Shadows of Mtatsminda, by Alëna Korolëva

Shadows of Mtatsminda

by Alëna Korolëva

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	1.	Music Lessons 05:09
	2.	Breakdown 04:30
	3.	Lisi Lake 04:07
	4.	Balcony 02:55
	5.	Joy Machines 06:49
	6.	Holy Ghost 05:18
	7.	Solidaroba 03:03
	8.	Underground 04:39
	9.	Afterdark 04:18

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Cassette release on Szara Reneta
szarareneta.bandcamp.com/album/shadows-of-mtatsminda

I've lived a nomadic life for years without a place to call home, but I kept coming back to Tbilisi, Georgia. This city mystified and captivated me and I started to collect its sounds. Coming from a documentary film/photo background, I wanted to find another way to create a portrait. I used small, omnidirectional stereo microphones, discreet but not hidden, so in order to make a clear recording I had to be close to a sound source, to become part of the scene. It was a way to come to terms with the city, where I never stopped being a stranger, to bridge the distance and get in contact. The rustling of dry leaves, clothes rubbing in a thick crowd, voices overheard from a window, a blind man's song in the subway, a stray dog crunching on a bone, echoes of fireworks. I was curious to find a melody in the sound fragments of everyday life.

Mtatsminda can be translated from Georgian as "Holy Mountain." The downtown of Tbilisi is situated in the shadow of this mountain, which is often covered in fog".

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released December 4, 2020

Sounds recorded in 2018-2019 in Tbilisi, Georgia.
Field recording-based compositions, photos and cover design by Alёna Korolёva.

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Alëna Korolëva Toronto, Ontario

alenakoroleva.com

discography

Premonitions

Mar 2024
Marble Route

Apr 2023
Accidental Wilderness

Aug 2022
Random City

Aug 2021
Shadows of Mtatsminda

Dec 2020
Agora

Nov 2020
Agora

Nov 2020
Tatra T3

Apr 2020

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