Jaroslav Kořán – Orloj snivců, perkuse, elektronika, klávesy, sampler, terenní nahrávky
Michal Kořán – Akai EWI, elektronika, loops, terénní nahrávky
Společná nahrávka bratří Kořánů, kterou pořídili během jedné letní soboty v roce 2012 v malém studiu Jaroslava Kořána v malé vesničce nedaleho Sušice na Šumavě. Plánované setkání se odehrálo ve stejném místě, kde na počátku 90. let začal Jaroslav Kořán experimentovat s vlastnoručně vyrobenými nástroji, nazvanými Šumavská kalimba nebo Šumavský cinkál, a ze kterých se pak v roce 1991 vytvořila sestava nástrojů nazývaných dále již jen Orloj snivců.
Nahrávka Šumavský jam vznikla spontánní improvizací a až na několik střihů je předkládána posluchači
v původní verzi tak, jak vznikla během odpoledního session. Nejsou na ní žádné dohrávané party, vše vzniklo během live improvizace bez předchozí domluvy či zkoušky.
Oba hudebníci více než 30 let pracují s improvizovanou hudbou, společně účinkují nebo účinkovali v tělesech Orloj snivců a Zapomenutý orchestr země snivců. Doménou Jaroslava Kořána jsou perkusivní nástroje,ale i sampling a pořizování terénních nahrávek. Michal Kořán se od prvotních počátků hry na bicí a piano koncem 80. let věnuje tvorbě elektronické a ambientní hudby.
Jaroslav Kořán - Orloj snivců, percussion, electronics, keyboards, sampler, field recordings
Michal Kořán - Akai EWI, electronics, loops, field recordings
A joint recording of the Kořán brothers, made during one summer Saturday in 2012 in Jaroslav Kořán's small studio in a small village near Sušice in Sumava. The planned meeting took place in the same place where Jaroslav Kořán began experimenting with his own handmade instruments, called the Šumava kalimba or the Šumava cinkál, in the early 1990s, and from which, in 1991, a set of instruments called the Orloj snivců was formed.
The recording of the Šumavský jam was created by spontaneous improvisation and, except for a few edits,
is presented to the listener in its original version as it was created during the afternoon session. There are no recorded parts, everything was created during live improvisation without prior arrangement or rehearsal.
Both musicians have been working with improvised music for over 30 years, performing or having performed together in the ensembles Orloj snivců and the Forgotten Orchestra of Dreamland. Jaroslav Kořán's domain is percussion instruments, but also sampling and making field recordings. Michal Kořán has been making electronic and ambient music since his early beginnings playing drums and piano in the late 1980's.
credits
released March 16, 2024
recorded by Jaroslav Kořán, 2012
mastered by Jaroslav Kořán and Michal Kořán, 2018–2023
photo by Michal Kořán
cover by Amonit Sharpei
produced by Michal Kořán
DREAMERS from Bohemia is project of artist Jaroslav Kořán, his Brother Michal Kořán and their friends - musicians. Music is based on improvisation and recorded live on concerts or in Jaroslav's home studio PAGODA located in Prague, Czech Republic.
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