Brabec, Jan/Lestina, Ladislav/Brukner, Vít/Landovská, Andrea Z Jedné Strany Na Druhou

Recorded with very little means in 1986 and released as a samizdat (illegal) cassette the same year, {^Z Jedné Strany Na Druhou} is a stunning work. For his first solo effort, {$Plastic People of the Universe}¹s drummer {$Jan Brabec} wrote an assortment of beautiful, languid acoustic songs. {$Ladislav Lestina} plays violin, {$Brabec} and {$Andrea Landovská} sing, all three plus {$Vit Bruckner} relay one another on piano, xylophone, drums, and small percussion (mainly bells and cymbals). The breathing tempos, romantic piano lines, and singing style all relate to the form of the art song, bringing to mind {$Dagmar Krause}¹s {^Commuters} project and {$News from Babel}, but also the 20th Century American contemporary songs of {$Ernst Bacon} and {$Jack Beeson}. But this albums also projects an uncanny solemnity fans of {$Plastic People of the Universe} will recognize, only it is not coupled with gloomy music, but instead very elegant melodies and sparse arrangements. {$Landovská}¹s voice, although not the one of a thoroughly trained classical singer, stays on pitch and conveys enough emotion to seduce, while forming a perfect pair with the exacerbated lyricism of the violin ({&³Tlukot²} stands out in that regard). It seems the album has been recorded with only a couple of microphones picking up the ambient sound. The piano comes from afar and is not particularly well tuned, some of the subtleties of the percussion work get lost before they reach a microphone, but for the lack of hi-fi quality the listener gains an intimate atmosphere that works admirably well for this particular music. Reissued on CD in 1999 in {$Black Point}¹s ³Archiv² series.

Slavný předchůdce DOMÁCÍ KAPELY, projekt bubeníka PLASTIC PEOPLE Jana Brabce (bicí nástroje, piano, zpěv, vibrafon, zvonkohra). Spoluúčinkují Ladislav Leština (housle, klavír, zpěv), Vít Brukner (klavír, zpěv, vibrafon) a Andrea Landovská (zpěv, zvonkohra, bicí). Kolekce temnějších písní v téměř akustickém provedení. Brabec si poprvé ověřil, že samostatné projekty mohou být stejně dobré jako jeho kmenová kapela.

Brabec, Jan/Lestina, Ladislav/Brukner, Vít/Landovská, Andrea Z Jedné Strany Na Druhou

Recorded with very little means in 1986 and released as a samizdat (illegal) cassette the same year, {^Z Jedné Strany Na Druhou} is a stunning work. For his first solo effort, {$Plastic People of the Universe}¹s drummer {$Jan Brabec} wrote an assortment of beautiful, languid acoustic songs. {$Ladislav Lestina} plays violin, {$Brabec} and {$Andrea Landovská} sing, all three plus {$Vit Bruckner} relay one another on piano, xylophone, drums, and small percussion (mainly bells and cymbals). The breathing tempos, romantic piano lines, and singing style all relate to the form of the art song, bringing to mind {$Dagmar Krause}¹s {^Commuters} project and {$News from Babel}, but also the 20th Century American contemporary songs of {$Ernst Bacon} and {$Jack Beeson}. But this albums also projects an uncanny solemnity fans of {$Plastic People of the Universe} will recognize, only it is not coupled with gloomy music, but instead very elegant melodies and sparse arrangements. {$Landovská}¹s voice, although not the one of a thoroughly trained classical singer, stays on pitch and conveys enough emotion to seduce, while forming a perfect pair with the exacerbated lyricism of the violin ({&³Tlukot²} stands out in that regard). It seems the album has been recorded with only a couple of microphones picking up the ambient sound. The piano comes from afar and is not particularly well tuned, some of the subtleties of the percussion work get l.......
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