Schismogenesis ~ LIVE from Improstor #84

Enochian diaries ~

Eruption duo (( Manja Ristic & Ivana Grahovac )) are multi-instrumentalists who achieved an extraordinary communication in the sphere of cognitive improvisation. Life long collaboration, development and integration of ideas produced unique sensibility - an undivided musical spirit with distinctive emotional language that comprehends sound dimension as fully material notion constantly inducing change in the multilayered narratives. 

Depth of the energy based transfers reveal advanced intuitive skills and highly creative mediation of sub conscious contents. Ivana & Manja breath together in every moment while transcending yet untold stories deeply hidden in wondrous stratums of psyche. 

Enochian diaries is a session dedicated to an old piano kept for a long time in Ivana's family. The album is knitted with unusual treatment of an instrument, but also with carefully chosen field recordings such are sounds of Byford's forest which is located right opposite of the Ivana's old family house as well as astronomical sound recordings of Jupiter atmosphere such is Jovian chorus. 

Guest performer is Serbian ambient artist Marko Paunovic who contributed with samples of analogue radio frequencies and electricity sound interventions. 

Recorded in Studio AVALA, May 2016

credits

Released June 6, 2016

Manja Ristic, piano, violin, pencil, field rec, composition & editing
Ivana Grahovac, piano, cello, sound objects

Marko Paunovic, radio frequencies, electricity sound intervention
NASA sounds

Cover image: Jupiter's red spot recorded by Voyager 1 (1979)

Violin Revealed at the Resonate Festival

LIve at Opservatorijum ///

Live from the Treehouse (())

Home recording //

Live at G12HUB

Eternity Revealed Volume 1

Eternity Revealed compilation celebrates 15 years of band's existence! ERUPTION appears on Belgrade artistic scene in the late 90' as an electro-acoustic duo, bringing progressive approaches in instrumental string performing. Since then they are active on the local and European scenes as performers and innovators but also as an activists trying to  bring intuitive improvisation to a wider public. In 2013 ERUPTION will release several albums all dedicated to the little anniversary. This particular material was recorded at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Applied Studies in Belgrade, and represents their latest directions. Volume 1 unravels simplicity of violin and cello engaged in ambient almost meditative and lyrical experimenting atmosphere.

released February 8th 2013

Ivana Grahovac, cello with effects, Tibetan bells

Manja Ristić, violin, editing and production

Dragan Novkov, studio recording

Concert at Gallery 12HUB

ERUPTION - Eternity Revealed /// Concert of electro-acoustic improvisation, January 20th at 21h
Gallery 12HUB / Karađorđeva Street 59
"ERUPTION"  -  Ivana Grahovac (cello, electronics) and Manja Ristić (violin, electronics).
electronic compositions: Rastko Lazić,
sound intervention: Ivan Kadelburg,
guest performer: Milana Zarić, zither, small percussion, sound objects

Eruption /// Best of Live at Turkish Bath

Second release of an album published in 2007 with selection of works produced from Live sessions at Belgrade's acoustically most intriguing space - an old Turkish Bath in Dušanova street. 50 min collection perfectly discloses advanced musical intuition and improvisation capacity of the performers, taking the listener into mystical world of sound using strong emotional transference. Initial recording sessions in 2007 were initiated by a student of sound design at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Applied Studies. Access to the old derelict Turkish Bath was approved by the City Council for Culture.

released  January 20th 2013
Manja Ristić, violin, flute, voice, gong, percussion, editing;
Ivana Grahovac, cello, voice, whistle, Tibetan bells, percussion;
Mina Mitrušić, zither, voice, percussion;

Belgrad-Keln_Koln-Beograd [Balkan Improvisers Festival]

In two festival evenings two trios and a soloist from Belgrade and Zrenjanin presented their work, showing different approaches to improvised and electronic music. In addition they met and collaborated in varying combinations with four well-known colleagues from Cologne...

Beograd_Köln Orchestra: 

Ivana Grahovac (cello), Echo Ho (prepared qin), Carl Ludwig Hübsch (tuba), Luka ToyBoy (electronics), Rastko Lazic (electronics), Srdjan Muc (e-guitar), Manja Ristic (violin), Róbert Rózsa (objects, electronics), Bettina Wenzel (voice), Georg Wissel (prepared saxophones)

1. 4tet [Georg Wissel, Manja Ristic, Rastko Lazic, Echo Ho]
2. Metainstrument [Orchestra]
3. One Euro Piece [Orchestra]
4. Staffel I [Orchestra]
5. Tutti Part I [Orchestra]
6. Tutti Part II [Orchestra]
7. Tutti Part III [Orchestra]

Promoted by: Stadt Köln, Musikreferat; SK-Stiftung Kultur; Ministerium für Familie, Kinder, Jugend, Kultur und Sport des Landes Nordrhein -Westfalen

Eruption in Cologne

In the time of internet this scene is orientated internationally and up-to-date. Due to difficult economic and political circumstances in the country itself and a quite restrictive visa handling of the EU, the work of these ambitious artists has found only a little attention in the western European public. To change this and to initiate an artistic dialog between German and Serbian artists is one of the concerns of this festival.Beside the concerts in the evening hours, there will be working phases during the day to provide possibilities for the intense exchange of artistic approaches and ideas.

