These texts revolve around the themes of the perception of time and the perspective of death. This first album from Ogives, La Mémoire Des Orages ("The Memory of Storms"), is build and orchestrated around poems written by two members of the group. Born in Liège (Belgium), Ogives offers a resolutely intense personal and poetic work, dominated by layers of melodious, polyphonic, shouted or lyrical voices. This large ensemble leads us onto a path to a sacred universe, to a cathedral of sounds, whose foundations are rock and classical music.
At the border of genres, Ogives is an ambitious musical project, initiated and led by composer and musician Pavel Tchikov. The album was mixed by Steve Albini.ĭouble LP version.
From the first choral notes to the last sharp riff, it is a dense and melancholic epic, carried by inhabited and versatile musicians. We find here all the group's influences, ranging from post-rock, prog, to contemporary music, baroque and medieval music, through electronic music and noise, all exploited to forge a homogeneous and singular material. But this just the tip of the iceberg, for Sub Rosa has been a home, since the '90s, for out-of-range music, which lead to various "non-compilation" conceptual projects: Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music Volumes 1 to 7, Persian electro, Chinese, Turkish, Greek experimental and electronic music, Folds and Rhizomes for Gilles Deleuze.Īt the border of genres, Ogives is an ambitious musical project, initiated and led by composer and musician Pavel Tchikov. Von Hausswolf, Opening Performance Orchestra, Oiseaux Tempête, Charlemagne Palestine, Hastings of Malawi, Palo Alto, Michel Redolfi.
To which should be added regular collaborations (long-term or recent ones) with artists such as David Shea, Bill Laswell, Ulrich Krieger, David Toop, Scanner, C.M. The catalog ranges from archives and voices ( William Burroughs, Belgian Surrealism, Marcel Duchamp) to proto-electronic forms ( Angus MacLise, Luc Ferrari, Henri Pousseur, Léo Kupper), contemporary ( Christian, Wolff, Julius Eastmann, John Cage Morton Feldman, Nam June Paik) and traditional music (Inuit, Yanomami shamanist ceremonies, Tibetan rituals, Gongs from Southeast Asia), "In the Margins" forms of expression ( Jean Dubuffet, Karel Appel, Adolf Wölfli), as well as echoes of the Belgian underground scene ( Pseudocode, Etat Brut, Kosmose, Punk in Brussels) and the Framework Series, devoted to the many shapes of electronic music. The label was founded in the mid-80s and expanded its catalog in the mid-90s with the release of electronic music. The name derives from the Latin phrase sub rosa, literally translating as "under the rose", and figuratively meaning something secret or undercover. Sub Rosa is a Belgium-based label exploring a wide range of sounds and musical journeys.
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