights reserved | LC: 96928 | www.bohemiandrips.de | www.nabelose.net

license

about

bohemian drips Berlin, Germany

Berlin based record label specialized in developing, publishing and staging site-specific compositions in settings with distinctive acoustics. Organizer of the "Speicher" festival in the water reservoirs of Berlin-Pankow since 2017. Founded in 2011 by Alexander Meurer and Fillipp Vingerhoets. ... more

contact / help

Contact bohemian drips

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like OMOKENTRO, you may also like:

Living Torch
by Kali Malone

supported by 6 fans who also own “OMOKENTRO”

My heart is beating slower and faster at the same time kwellou
go to album
Nabelóse
by Ingrid Schmoliner, Elena Kakaliagou

supported by 4 fans who also own “OMOKENTRO”
go to album
Sacred Horror In Design
by Sote

supported by 4 fans who also own “OMOKENTRO”

Flux of Sorrow creates a landscape at once futuristic and ancient, conjuring a powerful, plaintive expressiveness in a language both unfamiliar and universal. swamplantern
go to album
ELEGI
by SVIN & Århus Sinfonietta

The Danish avant-garde rock trio join forces with a classical music ensemble for this harrowing LP, a dronescape inspired by grief. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 26, 2022
go to album
Work of Progress & Etudes
by J.Lynch

J.Lynch (aka Thirty Pounds of Bone) plays with organic elements, including prepared piano, against electronics to impressionistic effect. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 21, 2023
go to album
FIL O FENJOON
by ZÖJ

A haunting stillness characterizes “FIL O FENJOON,” where drone-like arrangements expand endlessly. Bandcamp New & Notable Nov 20, 2023
go to album
For organ and brass
by Ellen Arkbro

supported by 4 fans who also own “OMOKENTRO”

side a: a prestigious engineer dies, goes to heaven, and marvels at the construction of the golden gate side b: lazy summer evenings at sunset spent with friends chamber pot blues
go to album