Publié
Thu, Feb 11, 2021, 15:00
- Intermission is dedicated to SOPHIE.
Polish festival Unsound has announced a book and double-vinyl album.
Intermission is said to be a time capsule documenting the global upheaval that was 2020. It was first conceived as an extension of Unsound's digital edition last year.
The book includes 25 written pieces spanning "the pandemic, lockdown, ecology, mental health, conspiracy theories, racism, LGBTQ+ rights, sound, tourism, the precarious state of the music industry, nostalgia, identity and more." It is in English but Unsound have plans to publish a Polish edition later this year.
The accompanying album, the first album ever to be released by Unsound, is a 15-track digital and vinyl release. It includes a collaboration between Jlin and SOPHIE, an ancient slavic song and field recordings from Chris Watson and DeForrest Brown Jr. & James Hoff. A track from Polish artist VTSS with Varg2™ features a conversation between an Amazon Echo, Google Home Assistant and an Apple HomePod. Also included is "Weavings," an excerpt from an online, live improvisation curated and mixed by Nicolas Jaar last year.
Intermission is dedicated to SOPHIE, who performed at Unsound numerous times. Read our feature collecting fan's memories of SOPHIE here.
Listen to "Weavings."
Tracklist
01. Chris Watson - Unlocked
02. Bastarda - Aperte
03. Slater Gudnadottir Grisey - Happy Healthy Safe
04. Weavings - Section 1 (with Aho Ssan, Angel Bat Dawid, Dirar Kalash, Ellen Fullman, Księżyc, Laraaji, Nicolás Jaar, Paweł Szamburski, Resina, Rolando Hernandez & Wukir Suryadi)
05. Zosia Hołubowska & Julia Giertz - Community of Grieving - Part 1
06. Ben Frost - Fire Front Near Humaita
07. Lutto Lento - Good Morning Go Tears.
08. Jlin x SOPHIE - JSLOIPNHIE
09. 33EMYBW - The Room
10. Varg2™ & VTSS - VARGTSS2 (Miss Understanding)
11. Moor Mother & Geng This Week (again)
12. Slikback - ZETSUBO
13. DeForrest Brown Jr. & James Hoff - Project for Revolution in New York
14. Tim Hecker Agata Harz & Katarzyna Smoluk Demeter & Johannes' Song of Pandemia
15. Jana Winderen - re_Surge
Unsound will release Intermission on March 5th, 2021.
