Following hype for recent releases from Osaka's Kiji Suedo (Hosek EP & Riot album) and Edinburgh's George T (Roll On, King's Cross single), Edinburgh's Hobbes Music label burrows deeper into ambient/drone/experimental electronic terrain with brand new signing Galun, originally from Moscow but currently based in Tallinn.
With a career & discography over 15 years deep, Galun's new album - Glagol - will be released at the end of summer, with a run of five singles emerging via streaming platforms only over the coming weeks, beginning with first single 1981 (out next Friday 23rd June).
Galun is the solo project of Moscow musician, artist, and producer Sergei Galunenko (currently based in Tallinn). Galunenko has performed at numerous prestigious Russian events and collaborated on projects internationally in a career spanning more than 15 years, with a discography to match, turning his attention to myriad styles: IDM, funk, techno, juke, post rock, beatboxing, free improvisation, drone.
“In my project, Galun, I do not use musical instruments,” he explains. “All the sounds are produced with only the use of my voice through beatbox and special vocal skills. Some effects are used to produce electronic sounds.”
1981 is the first single from Galunenko’s eighth studio album, Glagol (or Glagolь / Глаголь in Russian), a collection recorded between 2013 and 2022. The title is an old Russian word which translates as ‘Speak’.
"This album consists of tracks written in different periods, so it turned out to be diverse," he says. "There are classic ambient tracks, as well as experimental ones in search of new possibilities for voice processing."
“1981 was one of the first tracks written after the Solitude album (2014). The idea was to make a rhythmic ambient track, like techno without drums.”
Why "glagol"?
“Since the music on this album is 90 percent processed voice, it's a form of conversation for me," he reveals, “where I talk about my thoughts and mood, so speak music, while using my voice, is an amazing way of expressing.”
1981 will be out on STREAMING PLATFORMS ONLY from 23.6.23, followed by a further four singles over summer, with the full album released 25.8.23.
https://glagol.netlify.app/contacts.html
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1930329-Галун
