Historia Obscura

Recorded Summer 1997 • Released 12 March 2019

Have a Nice Day!

Jazzva

A two-week studio session from the summer of 1997 in Ljubljana, in which a loose group of musicians worked on the ideas of two founding members of Jazzva, a band formed in 1993 that broke up in the early 2000s.

Deliberately unpolished – out-of-tune guitars and vocals, shifting tempos, odd recording methods and sudden drop-outs. Thought lost for good, it turned up in 2015 on a stereo MiniDisc and was released some eighteen years after it was made.

The tracks

1. Tri 40:30
2. Run Away2:46
3. I’m Love Within You3:19
4. Little Sparrow Song1:33
5. Brenkuljasta Grenkuljčica1:17
6. Against the Wind1:00
7. Koukamatanka (Group Impro)17:00
8. Times2:30
9. Here To Be3:45
10. Everything You Know is Wrong6:34
11. U0:32

The credits

Primož Vižintin

vocals, rhythm guitar, lyrics

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk

bass guitar, acoustic guitar (4, 7, 9), miscellaneous sounds

Admir Prguda

electric guitar (1, 2, 8, 10)

Marjan Stanič

drums, percussion (except 7)

Ana Vipotnik

vocals (4), backing vocals (2), Russian translation

Bruno Vižintin

backing vocals (6, 10), zither & objects (7)

Žiga Golob

double bass (6, 7)

Adi Jakša

Polysix analog synthesizer (7)

Gregor Plevnik

solo bass guitar (5)

Igor Gajič

backing vocals, clown hammer, tambourine (3)

Aleš Rendla

tabla (9)

Peter Grum

lyrics (3, 6, 8)

Recording & mix

Igor Gajič (1997)

Remaster

Peter Dekleva (2015)

Producers

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk, Primož Vižintin, Igor Gajič

Cover design & liner notes

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk

Friends

Marko Kolenko, Daša Tišler, Stane Lah and others

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Recorded 17 & 19 January 2001 • Released 24 December 2023

Varmiž Varmiž

Brane Završan & Žiga Golob

Recorded in the KUD Zoper Gobe laboratory with a binaural stereo microphone straight into a Sony MiniDisc. The echoes come from the concrete room next door, the background noise from “playful personalities”, and the hairstyles are credited to barbers and brain surgeons from California.

Originals, incidentals and a handful of unlikely covers – reviewed in 2001 by Vinko Globokar: “Lepo ploščo si posnel, Brane.” (“That’s a nice record you made, Brane.”)

The tracks

1. ~Stran A~0:27
2. Poezija iz druge sobe, 1. del0:19
3. Sredi cesta4:24
4. Cosa mi ai messo nel cafe2:34
5. Oto 2.12:33
6. Idila (neodvisni partizanski film)4:06
7. Pop vero (klivlend akcent)4:29
8. Zebra je čist črtast kojn1:55
9. 090 4x4 / Ra Ra3:59
10. Ðe s’ ba Kleptone3:08
11. ~Stran B~0:21
12. Brežinski spremeniki1:37
13. Meditation Session7:51
14. Ciao, Freddy4:17
15. Essenine4:08
16. Lažejo2:37
17. Janko v njej4:15
18. First time (Djezbaladazagajota)3:38
19. Avant1:23
20. Poezija iz druge sobe, 2. del0:18
21. Uo Uo (bonus)1:41
22. Mečkaška (bonus)0:52

The credits

Brane Završan

voice, sax, harmonica, drums, bass guitar, percussion, bell, rap, prepared guitar, fedrca

Žiga Golob

bass guitar, electric guitar, drums, voice, spoken word, fedrca, metronome, harmonica

Music

All tracks and incidentals by Brane & Žiga, except covers of Pace-Panzeri-Pilat-Budau-Sepe (3a), Santana (4a), 4 Non Blondes (6a), Unknown-Boney M (8a), Queen (4b) and Privšek-Velkaverh (6b)

Producers

Žiga Završan & Brane Golob

Recording navigators (2001)

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk, Adi Jakša

Distancing (2001–2023)

Žiga Golob & Brane Završan

Sound & artwork design (2023)

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk

Special thanks

Guinness Pub (Čak Beri), Tina & Tadej

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Released 18 July 2019

Space Tapes Vol. 6

Arne Banki

Recently found cassette tapes said to hold the music played on the first interstellar voyages, between 2051 and 2103. Skilled musicians called navigators played modular synthesizers and other instruments, and their music was piped into the cryo-chambers of passengers on enormous ships.

