Sonic Witchcraft

Andrej

BIG DRUM Sessions

Vibracijski somatsko-zvočni ritual Big Drum Sessions je vodena umetniško-somatska izkušnja, ki povezuje mehansko vibracijo, zavestno telesno pozornost, dihalno regulacijo in globoko resonanco velikega koncertnega bobna. Ne gre za medicinsko terapijo, temveč za celostno zvočno-telesno izkušnjo, ki podpira sprostitev, razširjeno percepcijo (npr. hipnagogična stanja, flow state) ter poglobljeno zaznavanje telesa skozi vibracijo in zvok. Mehanska priprava […]

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Andrej

A small workshop on recording classical music following the tips of Markus Heiland

A photo from the recording session of the project “Armenian Rhapsody” by Sausan Schmidt Hussein Most of my work as a sound designer and recording engineer has been dedicated to so-called “world” or “ethno” music, as well as to jazz and various genre fusions. I have also recorded, mixed, amplified, or mastered alternative rock and […]

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Andrej

Mala delavnica snemanja klasične glasbe po nasvetih Markusa Heilanda

Fotografija s snemanja projekta “Armenska rapsodija” Sausan Schmidt Hussein Večino svojega delovanja kot oblikovalec zvoka in snemalec sem posvetil t. i. “svetovni” oziroma “etno” glasbi, nekoliko tudi jazzu ter različnim fuzijam med žanri. Snemal, miksal, ozvočeval ali “masteriral” sem tudi alternativni rock in kantavtorje, redkeje pa sem imel priložnost snemati ali oblikovati zvok za klasično […]

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Andrej

Humaness vs Artificial Intelligence , Electronic Dharma?

Since I (with my lovely companion of course) decided to put two additional HUMANS into this world, I am even more curious what kind of world they will live in. Everything seems to accelerate, people are getting wiser and dumber at the same time – at a very high rate; the society is torn apart, […]

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Andrej

Shamanic drumming – the percussionist’s perspective

“Shamanic drumming” became increasingly “in vogue” in the West in the last years. Different kinds of drumming indeed produce very beneficial effects on the mind and body, playing percussion / drums also trains your whole body, affects breathing, coordination, flexibility, strength, multi-tasking skills, etc. There is a lot of current research going on, quite some […]

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