- Micronoise
- Avant-garde
- Drone
- Microsound
- Experimentalism
- Leftfield
- Spoken word
- Alternative
- Acousmatic music
- Electronic music
- Field recording
- Musique concrete
- Art music
Comment: Ilya
Bogatyryov aka Ilya i Alisa as his one-man-project can be considered
as one of the most enchanting and mystical groups to have ever been
existed in Estonia. Previously I have commented about
How I
Entered The Dark Forest (2010) which was a true miscellany of
post-punk, drone, dream folk, ambient, progressive rock, spoken word
but the recent case is more austere but it does not mean it is
somehow less profound and more superficial. The aforementioned
releases are issued on tapes by Trash Can Dance, a Tallinn-based
underground imprint.
Winter Invocation is a short release of
approximately 20 minutes. I guess the winter in 2007 was fragile with
regard to the title. Unfortunately I cannot remember it anymore. The
issue consists of electro-acoustic noises and drones creating the
background mostly for female singing and chants in this way. Yet the
words are not sufficient enough to bring forth the depth of the
release. For instance, if you listen to the abovementioned
microscopic noise soundscape I assume Snow Queen also appears in the
background. It is ennobling and somehow frightening at the same time.
It's beautiful in its uncompromising, anti-pop bearing. It is
beautiful, beatific ugliness. So yeah, listen to it and get a copy of
the tape if possible which ultimately will cost much money.
