HYB4 Hudba: SOᑭᖇᗩTᙓᖇᖇᗩ + Ashen Foals | šš:um #2

Curated series of music evenings focusing on experimentation, current trends and technologies in electronic music and examining the boundaries between sound production and multimedia. As the second part of the series, the musical dyad Sopraterra together with a solo project Ashen Foals will be introduced.

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SOᑭᖇᗩTᙓᖇᖇᗩ

Sopraterra came about as a natural consequence of years of collaboration between Magda Drozd and Nicola Genovese. Drozd’s artistic practice spans music, sound art, and composition, creating alluring soundscapes that delve into intuitive and speculative perceptions of the world. After the albums Songs for Plants (2019) and 18 Rooms (2021), as well as the EP Viscera (2023), Sopraterra’s Seven Dances to Embrace the Hollow is her fourth appearance on Präsens Editionen. For the multi-instrumentalist Genovese, who also provided the cover drawing for this release, the project marks a return to music as a medium after building on his oeuvre as a visual artist over recent years. Sopraterra’s debut is jointly published by La Becque Editions and Präsens Editionen. 

On their debut album Seven Dances to Embrace the Hollow the Zurich-based artists offer exactly what’s announced: seven compositions which, as they unhurriedly flow into each other, mark potential entry points to discover what might be lying underneath. By choosing Sopraterra, which translates to “above the earth” in Italian, as their shared project’s name, Drozd and Genovese indicate their own position in this archeological-looking endeavor, hinting at the potential for sonic explorations to produce deeply submerged discoveries.

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Ashen Foals

Little ashen foals drift through the veil of forgotten paths. With each silent step, they scatter a trail of ash, guiding the way into the long-lost places where memory softens and time folds inward. *ೃ༄ ⋆.࿔*:･ ⋆·˚ ༘ *

Ashen Foals is the solo music project of Prague-based filmmaker and artist Eliška Lubojatzká, merging ambient soundscapes, dream pop samples, and experimental noise into delicate, introspective compositions. Her music speaks in echoes and textures—layered vocals, fragmented tones, and fractured static—like memories dissolving in real time. It is a quiet invitation to immerse oneself in the sonic landscapes of harmless uncertainties.