Original Cultures Bologna pilot – Audio documentary 2

Following from last week, here is part 2 of the audio documentary detailing the music workshops and live showcase that took place during the first Original Cultures event in Bologna in June 2009.

You can read a detailed explanation of this documentary and what it is documenting here.

Following this audio documentary we’ll have a video documentary to accompany it which will give more insight into the showcase and visual arts work done alongside the music during the week. This video documentary will be online by the end of september. You can see a full schedule below.

Original Cultures Bologna pilot: audio and video documentary schedule

• 26/08/09 – Audio documentary pt1 (streams)
• 02/09/09 – Audio documentary pt2 (streams)
• 03/09/09 – Audio documentary podcasts pt1
• 09/09/09 – Audio documentary podcasts pt2
• Late september – Video documentary pts 1 and 2 (stream and podcast)

The audio and video documentaries are the second part of our online documentation, with the first part consisting of short video edits, photos and blogs of what happened during the week. You can find a round up of all these below.

Original Cultures Bologna pilot: online documentation

• Photos
• Short video edits of what happened each day
• Behind the scenes videos
• Artist, editor and organisers blogs
• Audio documentary (you’re viewing it!)

In addition to all this, you will also find audio from the documentary available for stream and download on our media partner sites including Samurai FM and Rhythm Incursions.

Original Cultures Bologna pilot – Audio Documentary pt 2

Following from part 1, all the audio featured in part 2 is taken from a mastered recording of the final showcase, which took place on June 6, 2009 at Spazio Si, Bologna. After 3 days of workshops, the musicians, alongside guest Bruno Briscik, took to the stage for 2 hours. The first hour featured two solo showcases from guest artists Tatsuki (from Japan) and Om Unit (from the UK), while the second hour saw all 3 artists and their guest perform for over an hour a set of tracks they’d written in the previous 3 days.

With the workshop tracks and extracts posted in week 1, you can now hear the final evolution of many of the tracks created during the workshop, and what they ended up sounding like live. Many of the tracks were finalised on the last day of workshops, and some changes made to allow Bruno Briscik to play his cello bass on 4 tracks. Everything that you hear, as with week 1, was created during the week apart from Om Unit’s solo showcase.

As a note, all three musicians had never met before and didn’t actually speak the same languages. In the end, music turned out to be their common language and allowed them to create art despite geographical, linguistical and cultural boundaries.

For more information on each artist please visit their respective bio pages: 2tall / Om Unit (UK), Tatsuki (JP), Tayone (IT).

Tatsuki – Solo showcase live in Bologna
This 24 minute piece was written by Tatsuki ‘on the spot’ in the day before the showcase, drawing inspiration from the shadow-based work of the visual artists and using samples from live recordings he made of the Original Cultures crew and their equipment. This solo showcase was one of two openers for the main show.

Om Unit – Solo showcase live in Bologna
Features new and upcoming Om Unit material. This solo showcase was one of two openers for the main show.

Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone – Live in Bologna (track 3)
Written during the Original Cultures workshops. Performed live at Si, June 2009.

Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone – Live in Bologna (track 4)
Written during the Original Cultures workshops. Performed live at Si, June 2009.

Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone – Live in Bologna (track 6)
Written during the Original Cultures workshops. Performed live at Si, June 2009.

Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone – Live in Bologna (track 9)
Written during the Original Cultures workshops. Performed live at Si, June 2009.

Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone – Live in Bologna (track 11)
Written during the Original Cultures workshops. Performed live at Si, June 2009.

Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone ft. Bruno Briscik – Ragu (live version)
Written during the Original Cultures workshops. Performed live at Si, June 2009.

Om Unit x Tatsuki x Tayone – Live in Bologna (track 13 – encore)
Written during the Original Cultures workshops. Performed live at Si, June 2009.

You can also listen to the entire documentary via the following Soundcloud sets:
Part 1

Part 2

Stay tuned for podcasts of the workshops mixes this week, and a podcast of the live showcase next week.