Now in its eleventh year and 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 experimental ambient terrain with brand new signing Galun, originally from Moscow but currently based in Tallinn. With a discography over 15 years deep, Galun brings no shortage of his own props.
Hot on the heels of the new Golos album (out imminently via Berlin's One Instrument) plus a remix for US collaborator Alek Finn via Nevada's Mystery Circles label, Galun's eighth studio album - Glagol - will be released at the end of August, with a run of five singles emerging via streaming platforms only over the coming weeks.
GALUN
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.”
Choral is the second 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."
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.”
CHORAL (second single)
“This composition was conceived as a classic ambient (one). I sang a few notes, composed chords from them, then transposed some of the notes up and down an octave, plus processing, and thus created what I intended."
Choral will be out on STREAMING PLATFORMS ONLY from 30.6.23. A further three singles will be released over summer. (First single 1981 is released on Friday 23rd June)
The full album will be released on limited edition cassette, lathe cuts and digital platforms, 25.8.23.
https://glagol.netlify.app/contacts.html
https://www.discogs.com/artist/1930329-Галун
