Full Digital Release:
bluelizard.bandcamp.com/album/letters-from-sounds
The collaboration between the two musicians builds on previous projects set in the field between contemporary jazz and classical music, traditional instruments and live electronics. First it was the Points-Rataj Quintet (CD 2016), which evolved into an electro-acoustic trio with saxophonist Luboš Soukup (Hornscape, 2020). The new duo of Michal Rataj and Oskar Török attempts to establish an even deeper interaction between the virtuoso wind instrument and a wide range of contemporary interactive electronics. Their musical vocabulary extends from electronic ambient through the overtones of club electronica towards the various positions of contemporary jazz and post- acousmatic music.
Michal Rataj ::
www.michalrataj.com
Michal Rataj (born 1975) is a composer, performer and sound designer based in Prague, Czech Republic. He primarily composes electroacoustic music and instrumental music for chamber groups or orchestra. He has recently been active as a real-time performer of his own acousmatic music and he also presents sound performances alone or with various music partners in a wide range of genres ranging from sound art to contemporary jazz. He received commissions from Swedish Radio, WDR, Czech Radio, Czech Television, Prague Philharmonia and Tonspur Vienna, among others. He has worked as a radio producer at the Czech Radio since 2000, where he has produced over 150 original works of radio art by artists from around the world. He has composed numerous film soundtracks and produced sound compositions for dozens of radio plays and radiophonic programs.
Oskar Török
Born 1980 (Humenné, Slovakia) and graduated form the Akademia Muzyczna, Katowice – the virtuoso trumpet player Oskar Török has performed with large number of jazz band as well as fusion projects. Recently he has joined various setups of live electronics on stage. Oskar has been well known as a player with Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet in Poland as well as Vertigo or Iva Bittová in Czech Republic, among others.
Oskar’s major awards:
Zlatý anděl (2005, 2011, 2015, 2019). Frederyk (2015, 2016)
Gold Records: Wojtek Mazolewski Quintet – Polka (2014), Chaos pełen idei (2016)
released June 17, 2022
Michal Rataj - live elektronics, frame drum, piano
Oskar Török - trumpet, live electronics
Kamil Vojnar - art cover
Blue Lizard,
bluelizard.bandcamp.com, BL 100