Why it was ever put on tape is unknown. Handwritten notes suggest the tapes were swapped between navigators and replayed in other chambers – a break, or perhaps an in-joke. Audiostrata Corp has now released them for posterity.

The tracks

1. Side A: CC 148 March 4.126:42
2. Side B: CC 148 March 4.221:15
3. Side B: CC 179 April 4.28:30

The credits

Arne Banki

virtual synthesizers, sound navigation & manipulation

Sound & cover design

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Recorded September 2000 • Released 9 September 2018

Odsotni duh kriči

Adi Jakša

The score was played straight from the notation software (Noteworthy Composer) into a Sony MiniDisc, using the default General MIDI sound library of a home PC.

First released in late 2000 among the KUD Zoper Gobe releases, remastered and reissued in 2018. In the label’s humble opinion, “a monumental work of unforeseen dimensions – it only gets better and better as time goes by.”

The tracks

1. Obula sem škornje in šla plesat19:22
2. Razprava o gosjem puhu25:24
3. Sveža sled13:01
4. V stanju popolne spluženosti10:06

The credits

Adi Jakša

composition, notation, strategy

Cover design, sound editing, audio restoration & mastering

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Recorded 5 February 2000 • Released 19 December 2019

Ura nove skromnosti

Adi Jakša & Žiga Golob

Five chapters of a Transylvanian tale – a moustached farmer’s after-lunch dreams, an unfaithful wife, a herd of pigs swimming into the Black Sea and a kind-hearted Bucharest authority – told on double bass, electric monochord, analog synthesizer and a pile of tin objects, chains, toilet brushes and rattles.

Recorded in the KUD Zoper Gobe laboratory with a stereo microphone on MiniDisc.

The tracks

1. Sanje, ki so pestile brkatega in mršavega transilvanskega kmeta Iona po obilnem kosilu11:20
2. In kako je med tem spletkarila nezvesta mu žena Viorica13:10
3. Čreda prašičev zaplava v Črno morje (na Ionovo željo)11:25
4. Petelin, ki je pel Viorici z vereje, ko je bila še deklica7:40
5. Zadevo vzame v roke dobrosrčna bukareštanska oblast in jo srečno razplete10:03

The credits

Adi Jakša & Žiga Golob

double bass (bowed & plucked), electric monochord, analog synthesizer, tin objects, chains, toilet brushes, rattles, clothing-industry percussion, harmonicas, kazoo, miscellaneous objects

Concept

Adi Jakša

Flight supervision, design, audio restoration & remastering

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Recorded 2004 • Released 6 October 2022

Danica Doppler: Srce v torbi

Adi Jakša & Žiga Golob

Recorded live somewhere in Ljubljana straight onto a portable DAT recorder with a stereo microphone. The first six tracks are acoustic – banjo and double bass – the last six electric.

The tracks

1. Marjanca pel’se zmano čez Gorjance0:39
2. Pet Peta3:37
3. Je Moko-re-nje3:03
4. Pod brezo koplji!4:24
5. Nekoliko kasneje4:49
6. Ob kaminu4:25
7. Arestantska bajka3:01
8. Zadnji bus za Vipavo3:40
9. Čez vikend bo jesen5:20
10. Deset Deseta5:12
11. Marjan2:31
12. Kebri v mojem vinu0:51

The credits

Adi Jakša

banjo (1–6), electric guitar (7–12)

Žiga Golob

double bass (1–6), electric bass (7–12)

Recording

Adi & Žiga (2004)

Restoration, sound processing, photography & cover design

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk (2022)

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Released 9 September 2019

Sub Umbilicus Trio

Arne Banki

A tribute to a short science-fiction story by the Slovenian writer Kuščer: an imagined concert by an improvising trio of solo instrument, bass guitar and percussion. Every part was played on a 2.5-octave MIDI controller triggering virtual instruments – bamboo sticks and a typewriter, zither, acoustic guitar and saz, an imaginary futuristic Rhodes, and a fretless bass in octaves.

Each piece began with a long improvised solo, then percussion, then bass – all first takes, to keep the feeling of a real concert.

