„Terry Riley’s cult minimalist masterpiece “In C” is performed dozens, if not hundreds of times each year, and every single performance is unique. It has to be – it’s one of the enduring appeals of this composition. The performance you are, hopefully, about to listen is as well – unique! Luckily, we have it on tape. Furthermore, this is a recording of the Macedonian premiere of “In C”, and also the first musical communion of jazz titans Sethstat, and post-jazz renegades Fighting Windmills, making this album even more special. What a better way to launch a record label?

This performance discards some of the conventions of the piece – such as the mechanical pulse, which opens up space for a more liberal interactions between the musicians, which in turn gives a greater rhythmo-textural depth to the sound – especially important in a context where the piece is performed by a small… more

Ninoslav Spirovski [clarinet / soprano saxophone]
Vladan Drobicki [trombone]
Antonie Veskovski [percussion]
Goce Naumov [percussion / electronics]
Filip Bukršliev [guitar]
Panče Bukukliev [analogue synthesizer]
Pavel Drobicki [electric bass]
Deni Omeragić [contrabass / synthesizer]

Recorded live in „Кino Frosina“ – Skopje, on 16 December 2016

Composed by Terry Riley
Recorded by Nenad Trifunovski
Mixed and mastered by Vladan Drobicki
Design by Filip Bukršliev
Liner notes by Deni Omeragić