Mariusz Sobański

LIGHT COORPORATION (Band) Sobanski Music Laboratory Guitarist / Composer / Producer 2023 Sobanski Music Laboratory / Hypersensitivity 16/09/23 Sobanski Music Laboratory / Hypersensitivity / Single Promo 01/07/22 Album: Compositions / Sobanski Music Laboratory Mariusz Sobanski / Compositions 2021-2022 Album: Magnetic Plants / Sobanski Music Laboratory Mariusz Sobanski / guitar / violin / electronic Jochen Schmidt-Hambrock / fretless bass / double bass Mark Whitlam / drums Kuba Jankowiak / trumpet Gaz Luke / modular synth May - September 2019 Album: TURN OUT Mariusz Sobanski / guitar, synth, violin Jon Seagroatt (Comus Band and Red Square) /flute, soprano and tenor saxophone, electronic Bobbie Watson (Comus band) / reading Aidan Searle / drums, xylophone Sebastian Dural / accordion, synth, bass 10 June 2018 Album: For All the Obvious Reasons / Live / Sobanski Music Laboratory Mariusz Sobanski / guitar Jake McMurchie (Massive Attack, Portishead Band) / tenor sax Tony Orrell (Goldfrapp band, Andy Sheppard) / drums Dominic Lash / double bass 20 February 2018 Album: The Other Side of The River / Sobanski Music Laboratory Mariusz Sobanski / guitar, acoustic violin, synth Tony Orrell (Goldfrapp band, Andy Sheppard) / drums and electronics Peter Evans / acoustic violin, electric violin Paul Anstey / bass and double bass 15 January 2018 Album: House On The Moon (double album) Mariusz Sobanski / guitar,violin,synth Roger Telford (Red Square band) / drums Hugh Kirkbride / double bass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDEb9RMKQ5w 10 June 2017 Album: Texturologie / Sobanski Music Laboratory Mariusz Sobanski / guitar Jake McMurchie (Massive Attack, Portishead Band) / tenor sax Tony Orrell (Goldfrapp band, Andy Sheppard) / drums Paul Anstey / double bass https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_F2RHI6oQs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKHAOHwmtO4 20 March 2017 Album: Ambient Document /Live/ Sobanski Music Laboratory Mariusz Sobanski / violin and guitar David Mowat / trumpet Federico Leonori / double bass Chris Menes / modular synth https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TI2g0tyYAX4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMOMAKUI4bk 06 October 2016 Album: 64:38 Radio Full Liv(f)e / LIGHT COORPORATION (live in Radio) Music: Mariusz Sobanski Label: RéR MEGACORP Recommended Records London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sebqdOvg4PM 04 December 2014 Album: Chapter IV Before the Murmur of Silence (live in Studio) LIGHT COORPORATION Music: Mariusz Sobanski Label: RéR MEGACORP Recommended Records London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7x-m0ce3fA 30 May 2013 Album: About / LIGHT COORPORATION Music: Mariusz Sobanski Label: RéR MEGACORP Recommended Records London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLVXaSp8bck 25 June 2012 Aliens From Planet Earth / LIGHT COORPORATION, DVD Music: Mariusz Sobanski https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAVDRniaad4 https://lightcoorporation.bandcamp.com/music 20 June 2012 Album: Aliens From Planet Earth / LIGHT COORPORATION Music: Mariusz Sobanski Label: RéR MEGACORP Recommended Records London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ooHWOBlnyp4 01 August 2011 Album: Rare DIALECT / LIGHT COORPORATION Music: Mariusz Sobanski Label: RéR MEGACORP Recommended Records London https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhNakDtzmcw 2011 Thank's Mr.Sun Ra Movie Soundtrack: The Lost Notes, film etude. Director of Photography Bogumił Godfrejów Polish Film Institute 2011 Publishing cooperation with Chris Cutler RéR Megacorp/ Recommended Records London 2011 Single Promo- LIGHT COORPORATION Tokyo Streets Symphony/Maestro X 2011 Festivals compilation album VDU Jazz Jungtys 2008-2010 VDU Jazz Connection Festival, Kaunas, Lithuania 2008 Beyond A Shadow Of A Doubt, LIGHT COORPORATION, Video Art Live /DVD 2007 Mini album Ep - LIGHT COORPORATION Back Up Session (EIS) 2006 founder of LIGHT COORPORATION band 2006 founder of European Improvisation Scene (EIS) LIGHT COORPORATION RaRe DIALECT RēR Megacorp (Recommended Records) London, Chris Cutler