Thomas Ignatius (FI) + June Drifter | Vilnius
Event information
On Thursday, April 11th, 9 pm, Kirtimai Cultural Center will host another unconventional event: a 𝖒𝖊𝖉𝖎𝖊𝖛𝖆𝖑 𝖘𝖞𝖓𝖙𝖍 𝖕𝖔𝖕 concert by Thomas Ignatius (FI).
Local support: June Drifter, who opened for lute master Jozef Van Wissem perfomance at Kirtimai back in 2016.
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Thomas Ignatius is the medieval alter ego of Tuomas Palonen. Formerly known for his psych-folk album praised by Now-Again Records, BBC djs and Shindig! Magazine, among others, Palonen (or Ignatius) is now up for an entirely new adventure to explore a parallel universe where medieval melodies and synthesizers come together.
The album Thomas Ignatius was released in 2023, and takes you to a special place where the Middle Ages meets the Mid-Eighties. For the album, he used two early digital synthesizers, Casio CZ-101 and Yamaha PS-6100, as a sonic foundation for the songs and wrote the lyrics in Latin.
Drawing comparisons to artists as diverse as Popol Vuh, Dead Can Dance and Enya, the album is released by Palonen's own record label, Palatsi, and distributed by Clear Spot International. The goal of this album, like all Palatsi albums, is to recreate the sound of a musical era.
https://palatsi.bandcamp.com/album/thomas-ignatius
"Palonen's playful, approximate approach to recreating historical forms has resulted in a suite of music that feels authentically refreshing."
- The Wire (UK)
"Avant-pop with a bedroom medieval tone to it.. intoxicating and delightful."
- Invisible Oranges.com
"Medieval synth pop.. I love the description and the music more than lives up to it. Brilliant!”
- Soho Radio (UK)
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June Drifter is a shadow-experimental home recording project created by singer Alina Orlova in 2016, which blossomed on Soundcloud for a couple of years. It intertwines wistful layers of piano improvisations with fragments of everyday sounds, washed-out electric guitar melodies, hints of future songs and the atmospheric poetics of urban noise.
https://soundcloud.com/junedrifter
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Kirtimai Cultural Center, Dariaus ir Girėno str. 69, Vilnius
Start: 9 p.m.
Price: 10 EUR.
A bar will be open during the event.
About event organizer
BĮ Kirtimų kultūros centras, Juridinis asmuo
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