Fusedmarc
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| Background information | |
| Origin |  Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Genre(s) | Trip-Hop, Alternative |
| Years active | 2004 - present |
| Label(s) | Sutemos |
| Website | Fusedmarc.com MySpace.com |
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| Vika ("Cilia"), Denis ("Nurasho"), Alius ("Afwi") Stasys ("Syrtha") | |
Fusedmarc is an experimental trip-hop audio-visual band from Vilnius, Lithuania. Appeared in 2004 and by today they are several young and ambicious artists Cilia, Nurasho, Epok and Syrtha, which fused together to combine their experience and imagination. Fusedmarc is a project of contemporary art and sound with a strong vision of bringing a maximum audio-visual effect to its public.
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[edit] Members
Cilia (Vocals, Electronics)
Nurasho (Guitar, Bass, Keys, Programming, Lyrics)
Afwi (laptop, mixing console)
Syrtha (Video art, Design)
[edit] Performances
The live show involves an impressive visual scenery with the use of electronic and acoustic instruments together and a moving live vocal. Digital instrumentation blends with pre-composed musical arrangements, giving the performance a live and spontaneous feel. Live visuals emotionally correspond to the flow of the composition. This combination of the onstage elements contributes to an amplified concert experience, giving the listener an opportunity to find unexpected emotive associations. Altogether the show is an audio visual experience, which is open to free interpretations.
[edit] Main Shows
Kultūros tvartas 2004 and 2005 (Alternative music festivals, Lentvaris, Lithuania)
Mutated Vocals (Elektronic music festival, CAC, Vilnius, Lithuania)
Centras 4 (Multimedia festival, Kaunas, Lithuania)
Plektrum (Multimedia festival, Tallinn, Estonia)
Subject 01 (Self-organized multimedia festival, Vilnius, Lithuania)
Balticoco (Multimedia festival, Vilnius, Lithuania)
Elektronik Baltikum (Elektronic music festival, Dortmund, Germany)
Baltoscandal (International theatre festival, Rakvere, Estonia)
Klusa Daba (Ambient festival, Riga, Latvia)
Subject 02 (Self-organized elektronic music and video art festival, Vilnius, Lithuania)
Patras 2006 (European capital of culture 2006, Patras, Greece)
Extended list of all Fusedmarc performances on MySpace
[edit] Releases
Contraction EP (2005, Sutemos009)
The release came as an interactive virtual ep and quickly gained the praise of the appreciative public, especially abroad.
| “ | Contraction EP is a perfect opportunity to serve our ideas, music, thoughts and interpretations of their aesthetic conformation in the most free form available. Contraction term is based on effect of word play which combines "act", "action" and "contract". It is an action, movement, act, exchanging pledge, reaction, contra-action.. This EP is composed of 4 tracks and 7 remixes (by Ruxpin, Ijo, Subtractive Lad, Yagya, Digitonal and Joel Tammik) that unity different conditions that are born while creating electronica music in combination with live instruments. An important place in the concept of this release is taken by free interpretation of styles; static stay at one style brings more unity than ability to sustain intrigue every time at a different angle. The pleasure of this short-time illusions created what we call fused... - Fusedmarc | ” |
| “ | We never have not been so sure, we have never boasted so much, we never had so many hopes about our release and we never been wishing so much luck to it as we do this time. This is the first time when we have a release of the band at Sutemos Media. Please welcome Fusedmarc and their debut Contraction EP. Not only four fresh tracks of this band await you but also a bunch of remixes made by well-known electronic music specialists... - Sutemos | ” |
[edit] Tracklisting
- Easier (5:52)
- Contraction (4:51)
- Twin (4:30)
- Similar (5:26)
- Tear And Tie (Ruxpin Remix) (4:02)
- Easier (Yagya Lights Remix) (5:10)
- Easier (Digitonal Slumber Remix) (4:55)
- Tear And Tie (Ijo Small Beating) (4:02)
- Easier (Joel Tammik Remix) (5:42)
- Tear And Tie (Ijo Amb Mix) (3:44)
- Easier (Subtractive Lad Lights Out Mix) (4:57)
[edit] Compilations
- Track Funny appears on a compilation Red, Green, Blue And Other Summer Feelings (Sutemos010)
- Track Easier and it's remix by Joel Tammik are part of Elektronik Baltikum compilation released in Dortmund
[edit] Audio Samples
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"Contraction" Image:Contraction.ogg From Contraction EP (2005, Sutemos009) (2005) "Easier" Image:Easier.ogg From Contraction EP (2005, Sutemos009) (2005) "Funny" Image:Funny.ogg From Red, Green, Blue And Other Summer Feelings (Sutemos) (2005) - Problems playing the files? See media help.
[edit] Side projects
Members of the band is also actively participate in collaborations with various musicians and are often part of other non commercial projects. Fusedmarc is an ongoing participating artist in CAC (Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius) projects and a composer of music for contemporary theatre plays. Above from their own concerts, Fusedmarc organises an annual festival “SUBJECT” which is on educational entertainment basis, presenting an opportunity for the young public to get acquainted with new approaches and ways in music, as well as new evolving tendecies in electronic music worldwide.
