Fata Turchina by Karolina Ossowska & Jeff Gburek

Fata Turchina: the fairy who saves Pinocchio from several mishaps, an archetypal good lady of the woodlands, living alone in a cabin with magic philtres & the ability to charm birds.The first tracks are improvisations recorded in Bulgaria in 2018, while staying in a cottage in the small village of Belovo, songs forgotten, left hanging, up in the air, in the forward rush of life. Rediscovered last week during some seasonal archive cleaning, we decided to release them, adding reverb, boosting some frequencies, making us a pretty new album of lost moments in paradise regained.

In the meantime, I also uncovered two other unpublished improvisations, one of which needed no adjustments whatsoever and which is such a remarkable display of my violinist partner's skills and sensibility that it seems impossible to exclude, since even the mood is parallel, as playful as serious, the microphones well-positioned.

The 3 tracks of Fata Turchina are a group however unto themselves. One bonus track from 2017 is included for those who purchase the album.

Our thanks to our listeners, our hosts in Bulgaria and the Great Spirit that makes us all creative human beings rather than puppets.


Karolina Ossowska: violin,
herbs, mortar & pestle on track 1
Jeff Gburek: acoustic guitar,
field recordings on track 1

Produced by Akashic Records for Intergalactic Distribution
Cover art by Karolina Ossowska
Earth-date 2/20/2002

Guitarist, composer, sound designer, field recordist, shortwave radio poet, blending electro-acoustic, electronica, spectral comp., cracked circuits, sounding organic objects with an ear towards earth voices. Studied Javanese and Balinese gamelan and theories of Partch and Xenakis. Working with dance/theater/butoh co. Djalma Primordial Science. More than 400 concerts throughout Europe since 2005.

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