Ma³gorzata Walentynowicz - piano
Kasia G³owicka - computer
Music by Kasia G³owicka
What makes the music of Kasia G³owicka special? First of all space. Deep and extensive. As in ambient music. Built by reverbs, echoes and electronics. Against this background - a piano. Flickering , rippling. Cascades of repeating notes and rhythms. As in minimal music . Tonal associations, but with different development. Clear sounds, distorted, appear then re-appear hear and there as whispers and crackles. As in glitch music. But clearly you hear the skills of a seasoned composer - the clear intentions and the feeling for 'big form'. Seven works comprise this concept album - from submerged in the electronic glow of "Sun Spot" (2010) to the monastic "Transient" (2011 ), the shimmering "Favola" (2013) thru to the quietly resounding "Red Sun" (2009), which gives the album its title. Sometimes there is an obsessively repeated note, as in track 5, "Retina" (2009). Sometimes the most important moment is a pause - as in the piece "Presence" (2010) dedicated to the memory of Tomasz Sikorski. All those elements join together to become the original world of music of Kasia G³owicka, here embodied by the piano performance of Ma³gorzata Walentynowicz . The world of a purposely imperfect beauty.
Jan Topolski
Co wyró¿nia muzykê Katarzyny G³owickiej? Przede wszystkim przestrzeñ. G³êboka, rozleg³a. Jak w muzyce ambient. Buduj± j± pog³osy, echa, elektronika. Na tym tle -€“ fortepian. Rozmigotany, perlisty. Kaskady powtarzanych d¼wiêków i rytmów. Jak w muzyce minimal. Tonalne skojarzenia, ale odmienny rozwój. Czyste brzmienia co rusz zak³ócane s± szmerami i trzaskami. Jak w muzyce glitch. Ale wyra¼nie s³ychaæ kompozytorski zamys³, kategoriê wielkiej formy. Siedem utworów sk³ada siê na concept album, od zanurzonego w elektronicznej po¶wiacie "Sun Spot” (2010) przez ascetyczny "Transient” (2011) i migotliw± "Favolê” (2013) po spokojnie wybrzmiewaj±cy "Red Sun” (2009), który da³ tytu³ ca³ej p³ycie. Czasem pojawia siê obsesyjnie repetowana nuta, jak w pi±tej ¶cie¿ce, "Retinie” (2009). Czasem najwa¿niejsza jest pauza - jak w najnowszym "Absence” (2013) dedykowanym pamiêci Tomasza Sikorskiego. Wszystko sk³ada siê na oryginalny ¶wiat d¼wiêkowy Katarzyny G³owickiej, tu upostaciowiony fortepianem Ma³gorzaty Walentynowicz. ¦wiat zabrudzonego piêkna.