Jakub Gucik & Tilen Kravos: INFUZJA [ANG CD35/2023]

I 14:30
II 9:42
III 10:14
IV 13:23

Jakub Gucik – cello
Tilen Kravos – electric guitar

all pieces by Jakub Gucik & Tilen Kravos
recorded live in Ignorantka, Łódź, Poland, July 21, 2022
recorded, mixed and mastered by Jakub Gucik
premiere: October 6, 2023
Antenna Non Grata

Infusion - administering a substance directly to the body through a non-natural route or extracting aromas or other compounds from organic matter by placing it in a solvent.
It was July 21, 2022. Temperatures reached 39 degrees Celsius. Most of Poland was on the edge of the weakening Jurgen high above the border of Belarus and Ukraine. In the morning, a bank of clouds appeared on the western edges, which gradually dissipated. During the day it was generally sunny and mostly cloudy or slightly cloudy in places. In turn, in the west of the country, in the evening, a line of wind convergence entered, where convective phenomena with showers and thunderstorms became active in places.
In the evening we played a concert. Everyone was subject to infusion - us, the people playing the concert, the listeners, the old men playing darts. We absorbed emotions, sounds, smells and passed them on, and they came back to us.


Tilen Kravos is a Slovenian guitarist of the young generation who plays improvised music. After a period of cooperation with high school bands, he began learning music at Zlatko Kaučič's "Kombo" school, where he became interested in jazz and improvised music. Currently, he is mainly active on the Slovenian music scene, playing with his improvisational trio Niemoy, jazz band Kombo C, rock band Eating Sports, samba group Jacare and improv duo Kopfschmerzen. He is the author of theater music for the performances "Beton7" and "Igra kanalskih pesnikov". In the past, he collaborated with artists such as Nesessari Kakalulu, Oholo!, Kontejnrčki, Orchestra senza confini, Josip Broz Trio, performance Štrbunkov grad, and also participated in various workshops with saxophonist Trevor Watts, Agusti Fernandez, Michael Moore, Evan Parker, Ben van Gelder , Lotte Anker, Gerry Hemingway, Han Bennink, Jonas Kocher and Rainer Baas.

Recordings:
Niemoy – Svet - https://brgstime.bandcamp.com/album/niemoy-svet-2
Eating Sports – Demo - https://eatingsports.bandcamp.com/album/demo
Kombo C – Petelin iz Noznega - https://komboc.bandcamp.com/album/petelin-iz-noznega

Jakub Gucik - graduate of the Academy of Music in Krakow (2013). He mainly performs chamber music. Cellist of the following bands: Spółdzielnia Muzyczna contemporary ensemble, Kraków Improvisers Orchestra PerDuoVnc and IPT Wójciński/Bańdur/Gucik, with whom he performs in Poland and abroad. theater, electroacoustic and electronic music. Together with the Cooperative, winner of the Ernst von Siemens Ensembleprize, three-time winner of the Fama festival, winner of the award named after Andrzej Jakóbc at Fama 2018 and Trident of Neptune at Fama 2019. Winner of the 1st prize at the National Composition Competition. J. Patkowski (2017). Occurs, among others: at festivals: Warsaw Autumn, Sacrum Profanum, Darmstadter Ferienkurse, Maerzmusik, Afekt Tallinn, All Sides of the World, Ensemble Akademie Freiburg, Świętokrzyskie Dni Muzyki, Les heures musicales de la valee de la Bresle, NeoArte, Oberstdorfer Musiksommer, Audio-Art, Musica Moderna . Winner of the Creative Scholarship of the City of Krakow.
He has performed many world premieres and Polish premieres of works, including: Artur Zagajewski, Johannes Kreidler, Brigitta Muntendorf, Jennifer Walshe, Michael Beil, Salvatore Sciarrino, Piotr Peszat, Marta Śniada, Jacek Sotomski.
He collaborates with jazz, classical and pop musicians, including: Bester Quartet, Hashtag Ensemble, Wojciech Błażejczyk, Paweł Szamburski, Michał Górczyński, Maciej Trifonidis, Szymon Wójciński, Adam Klock, Marek Chołoniewski, Leszek HeFi Wisniowski, Sztywny Pal Asia.

Recordings
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0d88pPUna1yEqi0rEcsDzx?si=UjI1dh6-QcykXAp1cuo1EA