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Echoes of Hopeful Melancholy

David Kollar

I was inspired to create this album by a scene from the movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona by Woodie Allen. The painter Juan Antonio suggested that they listen to the guitar in the evening. I thought what would I play for a painter on an acoustic guitar without a looper, Ableton live and other effects that are part of my guitar sound. I decided to
I was inspired to create this album by a scene from the movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona by Woodie Allen. The painter Juan Antonio suggested that they listen to the guitar in the evening. I thought what would I play for a painter on an acoustic guitar without a looper, Ableton live and other effects that are part of my guitar sound. I decided to visit Barcelona and find such a guitarist and get inspired. I sat by the Magic Fountain of Montjuïc and listened to a flameco guitarist. I started to think about how I would play like this on the street. I can't play classical or flamenco. I had to differentiate myself somehow. I decided to record spontaneous acoustic guitar compositions on one microphone and cable on strongly undertuned strings (In one piece is Whammy pedal).
Like I was playing on the street. You can hear me breathing and screaming on the album.

I used Lexicon reverb and Adaptiverb. The result is 13 spontaneous compositions, which I would call Soundtrack art. This is how the director of the belvedere gallery in Vienna named my music.

!!!You will have the best musical experience with headphones!!!

Dedicated to my kitty Ozzy.

SUPPORT ME: https://paypal.me/DavidKollarMusic
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Where are they...? (EP_3/3)

David Kollar

A musical reflection on the whereabouts of my grandparents who have passed away. Where are they? Can they hear me? Can they see me?

"Memories cascade like bittersweet rain,
Remnants of what will never be the same.
The weight of absence, a heavy shroud,
Leaves hearts shattered, silenced and bowed.
"The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the
A musical reflection on the whereabouts of my grandparents who have passed away. Where are they? Can they hear me? Can they see me?

"Memories cascade like bittersweet rain,
Remnants of what will never be the same.
The weight of absence, a heavy shroud,
Leaves hearts shattered, silenced and bowed.
"The darker the night, the brighter the stars, the deeper the grief, the closer is God!"

"In these quiet hours, I'll find my way,
Through thoughts and words that gently sway.
And when the dawn unveils its light,
I'll greet the day, having conquered the night..."

!This music is best listened to on good headphones!

Dedicated to Jozef Tkáč and Marta Tkáčová.

SLOVAK

"Pozostatky toho, čo už nikdy nebude také ako predtým.
Ťarcha neprítomnosti, ťažký plášť,
zanecháva srdcia roztrieštené, umlčané a sklonené.
"Čím tmavšia noc, čím jasnejšie hviezdy, čím hlbší smútok, tým bližšie je Boh!"

"V týchto tichých hodinách nájdem svoju cestu,
Cez myšlienky a slová, ktoré sa jemne kolíšu.
A keď svitanie odhalí svoje svetlo,
privítam deň, keď zvíťazím nad nocou..."
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The Pills (EP_2/3)

David Kollar

ENGLISH:
I composed this album on the terrace of my house on Saturday 24. June 2023.
The specific songs carry the names of medications I take or have taken during anxiety attacks that have triggered my atrial fibrillation several times. Anxieties are a very unpleasant thing and come unexpectedly. This time they inspired me to record the music you
ENGLISH:
I composed this album on the terrace of my house on Saturday 24. June 2023.
The specific songs carry the names of medications I take or have taken during anxiety attacks that have triggered my atrial fibrillation several times. Anxieties are a very unpleasant thing and come unexpectedly. This time they inspired me to record the music you are listening to right now. I called the album simply THE PILLS.

SLOVAK:
Tento album som skomponoval na terase mojho domu v sobotu 24. Júna 2023.
Konkrétne skladby nesú názvy liekov, ktoré beriem alebo som bral počas úzkostí, ktoré mi niekoľko krát spustili fibriláciu predsiene srdca. Úzkosti sú veľmi neprijemná vec a prichádzajú nečakane. Tento krát ma inšpirovali k nahraniu hudby, ktorú práve počúvate. Album som nazval jednoducho THE PILLS.

Thanks to all my supporters Marek Salka, Vlado Kačala, my family, my few friends and my doctors :)
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Requiem for Uncle (EP_1/3)

David Kollar

On 6.4. my uncle Jozef "Džony" Tkáč died at the age of 56. Half a year before him my grandfather died and half a year before him my grandmother died. Joseph took care of my grandparents. He died of chronic heart disease. I think he died of grief. He was left alone in the house. He used to sleep on my grandmother's bed. He was very fond of her. My
On 6.4. my uncle Jozef "Džony" Tkáč died at the age of 56. Half a year before him my grandfather died and half a year before him my grandmother died. Joseph took care of my grandparents. He died of chronic heart disease. I think he died of grief. He was left alone in the house. He used to sleep on my grandmother's bed. He was very fond of her. My grandfather was a trumpet player. He was the chief of the brass band in Fričovce.
So I started this improvisation with a sample of the trumpet of my friend and musical colleague Arve Henriksen. The beat is from my friend Rick Cox.
I called the piece Requiem for Uncle.
Rest in peace.

David
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La Monte Young Comp. #9

David Kollar

I received a package in the mail in which a line was drawn. The envelope was sent to me by Michal Kořán. It also contained a cover letter that La Monte Young had sent to various musicians in 1960, asking them to set the line to music. The piece is called Composition #9.
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A Sense of Destiny

David Kollar & Arve Henriksen

“Over time David and Arve managed to create a specific sound language of their own, which is beautifully reflected in this recording. It goes way beyond just the music, and could be very well described as sound painting, sound sculpting or perhaps sound dancing, with its cross-media concept, that it creates, at least in my perception.

The music
“Over time David and Arve managed to create a specific sound language of their own, which is beautifully reflected in this recording. It goes way beyond just the music, and could be very well described as sound painting, sound sculpting or perhaps sound dancing, with its cross-media concept, that it creates, at least in my perception.

The music flows unhurried, as if freed from the fourth dimension and rhythmic patterns, like wind, which blows gently and unpredictably. It is up to the listener to become part of the process of creation and setting the pace, by which these sound collages take shape within or between the brain cells.

The beauty of this music is like an elixir, which hopefully might cure or at least reduce the suffering, to which all of us are exposed in the world that surrounds us: loneliness, estrangement, desperation, futility… destiny? Music, after all, makes life worth living. As always, the magicians / alchemists behind this sound potion have my eternal gratitude.”


Adam Baruch, Jazz forum

(Album dedicated to Jozef Tkáč, Marta Tkáčová, Barbora Cienka, Andrej Migaš and little Alma)
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The Vision Man (original radio play soundtrack)

David Kollar

It was not easy to devote myself to composing music when 92 km from my town the war is raging in Ukraine.


The Vision Man is the music for the radio play prepared by Slovak Radio. It is a play about the dead river Ipeľ, in which life has completely washed away. I had 4 days to compose the music. Doing music for a text is something completely
It was not easy to devote myself to composing music when 92 km from my town the war is raging in Ukraine.


The Vision Man is the music for the radio play prepared by Slovak Radio. It is a play about the dead river Ipeľ, in which life has completely washed away. I had 4 days to compose the music. Doing music for a text is something completely different from doing music for a film. It feels like 2D to me. You can't use music to push the lyrics of a radio play. The music is very quiet in it and underscores the text. I have decided to post these 17 samples of the music that I have prepared in my little studio.
Thank you for your support.

Sincerely, David
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Unexpected Isolation

David Kollar & Arve Henriksen

The Best Jazz album by Esprit
The Best Jazz album Radio Head Awards
Nomination for The Best Experimental album Radio Head Awards
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