SEINE – 22 / Moonlee Records (SLO), Vox Project (F), 2019 / CD, LP, Dig / alternative rock, noise, trip-hop, psychodelic / Hrvatska
Seine started its activities since 2007 by Ivan Ščapec but it only got the deserved attention after the hiatus of his former band Vlasta Popić in 2015. Beginning as a singer-songwriter project, Seine later developed into a full-fledged band with Dimitrij Mekotanović Petrović (Vlasta Popić, Radost) on drums, percussions and back vocals and Boško Mijušković (Straight Mickey and the Boyz, Škrtice) on the bass, who is soon replaced by Ivan Grobenski (Moskau) for live performances.
After some solo releases which included an EP and a live album, the newly formed trio released the single ‘Kritika čistog razuma‘ and began touring the Balkans. In 2016 they played at Demo Fest in Banja Luka (BIH) and won the largest band competition in the region. The award was a chance to record their debut. After playing MENT Ljubljana 2017, Seine joined forces with Moonlee Records and result is their debut full length abum, ‘Sno sna‘. In 2018, the band has again been reduced to two members, Ščapec and Mekotanović. Seine has played more than 100 shows in the region and Europe and currently is promoting their sophomore album, “22“.
Awards – 1st place Demo Fest 2016, Banja Luka (BiH) ; Šilo – Visual Effects – Split Spot Festival (HR)
Diskografija – Sno sna (Moonlee Records, Vox Project, 2017) ; 22 (Moonlee Records, Vox Project, 2019)
Seine su – Ivan Ščapec (gitara, vokal) ; Dimitrij Petrović (bubnjevi)
Termini kojima je opisana muzika dvojca Seine su – zagonetni zvuk s prizvukom kabarea, disonancije, atonalnost, robusne instrumentalne podloge, pamtljivi hookovi, introspektivno iskustvo, mantrične poliritmije, nekonvencionalni grouve, androgeni glas, inovativni transžanrovski pristup, amorfan (bezobličan) zvuk, konstruktivna dekonstrukcija glazbe, auto refleksija, suprotstavljena katatoničnoj buci instrumentarija, goli egzistencijalizam, kreira svojevrsni nihilistički vakuum, moćna vibraciju koja otvara put u jednu drukčiju katarzu, contemporary rock music, hipnotizirajući kraut, košmar zvukova…
Da budem iskren, ne bih volio da moj autorski album tretitaju ovim terminima. Možda sam ja i old fashioned recenzent u shvaćanju muzike i njenih ciljeva, ali ne mogu protiv sebe. Da se razumijemo, svim svojim bićem sam za nova muzička istraživanja, za nove muzičke domete… Htjeli, ne htjeli… to umanjuje broj onih koji tu muziku razumiju, broj onih koji to mogu “pratiti“. Pitam se – gdje je tu granica? Treba li ići dotle da se “moja muzika” sviđa “samo meni“, pa što bude?
Muzika dvojca Seine zvuči kao da ju svira neki bend u punom sastavu. Više od muzike, prevagu u datom nam muzičkom izražaju daju tekstovi njihovih pjesama. Muzika je tu, tek kao neka zvučna kulisa. Njihova osnovna tekstualna poruka na ovom nosaču zvuka (“Treba“) je da “bez para nema života, bez života nema treba…“. Ne vjerujem da će im ovo izdanje donijeti željene pare.
Molim sve one koji ovo čitaju da ih moj recenzentski stav ne pokoleba u nakani – da li trebaju poslušati ovo izdanje ili ne!?! Svima bih poručio – svakako ga poslušajte i vjerujte samo u svoj sud, pa makar on bio i pogrešan.
Moonlee Records is an independent record label established and run since 2004 by a handful of music enthusiasts from Slovenia and Croatia under the command of Mr. Moonlee, a giant lemon not very fond of being squeezed. In 2011, Moonlee Records expanded into Moonlee Booking to organise shows and tours for Moonlee bands in Slovenia and abroad.
Seine – “22” – 1. Nebo ; 2. Novče ; 3. Pitaju ; 4. Paresu ; 5. Treba ; 6. Borovnica ; 7. El Zlo
https://www.facebook.com/pg/Seine23 / https://www.moonleerecords.com / https://seine.bandcamp.com/album/22 /
YT – Seine – Nebo
YT – Seine – Pitaju