is the studio album by Mariusz Sobanski and LIGHT COORPORATION band. As the authors’ intention was to achieve sound quality characteristic to LP records originating from the ‘60s and the ‘70s, they chose to use a selection of vintage analogue preamplifiers, compressors, audio power amplifiers and microphones in the studio. In order to preserve authenticity of the recorded material, it was decided not to remove random sounds, crackles and rustles that appeared during the recording sessions. Altogether, the band recorded 13 pieces/compositions by Mariusz Sobanski (Sobanski Music Laboratory UK) using magnetic tapes and Studer A807 tape recorder from legendary Hansa Studios which belongs to the history of radio broadcasting. The album was released by a prestigious label RēR Megacorp (Recommended Records) from London owned by Chris Cutler who is a musician known from Henry Cow, Cassiber, Pere Ubu and The Residents. Rare Dialect was additionally promoted by a single: Light Coorporation Tokyo Streets Symphony/Maestro X (Music: Mariusz Sobanski) The album received positive reviews worldwide. Most professional reviewers gave Rare Dialect four out of five; four out of six or eight out of ten starts on average. The album was noted for high quality of musicianship, interesting and ambitious compositions, as well as inspirations taken from various genres. The most mentioned influences included jazz, jazz-rock, progressive rock, psychedelic rock, Canterbury Sound, Rock In Opposition movement and broadly defined rock avant-garde. The album is embossed on a special gold disc! Resulting difficulty to classify the band and its music into conventional genres was, however, deemed positive. Mariusz Sobanski (additionally appreciated) for deciding to follow their own path and overlook current trends in the music industry. Professional reviewers called Light Coorporation’s music “a completely unique brand of RIO / avant-garde Prog, which is deeply rooted in the beginning of the movement (Henry Cow) but successfully updated to contemporary standards, both sonically and conceptually. He concluded that Rare Dialect is “a brilliant piece of intelligent music. LIGHT COORPORATION - Aliens from Planet Earth! Light Coorporation, inspired by positive acclaim of Rare Dialect album, commenced work on their second album just a few months after the release of their debut material. Their aim was to create an album, which would be a little different from Rare Dialect - the new record was to be full of immensely illustrative music created as a result of a very liberated artistic process Preparations, which lasted few weeks, preceded recording sessions. The musicians played and recorded new pieces in order to refine them and, as a result, adjust them to the water tower interior’s conditions as much as possible. Making the most of qualities of the space, as well as extraordinary sound distribution was a critical concept The musicians with the studio crew transformed the top of the Woter Tower into a professional recording venue. Adjustments included adequate placement of microphones, most of which were located inside the space. Additionally, the band placed one outside the tower’s window in order to record everyday sounds of the neighbourhood. This is why accidental noises, such as blowing wind, rustling trees, chirping birds or rumbling of nearby trains can be heard throughout the album Apart from the instrumentarium and recording equipment, there were two image projectors placed in the tower. They were used to project video tape movies and various multimedia Aliens from Planet Earth recording session lasted 1.5 hours. Less than 63 minuets of this material was chosen to be released on the album. Although some individual pieces or their fragments were composed beforehand, they were re-interpreted, improvised and recorded live in the water tower itself. Altogether, the band spent almost 24 hours in the Water Tower, including the preparations, the recording session, as well as disassembly of the equipment and clearing the space The band decided to invite audience and befriended artists to participate in the evening recording session, which was quite unusual. Apart