Release Type: PMGJazz

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Fighting Windmills + Sethstat: IN C Terry Riley [pmgjazz 001] 2018

„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

Anna Michaels & Yordan Kostov Quintet: Abstract Attitude [pmgjazz 020] 2020

Anna Michaels…
was born in Shanghai, China. After coming to the US she worked extensively in the Theatre both in Los Angeles & New York having founded Theatre Rapport and being involved in over 2 dozen productions as both an Actor and Director. Anna is a member of Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild, & The American Federation of Television and Radio Artists.

Anna has also been teaching at the New York Institute of Technology in New York City where she is currently Professor of Behavioral Sciences. Anna also has extensive experience teaching English both in China and the United States and is herself fluent in three languages. In the past few years Anna has been a guest Poet at several venues in New York City including New York University and CUNY as well as Poets House and for Poets and Writers. On January 4th 2010, Anna will be a Featured Poet at “Shakespeare and Co. Books” in Paris, France. Anna’s poetry has been published in the US, Canada, and Europe, including Great Britain.

The Quintet:
Yordan Kostov
Andrea Mirchevska
Filip Bukrshliev
Dragan Teodosiev
Damjan Grujo

with:
Vasko Bojadziski
Aleksandar Nikolovski
Slavcho Kocev
Bojan Petkov
Branko Ilievski

Recorded and mixed by Bojan Ugrinovski
Cover design Maja Dzepovska