Manafonistas

From BILE INFERNO, the song „Sirka v Iouzi“, performed by Vladimir Vaclavek and Iva Bittova, Czech avantgarde violinist, singer and composer. Her solo album FRAGMENTS (ecm) will be released on the 8th of march.

Czech singer/player/composer Iva Bittová has said: „The violin is a mirror reflecting my dreams and imagination. I believe there are fundamentals to my performance, such as the music’s vibration and resonance between violin and my voice.“ That relationship is beautifully explored on this album – recorded at Auditorio Radiotelevisione svizzera, Lugano, and produced by Manfred Eicher– which expresses the essence of Bittova’s unique and extraordinary solo work. The pieces here, modestly-titled „Fragments I-XII“ resist definition. An idiosyncratic „folk“ music, contemporary composition, improvisation, any and all of these may apply from moment to moment. Bittová´s music is a living, changing thing: „Deciding on a name for my style of music is far from over yet“. (Source: ECM HQ)

One piece will be played in the next edition of „Klanghorizonte“.

For years and years Brian Eno keeps telling us how our haircut reflects our view of the world. A very fine example for the truth of this statment comes from Borussia Dortmund’s defender Felipe Santana, after the glorious victory against Donezk last evening. He’s speaking about the shift of mind when deciding to return to his old haircut on matchday, after several not so good games. Look at his thumping header! By the way, Brian has the same haircut.

„Die Glatze habe ich eigentlich schon immer, ich bin so nach Deutschland gekommen. Seit einem Jahr habe ich jetzt den Irokesen und heute Morgen habe ich mir gesagt, dass ich wieder der original Tele Santana sein will. Und das hat ja gut geklappt und wir haben drei Punkte. Die anderen Jungs und der Trainer haben in der Kabine gescherzt: „Oh, wir haben einen neuen Spieler.“ Und der neue Spieler hat im ersten Spiel gleich ein Tor gemacht.“
 
 

 
 
Postscriptum: „PEEP! PEEP!! PEEEEEP!!! And the referee waists a little time in putting Shakhtar out of their misery. Dortmund ease into the quarter-finals. When it comes to the draw for the next round, like that giant stone at the start of Raiders of the Lost Ark, they’re a ball everyone will want to avoid.“ (The Guardian)