DREAMING IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP

«Famous russian experimentalist Bogdan Dullsky – responsible for the Quest Room Project – returns to test tube with a mixed-media release, to much of my own pleasure as I’m a big fan of his work. For this ‘Freedom Reflex | Second’ he invited some friends to collaborate, namely Barandash (the visual artist who created the amazing images that accompany this work); Nikita Golyshev (founder and curator of netlabel Musica Excentrica and musician) on samplers and synthesizers; Olliver Wichman (founder and curator of netlabel Petcord and musician) on piano, and also Ray Kondrashov on acoustic and midi percussions.
On this follow-up of a previous work, Bogdan and friends create a fantastic work of various levels in complexity, rendering the listener numb and dazzled. ‘Freedom Reflex | Second’ is, simply put, an audio-visual materialization of what life could have been in a concentration camp (one like KZ Mauthausen). Life on the edge, full of horrors, misfortune, sadness and agony, but also a life. What is life when you know it will eventually end, sooner than you think? What if you had to enjoy in the best possible way even knowing you would be eventually tortured and executed? What would fill your mind? What kind of pleasure would you try to take from those moments? What would you dream? Would you dream about Death? Despair? Freedom?

There are many answers to these questions. One possible answer is in ‘Freedom Reflex | Second’. Listen to it, and watch the images closely» – Pedro Leitão

«One year ago I had a terrible dream. Both simultaneously grandiose and beautiful. The whole year I have spent attempting to reproduce landscapes of the spiritual world behind the looking glass, in a sound…

Perhaps. Which that was possible. You check up…

It would be desirable that we have stayed near to prisoners of concentration camp Mauthausen and other camps of death. In what time and in what place they would not be… Can not listen to this album… Simply pray for, that some things. Never repeated… Though… What am I to speak for it? It will repeat again and again… I have impudence pretentiously to trust in a good victory

Take care…» – Bogdan Dullsky

• tube’|mm002 – Bogdan Dullsky - Freedom Reflex | Second

“Sharp dualism – opposition of spirit and matter”

Where are we? Between spirit and matter? I have stepped aboard the ship “Idle Sunder” to learn where we are… Anyway, I very much hoped for it. I was affably met by the captain and we have departed on this long trip named “Psygnosis”.
Two years have passed… Now I understand… That it’s not a children’s game… Is it a sect? Perhaps …
All who participates in the project is united through one purpose… To learn the truth tensely and steadfastly peering through “dim bottle glass”…
To learn the world through feelings (music)? It is sometimes sick, sometimes it ennobles.
If you have dared to listen to it, keep in mind… that while it possesses a lot of pleasure, it also carries a lot of tears… a lot of disappointments… And, of course, eternal High… One on all… It is dominant… It seems to me, that I have spent in it one thousand years… Also it is ready to spend eternity in.
We became brothers in arms, have removed masks, have thrown it out to hell…. This world does not see itself without these attributes.
Join, by our ship there are places… It’ll only last for a short while.
“Immemorial quest between spirit and matter, eternal trip” is Psygnosis.

Bogdan Dullsky

• 01 – Stone Clouds
• 02 – Brainscape (Sleep Induction & Lucid Dreaming)
• 03 – Mountains Walk
• 04 – Wasteland
• 05 – The Outland
• 06 – Noise To Signal
• 07 – Trillion Lightreflections

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Who is behind Leftob?

Giorgos Stefanou and Olliver Wichmann (the author of this FAQ). We run the Petcord netlabel and are musicians ourselves.

What is Leftob’s agenda?
To play the music we ourselves enjoy, find relevant and are permitted to broadcast. Popularity concerns are secondary to us, but of course we are happy if someone is listening to our selection nonetheless .

What does the word Leftob exactly mean?
I’m afraid I can’t tell for sure . Leftob was the result of me spending some time with inventing words that could be pronounced the same way in multiple languages. I suppose it must have started with variations on the word laptop, and from there it was a minor leap to leftob music. Creating nonsensical words may appear strange at first glance, but it has the advantage of avoiding issues with taken domain names or trademark violations (and encounters with overly litigious lawyers).

What led to the launch of Leftob audio cast?
Initially it was the frustration about not being able to find a netradio station that played the kind of music I wanted to listen to. Additionally, there was no radio station that could give experimental netaudio artists a chance to get noticed by an audience not familiar with the netaudio scene. Rather than waiting for a miracle and someone else stepping in, I discussed my idea with Giorgos and did it myself.

Is there a reason why you do not play commercial artists?
Music distributed by traditional record labels comes with restrictive licences that prohibit any kind of broadcast unless you agree to pay a fee for the privilege of playing these works. By focussing on labels and artists who grant the right to share their music, we can keep the expenses for running a netradio station low and avoid hassles with litigious businesses. As a non-profit project, Leftob cannot afford the costs involved with playing proprietary music and therefore opted to neglect it entirely.

I published a work on a record label that might fit to your programme. Is there a way you can play it on Leftob?
If you do own the copyright of your music, you can grant us an exclusive licence that allows us to play your music. In case you have signed a contract that transferred the copyright to the record label, you needed to convince said label to permit the broadcast and have them notified us. If that is not likely to happen anytime soon, then I’m afraid there is nothing we can do for you.

I run a netlabel that features music similar to what you are playing. Can you add it to your programme?
It depends on whether we like it, but principally yes. We encourage experimental netlabels to get in touch with us, so we can provide unknown artists/labels with an opportunity of getting noticed. Often, the media coverage of netlabels is highly biased towards personal friendships rather than objective quality criteria. Traditional ways of getting informed do not really work, because a lot of people who happen to lack influential friends are excluded. Leftob can help overcome these obstacles, but it requires your activity as we may not be aware of your label’s existence.

Check up it –> http://www.leftob.com/

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NTT043 – Quest.Room.Project – Room Number

Bogdan Dullsky (QRP) explores with “Room Number” in great depth the borders of abstraction and absurdity. He renders a world consisting of the strangest harmonics, dancing around a variety of instruments (such as flute and bass guitar) which he plays very proficiently.
Skillfully designed sounds are excessively displayed and the sheer number of them alone will never leave you bored.
Count in the extraordinary artwork from Russian visual artist “Barandash” and you know you’re heading towards a unique listening experience.

• 01 – Break of a Curve
• 02 – Catbird
• 03 – Room N0
• 04 – Exacerbation
• 05 – Piscary

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NTT045 – Idle Sunder – Psygnosis I

Having worked closely with Bogdan Dullsky (Quest.Room.Project – see NTT043) on this 1st album of the Psygnosis trilogy, Idle Sunder has transcended the space drone boundaries they were once confined to, to visit a universe of remarkably visual minimal rhythms and manipulated instruments/recordings.
All of the tracks contain a great diversity in both sound and style, while retaining a quite conceptual atmosphere which holds ground in between existential and psychological ideas that are sure to be elaborated on throughout the remainder of this project.
A word of thanks goes out to all the people that have made a contribution in one form or another:
levinj, Suonho, djgriffin, NoiseCollector, Melack and Bram at Freesound for sound sources, Winne Clement for the flute in track 8 and once again Christian Jehle for the nice cover art.

• 01 Welcome
• 02 Analyse
• 03 Aeon
• 04 Paradigm Shift
• 05 Introspection
• 06 Unknown
• 07 Fury
• 08 Boundary Dissolution

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