OBERLAND, FREDERIC D. & IRENA Z. TOMAZIN, MARJA - ARBA, DAK ARBA (LP)

"Frederic D. Oberland and Irena Z. Tomazin's "ARBA, DAK ARBA" was conceived as the soundtrack for the eponymous installation piece by the French artist Fanny Beguely. First presented as part of the group exhibition "Panorama 21 - 'Les Revenants'" at Tourcoing's Le Fresnoy Studio National des Arts Contemporains in December 2019, Beguely's chemically painted photographs focused on humankind's propensity for self-examination and its attempts to probe the mysteries of the past, present and future. Oberland's heavily processed electric hurdy-gurdy, the "boite a bourdons", provides the foundation upon which the Borghesia member Tomazin unfolds her gripping vocal magic(k). Their dense mesh of soundscapes and singing mediate between the mystic and the modern, the natural and the all-too-unreal to further examine our persistent desire to decipher the signs we find in nature. As the first collaboration between these prolific experimental artists, »ARBA, DÂK ARBA« is as evocative and thought-provoking as the art that has inspired it." (label info) 180gr vinyl, with download code