Upon prior agreement it will be possible ( i.e. for school classes) to attend these working phases for listening and colloquy. Eruption performances: Sat., 29.01.2011 / 20h00 at C.U.B.A, Achtermannstrasse 12, 48143 Münster 
Sun. + Mon., 30./31.01.2011 / 20h30 at Stadtgarten, Venloerstrasse 40, 50672 Köln

Eruption at VideoMedeja Festival

Eruption performance at Video Medeja was focused on exploring the boundaries in integration of improv electro-acoustics and live video. Integrating Isadora processed live video feed with auditive expressions, supported by atypical treatment of the string instruments and progressive live electronics, this time 4tet showed high scale interpretation in AV performance. Performed in Studio M in Novi Sad.

Ivana Grahovac, cello; Manja Ristic, violin, Rastko Lazic, electronics; Stevan Lung, live video
Festival archive

 

Eruption at REX [Dis-patch]

Performance at the Dis-patch Festival promo event October 2008 held in Cultural Center REX, in Belgrade. Next to Ivana Grahovac and Rastko Lazić concert marked strong visual performance by inter-media artist Stevan Lung.

Rastko Lazić, electronics and Tenorion
Ivana Grahovac, cello with effects and Tibetan bells 

Between Dream and Dream Soundtrack

Between Dream and Dream / "Izmedju Sna i Sna" is Marija Stojnic's first short film, produced as the final project for the 3rd year of FTV studies at the Academy of Arts, Belgrade, 2008.
Cast: Hana Selimovic, Natasa Markovic, Marko Janjic, Jelena Velkovski, Sonja Popivoda, Stefan Bundalo.
Cinematography: Dragan Djordjevic
Editing: Milos Macanovic
Writer & Director: Marija Stojnic
Music: Eruption [Manja Ristic, Ivana Grahovac, Rastko Lazic]

Eruption at Cronosfera Festival

Eruption concert at Cronosfera Festival, Cavatore Italy, 2008. Video support at the concert LUXI LU (Luisa Mizzoni).

LUXI LU Vj set, Music>Eruption at Cronosfera Festival 2008 from Artar Veltemar on Vimeo.

Electric Bach in The Old Turkish Bath

Electro-acoustic trio this time presented an possibility of rethinking music of Johan Sebastian Bach through improvisational experiments, using baroque phrasing as a basis for live composing as well as using sound textures set on a blurry boundaries of drone electronics and acoustic effects.
Manja Ristić, violin; Ivana Grahovac, cello; Rastko Lazić, per-recorded electronics; light installation by Mirjana Ranković.

Trekant

Recorded September 2007 at home studio Avala, album occurs as a small electro-acoustic research in unique effort to make synthesis of indoors 'house' sound objects, outdoors field recordings, electronics and instrumental improvisation (violin, cello, piano, percussion, singing bowls etc). It was released at the 3rd birthday celebration of the o3One multimedia gallery in Belgrade. 

Published by Association of Multimedia Artists AUROPOLIS.

released September 11th 2007
Ivana Grahovac, cello, sound objects, production;
Manja Ristic, violin, piano, percussion, sound objects, editing, production;
Rastko Lazic, electronics, sound objects, toys, percussion, editing, production;
Cover design by Ivana Basic

V:NM Festival

V:NM - Association for the promotion and dissemination of new music was founded in 1996 to improve the dissemination of New Music. This move was caused by the absence of phonograms by contemporary Austrian artists, in particular those who cannot clearly be assigned to a specific category. V:NM is a non-profit organisation and all revenues from sales are exclusively used to the artists' benefit. The organisation sees itself as an unbureaucratic, self-regulating pool. The founding members include personalities like Burkhard Stangl, Werner Dafeldecker, Elisabeth Schimana, Katharina Klementh, Seppo Gründler, Oskar Aichinger and Josef Klammer. At present, more than 50 artists use the opportunities offered by V:NM. Performances co-organized by Aksioma: Opening ceremony of the 6th V:NM Festival

Eruption
Manja Ristic (violin)
Ivana Grahovac (violoncello)

IEM / CUBE, Inffeldgasse 10/3, 8010 Graz
April 17 2007 at 5 pm
broadcasting on Oe1/ORF, program Long Night of New Music 

ImrpovE Vol 3

 

Newly established collective ImprovE hosted Eruption performance at the District Club [Faculty of Applied Arts], March 2007.