O•zvočenje 20: ŠIROM >> Available online
Music Videofestival
The groups SAETA 45 YEARS, AUDIO KAYAK and ŠIROM will make their music videos available online as part of the festival programme.
O•zvočenje 20: ŠIROM
Thursday, 22. December 2022, at 20 p.m.
ŠIROM
Širom - Memoryscapes >> VIDEO
Širom - A Take Away Show in Slovenia >> VIDEO
Iztok Koren - gembri, banjo, tristrunski banjo, tank drum, bas boben, tolkala, balafon, cevni zvonci, zvočila
Ana Kravanj - viola, obročni boben, okarine, mizmar, balafon, ribab, zvočila, glas
Samo Kutin - hurdy gurdy, tampura brač, lira, lutnja, brač, cevni zvonci, balafon, obročni boben, okarina, akustični resonatorji, zvočila, glas
Iztok Koren - guembri, banjo, three-stringed banjo, tank drum, bass drum, percussion, balafon, tubular chimes, sound objects
Ana Kravanja - viola, frame drum, ocarina, mizmar, balafon, rebab, sound objects, voice
Samo Kutin - Hurdy-gurdy, tampura brač, lyre, lute, brač, tubular bells, balafon, frame drum, ocarina, acoustic resonators, sound objects, voice
ŠIROM
The intertwining of diverse musical approaches and tools, histories of sounds and unbridled musical imagination and craftmanship is the expansive guiding principle of the Širom trio, whose members stem from the regions of Prekmurje, Tolminsko and Kras.
More than a dozen instruments can be found in the repertoire of Iztok Koren, Samo Kutin and Ana Kravanja and at least as many given musical forms that can be perceived as an inspiration behind the character of this new ensemble. However, in their practice as well as experiencing they remain anchored in their creative process to an extent that allows them to avoid merely reflecting existing patterns. What this generates in an original, stylistically homogeneous form of expression that oscillates between a wide array of folk sounds and contemporary acoustic rock-style meditations. The end result is grounded yet still mystical minimalism. Širom’s music is contemplative, but can get harder when necessary, it is closer to being band- than chamber-like, to being street as opposed to urban in nature.
Each member of Širom also performs in a myriad of other bands and music projects, such as ŠKM banda, Hexenbrutal, Najoua, Samo Gromofon, and Horda grdih.
ŠIROM: Memoryscapes
ŠIROM: A Take Away Show in Slovenia