from the musicians and technical crew, there were 20 people in the room altogether The event was filmed using three cameras. A DVD version of Aliens from Planet Earth, released a little later than the CD, contains the resulting, edited material. LIGHT COORPORATION Aliens from Planet Earth was released by a prestigious label RēR Megacorp (Recommended Records) from London. The album was received positively worldwide and critically acclaimed. Its reviewers noted that the music from Aliens from Planet Earth eludes usual categorisation and may be a challenge for a potential listener. It was highlighted, however, that the musicians cross established borders, stay away from clichés and stimulate imagination with their “painting with sound” – the result is progressive rock par excellence and, in fact, real art. LIGHT COORPORATION Sa production artistique est aussi influencée par autres courants musicaux, tels que jazz ou rock psychédélique, en outre, elle s’inspire de la musique des groupes réunis autour de l’école Canterbury et du mouvement Rock in Opposition. Naissance du groupe et ses premiers enregistrements (2007-2010) Le groupe Light Coorporation est formé en 2007 par Mariusz Sobanski, compositeur et réalisateur artistique, entre autres de la musique avant-gardiste et et l’avant-garde du jazz- rock. LIGHT COORPORATION Rare Dialect/ RēR Megacorp! Le 10 août 2011, le groupe présente son album débutant, Rare Dialect, qui reçoit de bonnes critiques et dans le monde. Le disque est édité par le label prestigieux RēR Megacorp de Londres, c’est-à-dire Recommended Records de Chris Cutler (entre autres Henry Cow, Cassiber, Pere Ubu, The Residents). La coopération avec Recommended Records London est un grand succès du groupe. Mariusz Sobanski pendant l’enregistrement, on utilise des préamplificateurs analogiques anciens, des compresseurs, des amplificateurs, et un magnétophone Studer A807{18} qui appartenait autrefois à la Radiodiffusion polonaise. L’objectif était d’obtenir le son qui caractéristait les disques de longue durée des années 1960 et 1970 du XXe siècle, de même que d’obtenir un enregistrement authentique et naturel. C’était la raison pour laquelle on a laissé toutes sortes de sons, retentissements, fritures et bruits émergeant au cours de la session d’enregistrement {19}. L’importance accordée à la qualité du son et l’utilisation de l’équipement d’enregistrement de la génération ancienne marquent aussi les albums successifs du groupe. Aliens from Planet Earth Le 20 juin 2012, donc à peine un an après la parution de Rare Dialect, Light Coorporation présente son deuxième album studio, Aliens from Planet Earth, édité aussi par ReR Recommended Records, La musique est devenue plus spontanée, d’ un caractère d’improvisation, moins concrète et plus pittoresque et psychédélique par rapport à l’album débutant. La seconde édition audio-visuelle du groupe, stockée en format DVD paraît aussi sous le titre d’Aliens from Planet Earth. De même que Beyond a Shadow of a Doubt, elle prouve que les concerts de Light Coorporation représentent une combinaison de musique et de projection de film dans le style du cinéma indépendant et de l’art vidéo, souvent dans la convention d’un documentaire en noir et blanc. Au cours des concerts, la projection de représentations visuelles est mixée live, et elle est composée de fragments de films, de vidéos et de photographies d’archives qui reflètent le monde contemporain. Pendant les concerts, l’image mène une sorte de dialogue tout particulier avec la musique. L’ambiance est créée par les riffs de guitare et le silence, l’image et le son influent sur les auditeurs de sorte qu’ils soient incités à interpréter le message de leur propre et individuelle manière. Sobanski Music Laboratory YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sobanskimusiclaboratory Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/Sobanski.MusicLaboratory Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/sobanskimusiclaboratory LIGHT COORPORATION (Band) Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Light.Coorporation You Tube http://www.youtube.com/lightcoorporation Bandcamp: https://lightcoorporation.bandcamp.com/