The tracks

1. Substrata 1 Leggiero12:00
2. Substrata 2 Accelerando11:16
3. Substrata 3 Rallentando4:41

The credits

Arne Banki

synthesizer

Mix, master & cover design

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Released 2 February 2020

Špijon, špijon

Arne Banki

The first in a series of musical misdirections: spy-flavoured ideas loosely travelling around the world, on a 1960s Melodija Mengeš electric guitar, a small handmade kalimba and a cracked tenor bamboo flute.

Everything is improvised within a set concept or the tuning of the instrument, and recorded acoustically – the electric guitar too – with two microphones and a Sound Devices 664 field recorder.

The tracks

1. Kitara3:19
2. Kalimba OSR2:16
3. Kalimba KKX3:17
4. Kalimba CZA2:08
5. Kalimba OZZ1:51
6. Flavta5:10

The credits

Arne Banki

electric guitar, kalimba, bamboo flute; music, sound & design

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Recorded 1999 • Released 26 September 2022

Binca je šla do reke, reka pa je tekla in tekla

Telva

Recorded live in 1999 on a portable Sony MiniDisc with a binaural stereo microphone, digitised and processed in 2022. A long night drive of analog synth, percussion, bass and guitar.

“Neme so stale ciprese.” (“The cypresses stood silent.”) – Josip Premk (1889–1913)

The tracks

1. Binca je šla do reke, reka pa je tekla in tekla20:00
2. Angakuk12:44
3. Jaskomo7:18

The credits

Adi Jakša

Korg Polysix analog synthesizer, percussion

Arne Banki

bass guitar, four-string electric guitar

Recording, graphic & sound design

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Recorded Summer 1999 • Released 30 September 2016

Fisk a Brisk

Arne Banki

Manipulated field recordings for electric explorers and sailors alike: the Adriatic Sea at night, close-miked and pushed through saturators and overdrives, park noises and a distorted computer voice repeating its words.

Recorded in Slovenia and Croatia on a Sony MiniDisc with a binaural microphone. First released in 2000 in the KUD Zoper Gobe “20 minutniki” series, cleaned up, remastered and reissued with new artwork in 2016.

The tracks

1. Explosia11:47
2. Implosia2:08
3. Saltaria4:51

The credits

Arne Banki

field recordings, computer manipulation

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Recorded Late summer 1998 • Released 12 October 2017

Uss A Ssa

Arne Banki

An attempt to make video feedback audible. Tenor and soprano recorders with piezo pickups feed three loopers and delays (Lexicon JamMan, ART Mach II, Boss ME), which feed back into themselves and their own earlier versions – slowly shifting layers of abstract sound.

Recorded directly to Sony MiniDisc.

The tracks

1. Fross 17:41
2. Fross 28:18
3. Tiuawa3:39

The credits

Arne Banki

tenor & soprano recorder, loopers & delays; music, sound & design

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Recorded Winter 2015 • Released 28 September 2017

Cafe L’automne Flaner

Arne Banki

Live solo electric guitar improvisations in an imagined Parisian café, early one winter morning, on an unidentified Telecaster-style guitar and a small 10-watt tube amp from the 1960s.

The café was nearly empty. A couple of regulars ignored the playing, looked a little bothered, stared blankly or cheered quietly. Banki finished his coffee and left: nice place, nice people, nice gig.

The tracks

1. Poulet2:45
2. Pour Avoir1:22
3. Estomac Blues1:58
4. Grelotter1:38
5. Semaine2:00
6. Loufoque1:11

The credits

Arne Banki

electric guitar; music, field recordings, sound & cover design

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Recorded 15 October 2009 • Released 29 September 2022

Sam v galeriji P74

Žiga Golob

A solo double bass concert at gallery P74 in Ljubljana on a snowy October evening, in front of friends and acquaintances: a set of improvisations and tributes to the jazz masters.

Not research, not theory – one mostly monophonic instrument, played without electricity, with the music as an extension of its sound. For listeners of all ages.

The tracks

1. Prvi15:03
2. Drugi11:42
3. Tretji7:13
4. Četrti7:42
5. Peti4:03
6. Nagovor0:30

The credits

Žiga Golob

double bass

Recording

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk (2009)

Sound & cover design

Jernej Babnik Romaniuk (2022)

Published by

Mimi Hadaka / Murmur Institute

Historia Obscura

Show Your Legs to the Countryman

Žiga Golob

This album is still being prepared and will be released on Bandcamp soon.