We’ve updated our Terms of Use to reflect our new entity name and address. You can review the changes here.
We’ve updated our Terms of Use. You can review the changes here.

Sem​è​ia K​à​i T​è​rata

by Ensemble Ektòs

/
  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    ––––––––––––––––––––
    • Digital print, glass mastered CD
    • 6-panel digisleeve
    • Coated 350gms cardboard
    • Colours: CMYK
    • Design by Mote Studio
    ––––––––––––––––––––

    Includes unlimited streaming of Semèia Kài Tèrata via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 5 days

      €12 EUR or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    Purchasable with gift card

      €8 EUR  or more

     

  • Full Digital Discography

    Get all 74 901 Editions releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of 9⁰ (9), Whistle Posse, effacing colours, barely dancing, 9⁰ (8), 9⁰ (7), Integral, 9⁰ (6), 9⁰ (5), and 66 more. , and , .

    Purchasable with gift card

      €310.82 EUR or more (35% OFF)

     

1.
1 02:01
2.
2 02:00
3.
3 02:01
4.
4 02:00
5.
5 01:59
6.
6 02:00
7.
7 02:01
8.
8 02:01
9.
9 02:00
10.
10 02:02
11.
11 02:00
12.
12 02:01
13.
13 02:00
14.
14 02:00
15.
15 02:00
16.
16 02:00
17.
17 02:00
18.
18 02:01
19.
19 02:01
20.
20 02:00
21.
21 01:59
22.
22 02:03

about

"The Septuagint is the name in which the first Greek translation of the Old Testament is identified, datable to the 2nd century A.D. According to Aristea's letter to Philocrates, in which the genesis of this version is mentioned, 72 sages from Alexandria commissioned by Ptolemy II were responsible for the translation. Within the text, the term "prodigy" (τέρας, tearas) is never found alone but forms an inseparable binomial with "sign" (σημεῖον, semèion), thus forming the expression σημεῖα καὶ τέρατα (semèia kài tearata).

Recorded in September 2019, Semèia Kài Térata is the first work by Ensemble Ektòs, a quartet of composers and performers based in Copenhagen. The work describes an austere yet imaginative path combining stillness with the use of silences. A ritual reiteration recalling the most extreme experiences of certain minimalism and microscopic attention to timbral stratification. Rigorous and evocative, with radical attention to the beauty of the whole sound set, Semèia Kài Térata well manages to identify that sense of mysterious inevitability evoked in the title, as well as the dark wonder that miracles often bear."

Marco Baldini



Michał Biel: Soprano Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone
Cosimo Fiaschi: Soprano Saxophone
Francesco Toninelli: Percussion, Objects
Hein Westgaard: Electric Guitar

Recorded by Michał Biel at RMC Copenhagen in September 2019. Mixed by Michał Biel and Francesco Toninelli at RMC. Mastered by Matt Bordin at Outside Inside studio. Photography by Fabio Perletta. Design by Mote Studio.

•••

Ensemble Ektòs is an instrumental group born in spring 2019 in Copenhagen.

The four members found themsleves sharing an interest in stillness, quiet but colourful sounds, and silence. Eager for thoroughness and focus after being involved in a crowded improvised music scene. Since then, their research aims to integrate specific instrumental practices into a conceptual approach to composition investigating themes like chance, removal of the author, contingency or the interaction with natural and cultural phenomena, with an ubiquitous interest in the complexity of reality.

The ensemble benefited from an experimental rehearsal practice built upon the interpretation of Wandelweiser repertoire, transcriptions of field recordings, extreme instumental techniques and mnemonic exercises, which created a solid yet versatile group identity.

credits

released July 25, 2022

license

all rights reserved

tags

about

901 Editions Italy

901 Editions is a record label and an explorative space blending experimental music and contemporary art through CD releases, books and limited edition objects.

901 Editions is based in Abruzzo, Italy and it is curated by sound/installation artist Fabio Perletta.
... more

contact / help

Contact 901 Editions

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Semèia Kài Tèrata, you may also like: