Limbabwe Records

Monday 30 July 2012

Marko Karlovčec performing Shinafest on October 6. Location: Grad Gewerkenegg, Idrija, Slovenia.

Marko Karlovčec is a musician (saxophone, no-input effects, mixing table, guitar) who works and explores the legacy of free-jazz, noise, hardcore, avant-garde and contemporary improvisation and as such is an active artist in the field of Slovenian alternative and improvisational scene. During his career he collaborated with artists such as Tomaž Grom, Seijiro Murayama, Jaka Berger, Italian duo Mimesys, etc… He so-constructed a musical dance improvisational performance with butoh dancer Ryuzo Fukuhara, arranged a few multidisciplinary performances combining music with poetry, film and painting, formed and led musical group Sinai that performed their own compositions and John Zorn’s interpretations of Jewish music.

In his vision performing live or in recording sessions Marko Karlovčec perceives saxophone not only as an instrument in classical sense but also as a medium of communication with the world that surrounds us. Saxophone no longer serves only as a horn, it expands itself beyond it’s sole purpose as an origin of huge variety of sounds accessible by diverse playing techniques. As a solo act Marko Karlovčec interacts with surroundings via saxophone, he resonates and reaches into intimacy that is constituted by us, listeners.

More about his work can be found on his MySpace profile where you can also find a link to his blog:
http://www.myspace.com/markosinai/blog

Wednesday, 25 July, 2012

ZEBRA – DE LIMBABWE TAPE (Limbabwe 50)

The anniversary tape from Limbabwe (number 50) released early 2011.
The idea came in 2010 during the Shina festival in Idrija, Slovenia where Zebra performed. I co-organize the festival and invited them. Frans de Waard (member from Zebra) knew I was the ‘man’ behind Limbabwe. Together with Roel Meelkop (the other member) they sampled a complete set together from old Limbabwe releases. Old music re-presented in a new shape. They came with the idea to release the recording on a cassette tape. I suggested to make it catalog number 50 since the number was coming up plus it’s a fresher approach than re-chewing(releasing) old recordings.

Frans (left) and Roel performing at the Shina festival

The tape is filled with modern electronic music, sometimes even danceable. It became a great recording and respectful anniversary release.

Cover

Frans and Roel are active in experimental music for a long time. Their history goes back to the Limbabwe days of the early 80ties. Besides Zebra both are busy with individual projects. Roel experiments in Rotterdam with compositions and installations. Frans is an active online blogger. Most remarkable is his ‘No Longer Forgotten Music’ blog, where you can find many interesting downloads http://433rpm.blogspot.com/. The download below is an MP3. There are still a few original tapes for sale if you look for the real and better sounding stuff. Contact Frans over his blog.

Frans and Roel where not very lucky with their travel to and from Idrija. Coming, they missed their plane. Almost the Limbabwe 50 release was never close to being related with Zebra. Lucky, they managed to get on another flight arriving in another town nearby.

During the weekend of this first Shina festival it was raining enormously. Idrija knows many extreme weather types. When it rains it can be a hard shower. Then it rained non-stop very heavy for days. Floods closed roads and area’s. The driver picking them up from the airport had to make some detours. The return flight was first cancelled then moved to another airport. Too much water on the runway. Still we had a good time getting drunk on wine in my place where they stayed.

Recorded/produced/engineered and mastered by Frans de Waard and Roel Meelkop

Tracklist:

01 Sandals in a nutsell
02 Plants on a dope
04 Surprises at the seering heel
05 Supurban looser
06 Geting high on heelings
07 Contenment of piece
08 Hatfuly surprises
09 Notturnol saile
10 The remand for shunrays
11 Stinrays with Stylus

Download the black and white stripes here:

http://www.limbabwe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/Zebra_De_Limbabwe_Tape.zip

Problems with downloads or broken links? Please contact me. Go to the contact page in the navigation on the right.

Sunday, 08 July, 201

No, I am not forgetting my digital pages and responsibilities running this site. Maybe you didn’t notice, but I am working on these pages almost every day. Busy editing and ‘renovating’ all pages. Check them out. Click in the navigation on your right. I am now almost done except for some pages in the ‘download’ section. What will be ignored (for now) are the many years of posting. Its too much to edit. The ‘available limbabwe products’ page disappeared. All Limbabwe releases (and more) are available in the ‘download’ section for free! Almost all ‘hard’ copies are gone anyway. If you look for something particular, drop me a mail.
In May I was back in the Alps for a few days, picking up some things and visiting some favorite spots like ‘hanging rock’. Pity, it was a bit misty that day. Showed pictures from that spot before on this site, but that foggy day was special.
Return at ‘Hanging Rock’:

Shimmering souls whispering into the deep valley

SHINAFEST  OCT 4/5/6 2012 :

NATURAL SNOWBUILDINGS (Fr)
AMPER-O-MAT (Slo)
STAPLERFAHRER (Nl)
MARKO KARLOVEČEC (Slo)
DKK (Earth)

LOCATION: IDRIJA, SLOVENIA.

More details will follow soon. If you like to know more about previous Shinafests, location, contact and such visit www.shinafest.com

Here a picture of Staplerfahrer in action: