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Artifice and nature
intersect in «TEL AVIV
FLORA & FAUNA», Tom Soloveitzik’s exploration
of the ambiguous territory between musical composition, the built
environment, and the natural world. This release includes a PDF of Soloveitzik’s score, which deftly integrates field
recording with structured improvisation and a precise attention to geographic
specificity; a recording of the piece by Soloveitzik
(tenor saxophone), Orr Sinay (double bass), Yoni
Niv (crotales), Shaul Kohn (acoustic guitar), and
Haggai Fershtman (cymbals); and a PDF document in
which Soloveitzik’s densely poetic reflections on
his surroundings are richly illustrated by the photography of Valery
Bolotin. Together, they give a portrait of Tel Aviv’s distinctive
conflation of the organic and the artificial. The complete release is
here presented on a USB flash drive.
 
“The idea for Tel Aviv Flora & Fauna started developing
from remnants, debris, and other everyday mutations that I found around me,
in my daily surroundings here in Tel Aviv, in the intersection between
urban life and nature. I first framed them in the visual realm and then
moved on, exploring ways to communicate them via sound. All the instruments
in this piece (except the saxophone)—guitar, crotales, contrabass and
cymbals—were played using a bow. During our session in the studio, the
outside surroundings of southern Tel Aviv were recorded from the rooftop
above us and were later used as additional sound material.”
—Tom Soloveitzik
Tom Soloveitzik is a musician and artist based in Tel
Aviv, Israel. He works with the materiality of sound, the practice of
listening, and the potentiality of recording [a ‘field’] through
performance and writing. He co-directs Ensemble Musica
Nova for experimental music and the Holon Scratch Orchestra. https://www.tomsoloveitzik.net/
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Orr Sinay:
double bass
Yoni Niv: crotales
Shaul Kohn: acoustic guitar
Haggai Fershtman:
cymbals
Tom Soloveitzik:
tenor saxophone
Recorded by Ishay
Piccione on July 24th, 2018, at Pluto Studios,
Tel Aviv
Mixed & Mastered by A. F.
Jones at Laminal Audio
Cover design by Avihai Mizrahi
Photographs by Valery Bolotin
Special thanks: Shaul Kohn, Al Jones, Valery Bolotin, Dahlia Ginosar
Released 2020
This is
Suppedaneum no. 22
BANDCAMP
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