The cd contains 10 tracks, ranging from experimental, ambient, (sometimes tribal, sometimes atmospheric) to avant-garde
electronics…. The music, built upon a mixture of traditional instruments (guitar, ocarina, mbira…) with electronic sounds,
ambient drones, and field recordings… manages to create a very special and organic atmosphere. Probably that free noise
improvisation passages and the fact that the (voluntary absence of) structure of the tracks (that doesn't make them sound
like 'real songs') could make this outing difficult to apprehend. However, ears used to experimental de-constructions
shouldn't pass by this strange opus... Perhaps, will you even succeed in unveiling the mystery of the cd tray sentence
'only frogs know...'.
'Frogs' comes in a slipcase featuring a frog on the (front and back) cover and includes an insert on special paper with
information about the album and a live photo.
Nathalie F.
A free downloadable Grundik+Slava live recording (in Jerusalem, April 15, 20004) is available via Qube and Topheth
Prophet: www.qube.co.il/qarts.asp?qid=612
Contacts:
As suggested by the cover album and track titles, it is a conceptual opus dedicated to frogs, that also marks a
collaboration with Victoria Hanna (vocals), Igor K (bass) and Vadim Gusis/Chaos As Shelter (vargan).
Winter 2006
Grundik+Slava: www.grusla.com
Auris Media Records: www.aurismedia.com/records
Topheth Prophet: www.topheth.org