taken from the album "Musical Traditions In Central Europe" Explorer Series Vol.4 (Nonplace 48)
2xVinyl/CD/digital - Release Date May 31st 2019
available from mailorder.nonp...
video produced by Friedman/Plachy
music composed by Burnt Friedman
published by Freibank
On January 1st 2019, B.Friedman decided to shot video footage in the local neighborhood. With the helping hand of J.Plachy (camera and co-producer) they captured the dire atmosphere of Berlin’s post New Year’s Eve firework celebrations. Burnt Friedman performs a set of ‘omission’ - gestures accompanied by some essential lines extracted from The Upanishads. With regards to grasping the concept of a ‘self’ and ‘consciousness’ in general, Eastern ‘philosophy’ has been and is extremely elaborate, even more radical than the Western version. In fact, the Western grasp on such issues has often been derived from those of the East. Are the few extracted lines (‘the supreme self is neither born nor dies, etc.’) still actual and accurate? Do those lines stand the test of time? When confronted with the Profane of Berlin’s most neglected areas, juxtaposed by the pondering of a detached, self-liberated, Western individual and an audio track of ‘grittily vicious coherence’ (boomkat.com review) can a ‘supreme self’ still be detected ? A question of faith.
Album liner notes (excerpt)
Original ethnic music of the peoples of the world
Berlin 2019
One of the most admirable characteristics of central European culture is its spirit of creativity, which makes this area one of the world's most spectacular artistic centers. With such a complicated amalgam of races, religions and language as we find in central Europe, it is not surprising, that the musical life is endless in variety. This is especially true of an under-populated melting pot such as Berlin, where the sense of beauty is innate and one hardly meets a white male or a woman not being a painter or a dancer, or a musician.
Moreover, all the time new forms and musical styles are being discovered, tried out and eventually overlooked. The present record can offer but a modest sampling of extinct splendours, political or individual sufferings, gloomy sadness, love, resentment, exquisite delicacy, laughters and delectable wisdom of rural and urban central European music.
Burnt Friedman's essential function is to perform music that ensures the repose of the dead and render their ghosts harmless; in the case of whole communities, to dispel evil spirits and restore to Berlin its pristine purity; and in the case of individuals, to expel the demands of possession.
Alphonse Allais, creative director (Chat Noir)
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