- Live session
- Noise
- Electro-acoustic
- Electronic music
- Freeformfreakout
- Noise rock
- Avant-garde
- Psych-rock
- Improvised music
- No Wave
- Experimentalism
- Non-music
- Crust punk
Comment: The presocratic
Greek philosopher Heraclitus said once that there is no possibility to step
into the one and the same river twice. All around us and within us used to be
in permanent flux, all is changing around and within us consistently. I guess
the same can be said about the Russian duo Astma consisting of Alexei Borisov
(also known from such groups as Volga, Notshoi Prospekt and many other projects
and collaborations), and Olga Nosova (Motherfathers). Indeed, there are up some
similar points between the two live gigs in their native Moscow and Istanbul
but in general in the form these sessions are built up slightly in different ways.
However, both of them involve interesting experiments with noise music,
improvised music, rock-oriented music, voices and electro-acoustic chips. There
are up some very intriguing sonic effects as if coming out from unknown or at
least extraordinary sources. The both gigs used to progress gradually and being
directed in the way to unleash catharsis punctually and poignantly. There one
could draw parallels with diverse movements such as free jazz, noise rock, No
Wave, crust punk, electronic music. In a word, let's listen to these
mind-boggling sessions from different places worldwide.
