Orchid Music
Neuma, 2022
9/10
A listen that actually allows us to hear the sounds of an orchid thanks to genome sequencing and data mapping, Juraj Kojs documents the dynamic communication of these house flowers via drums sounds, samples and synth prowess.
“Florida Native Orchid DNA Sonified” starts the listen with 10 chapters, where the initial swift robot like talking of “Pogonia ophioglossoides” segues into the sounds of a typewriter in “Cyrtopodium punctatum”, as well as the sci-fi droning of “Epidendrum anceps”. This portion exits with the bright synth of “Encyclia tampensis”, which is quite animated in a spacey, New Wave sort of fashion.
Arriving near the end, the many voices talking on “The Orchid Quartet” alongside light percussive sounds is quite mesmerizing, and “Florida Orchid DNA Synthesizer and Sequencer Improvisation” exits with a swift and cinematic manipulation of sound with plenty of gentle, creative electronic ideas present.
A very inventive listen that meshes people, flowers and technology in a very artistic way, every moment here is unpredictable, captivating and warrants repeated listens.
Travels well with: Alex Lubet- Songs In Time Of Plague; Dan Kurfirst- Arkinetics