Kozmodrum

Label: Rika Muzika – BLKN 10
Released: Sep 17, 2021
Genre: Electronic, Jazz
Style: Jazzdance, Electro

Kozmodrum, Croatian organic dance music pioneers, release their long-awaited third album, self-titled Kozmodrum on Rika Muzika.

While offering snippets of undefinable, futuristic aspirations, the evolving, musical themes across the album provide a headlong dash for new horizons, connecting instrumental soundscapes into what can only be described as a magic ride to the world of Kozmodrum.
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Kozmodrumhave been pioneering a new approach to electronic music in Croatia, often described by the band as Organic Dance Music. Techno, House and Dub styles intertwine through a continuous set, played by a live band on guitars, drums and keyboards. Simultaneously, the tradition of jazz ensemble performance is stitched into the architecture of music itself. Kozmodrum have released 2 albums, 'Na Tragu Satelita' in 2016, and 'Gravity' the following year, receiving a Porin Award for the latter (the Croatian Grammy). Individual band members also received numerous awards for their accomplishments and are considered by many to be pioneers in the Croatian nu-jazz scene. Kozmodrum's main influences are Tycho and Elektro Guzzi, as well as Jaga Jazzist with whom they performed live. The band have played numerous festivals and concerts, with Kozmodrum's members performing with Hans Joachim Roedelius, noise/art/sound figure Sunao Inami, as well as jazz masters Reggie Washington, Peter Erskine, David Liebman, Alan Broadbent, David Murray and Saskia Laroo. Onstage, Kozmodrum is a five-piece ensemble that adds a third dimension to their music, written and produced by the band's founder Janko Novoselic. Using the framework of a DJ set, the compositions are made to be played openly, where the beat is 'looped' until a cue is given to make a change or switch to another part. The pieces are often minimalistic to start with, but evolve over the performance into more complex patterns, harmonies and melodies. With constant shifts between the natural and the artificial, organized and improvised, quiet and loud - Kozmodrum create an unforgettable, mantric performance.

credits

Goran Delač - bass
Hrvoje Galler - keyboards
Ivan Kapec - guitar
Elvis Penava - guitar
Janko Novoselić - drums, percussion, synths, sounds & fx

Recorded by Hrvoje Nikšić at Kramasonik Studio, Zagreb, January 2019.
Mixed & produced by Janko Novoselić at Advarzel Studio.
Mastered by Leon Smith at Subvert Central.
All tracks written by Janko Novoselić, arranged and played by Kozmodrum.
All tracks published by Rika Muzika Ltd.
Artwork & design by Ivan Blažetić Šumski.