Latvian composer Linda Leimane’s work is imbued with a visceral physicality. She regularly collaborates with orchestras, ensembles and soloists across electronic and instrumental disciplines, creating avant-garde compositions that are evocative and textural. For SHAPE Platform’s crackaud.io takeover, Leimane has created a new work of haunting dronescapes, spectral vocal incantations and experimental electronics.
On the piece, entitled Through the Echelons of Eternity, Leimane says: “In this work, I give particular importance to the voices of live individuals, their heartbeats and hints to social gatherings with common goals: destroy, defend or celebrate with symphony.”
“To achieve this technically I played with suspense and accumulation, as well as planar motion. Although I wanted to create some beauty, in this time when the enemy of humanity openly shows its ugly face, this work is my personal shelter and appeasement, my shot in the head of cruelty, as well as my unshakable faith in justice.”
Linda Leimane is a member of SHAPE Platform’s 2021 roster. The seven-year initiative is a platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Leimane’s contribution is presented by Skaņu Mežs Festival in Riga, Latvia.
SHAPE is inviting listeners to show support for Ukraine by donating to the National Bank of Ukraine and Help Ukraine Center.
SHAPE Platform: Linda Leimane
SHAPE Platform: Linda Leimane
Latvian composer Linda Leimane’s work is imbued with a visceral physicality. She regularly collaborates with orchestras, ensembles and soloists across electronic and instrumental disciplines, creating avant-garde compositions that are evocative and textural. For SHAPE Platform’s crackaud.io takeover, Leimane has created a new work of haunting dronescapes, spectral vocal incantations and experimental electronics.
On the piece, entitled Through the Echelons of Eternity, Leimane says: “In this work, I give particular importance to the voices of live individuals, their heartbeats and hints to social gatherings with common goals: destroy, defend or celebrate with symphony.”
“To achieve this technically I played with suspense and accumulation, as well as planar motion. Although I wanted to create some beauty, in this time when the enemy of humanity openly shows its ugly face, this work is my personal shelter and appeasement, my shot in the head of cruelty, as well as my unshakable faith in justice.”
Linda Leimane is a member of SHAPE Platform’s 2021 roster. The seven-year initiative is a platform for innovative music and audiovisual art, co-funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union. Leimane’s contribution is presented by Skaņu Mežs Festival in Riga, Latvia.
SHAPE is inviting listeners to show support for Ukraine by donating to the National Bank of Ukraine and Help Ukraine Center.
