Scar Field

Scar Field is a graphic installation by Lyubomir Krastev that exploits the hybrid nature of graphic media by combining the classic approach with 3D animation and an audio environment. The work relates to the theme of self-alienation represented by the abstract essence of nature. 

Night of the Museums and Galleries, Plovdiv, 2017. 

Info: night.bg/en/location/25 

3D animation: Ivan Chobanov 

Audio environment: Angel Simitchiev (@Mytrip) 

Concept and graphic performance: Lyubomir Krastev (lyubomirkrastev.com)

The Industrial Temple

The Industrial Temple is a multidisciplinary project by Lyubomir Krastev. It'll be shown today & tomorrow during Нощ/Пловдив - Night/Plovdiv 2016. I had the chance to design a massive post-industrial soundscape for the exhibition.

RSVP: Ателие Любомир Кръстев. The Industrial Temple- вернисаж

KKIIVV (exhibition, 2015)

A very short excerpt from over 50 minutes of soundscapes (divided in two movements) I've created for KKIIVV - an exhibition by Kostadin Kokalanov and Ilian Iliev presented during НОЩ '15 in Plovdiv. 

 Full info about the exhibition can be found here: http://www.kkiivv.com/portfolio/night15-exhibit/

Motion graphics and animation: Pavel Pavlov

More sonic affairs this September

Besides playing the first Dayin show for the year on September 18, I'll be joining two pretty nice events with great collab projects. First is the annual НОЩ Пловдив (Night of the Museums and Galleries), which for the past years has become one of the finest traditions in Bulgaria's tiny art life.

On Sept 11 I'll be doing live sound for Austrian artist Fanni Futterknecht's performance 'Меко движение' during Нощ/ Пловдив 2015. Stuff's happening in 'Lotus Hall' all info under #71 in the schedule below or here.

RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/390304401175644/

Another thing for the Plovdiv night I've done is create over an hour long soundscapes for the opening of KKIIVV - a very dark and special exhibition by illustrator Ilian Iliev and Kostadin Kolanov (calligraphy). Below is an excerpt:

RSVP: https://facebook.com/events/1104503246228376/

A week later, on September 17 I'm playing playing Sofia's Da Fest, curated by the Digital Arts programme in Bulgaria's National Academy of Arts, where I've been teaching Sound Art for 2 years now. 

Photo by HRB. (http://iamhrb.tumblr.com)

My set will be enhanced by live visuals by RosettaStone. 

All info about us is here (don't mind it says 16, we're playing on September 17th). 

This explains the post below.

Another day, another less ordinary project

If you're around Sofia you have about a week to experience something very curious, which a bunch of great and very creative people curated. Curated here is said pretty figuratively since their concept was to avoid accentuating over persons, names and authors, but leave it all to your very personal perception. A selection of carefully picked art pieces in three mediums, exploring three of your senses will do the talking instead. Their creators will be revealed only if you wish.

Few nice press hints (in Bulgarian) can be found on Fonoteka Elektrika & Under The Line.

So head to Slavyanska 27, yes the abandoned ruins of an old 90s mobster restaurant, and experience the Museum of Less Ordinary.

Here's me soundchecking.

RSVP: https://facebook.com/events/435176519994629

A new collab - Minoar "Unsullied"

Recently I started collaborating with Bulgarian aseasonal clothing label MINOAR by designing sound / music for their collections. Their approach and designs are a huge inspiration and it's one of the most inspring projects one can wish for. This week we revealed some sounds for the first time. You can check out the MINOAR 'Trails of Vicinity' feature on Sixth Finger Magazine.

Minoar 'Trails of Vicinty' // photo: Yoan Galabov & creative: Tea Avosaps

Below I embedded two tracks I've written for them. Oh yes, I added a personal Soundcloud accout only for commisioned works and media music, separate from my solo work as Mytrip or Dayin.

Feel free to follow: https://soundcloud.com/angelxsimitchiev

TUNNEL by Mytrip & George Chelebiev (2014)

So here's something that I'll be doing during most of my upcoming shows until the end of the year (of course not the collab ones). It's called TUNNEL and is my second collaboration with photographer George Chelebiev for this year. Our debut performance is below. I'll make sure I'll post info about each and every upcoming and exclusive performance of TUNNEL. 

TUNNEL debut during the 10th Night of Galleries & Museums in Plovdiv. RSVP here.

For now TUNNEL is going to be only a live thing, I'm not so sure if I'll come up with a constant structure or composed music to stick to when performing this, or release it under the same name. I'm currently more into building a different soundscape every time TUNNEL is performed until I feel no longer inspired by the visual environment, which I'm sure it'll take me quite some time.

However, here's a small excerpt of something I've been layering for the debut performance and of course the concept of this collaboration in its entirety.

If you wanna hear/experience TUNNEL in your city/venue/gallery drop me a line.

Mytrip & George Chelebiev TUNNEL (40 minutes)
live audio & pre-rendered visual environment

TUNNEL is an audio-visual performance series – an exploration and a tense attempt for redefining descent. Achieved through gradual layering of tectonic low frequencies and introvert drones. They co-exist with a minimalist video environment, depicting a slow and monotonous walk spent in deep isolation. Poorly lit corridors lead to organic or man-made tunnels. 

Space is barely sufficient to fit one’s own physical shell. Cease expecting the TUNNEL to lead out, but strive to dig deeper instead. Reaching further depths, both in the environment and in your insides, where light is born no matter if your senses are all drowned in black.

Tie, Bind, Restrain (photo exhibition) OST

Too bad I couldn't find the time to give you this insight before that photo exhibition was presented and closed, however most of it is documented and (kinda) available online for you to get an idea what it was about. "Tie, Bind, Restrain" is a photo project by George Chelebiev inspired by shame and BDSM. The exhibition took place in Rubber Gallery and I had the pleasure to structure a sound environment with the sole purpose of enhancing the viewer's experience with the photographs.

The music from which this excerpt is comes in three movements, each depicting the phases of the inter-human process, which is the exhibition title itself. More a sound art piece than a composition, my work on this project is a sonic exploration of the interaction between naked human flesh and raw fabric, with contact microphones as the means of capture and digital amplification plus modification as the means of layering and unification. Hopefully we'll be able to somehow assemble a physical version of this project for you to be able to experienice in solituted or a moment of shared isolation. Who knows, it may result in all George was able to capture with his camera. 

All things summed, "Tie, Bind, Restrain" is certainly one of the best projects I've ever been involved in. Not only because George Chelebiev is an awesome collaborator, but also because his concept was deep and sufficiently intense to get me hyper intrigued and creative. 

Below I added a small set I assembled with other works I've also recorded for exhibitions.