Dysfunctional Combinations & Collaborations Vol.2 sees Slovenian based British producer Yila continue his return to dance-floor territory after a fruitful Vol.1, this time diving into the process of the 90s. On ‘I’m the Future’ he teams up with Berlin based vocalist / producer / DJ Maya Schenck and Montreal based drummer / percussionist Max Sansalone. The pulsating bassline, throbbing hi hat and Sansalone’s effects laden tribal polyrhythmic percussion apparitions combine with Schenck’s broken down poetry to result in a haunting earworm and an instant alt-club weapon. ‘Hipslop’ pays homage to the 90s jungle / drum and bass process of sampling old jazz records. Yila distances himself from the past as he dips into his own purpose-made composition played by a 5 piece jazz outfit, cutting and splicing their highly syncopated basslines, atmospheric piano chords and deconstructed intricate drum solos. The accompanying pitch bent recordings of a Tawny Owls mating call adds to the 90s rave / post hardcore references and the homage is complete.

Single Artwork: Emily Evans 

‘I’m the future’ - Vocals, Maya Schenk - Acoustic drums / percussion, Max Sansalone - Additional arrangement, Christian Kroupa

Video  Animation from Maya Schenk Visuals from 5237 aka Stella Ivsek

‘Hipslop’ - Piano - Rok Zalokar, Sax - Bostjan Simmons, Drums - Max Sansalone, Bass - Rob Mullarky, Rhodes - Eddie Stevens.

Script - Steven Camden, Puppeteer - Dennis Katman,n DOP - Adam Mulalic, Editor / VFX - Remigijus Klimovas, Grading - J G Harding

Recorded and mixed at Nature Scene Studios, Mixed by YILA, Produced by YILA, Mastered by Guy Davies at Electrical Audio

Stereo Sound

The fifth solo album from Chris Eckman (The Walkabouts, Dirtmusic, Distance, Light & Sky) is a deep dive into the vagaries of these extraordinary times. Eckman’s luminous songwriting navigates loss, disorientation, redemption and the search for home. Recorded raw and direct with a small ensemble, the record is framed by expansive sonic textures: treated strings, analogue synth drones and ambient guitars. Where the Spirit Rests was co-produced with British electronic composer Alastair McNeill (Roísín Murphy, Yila) and includes an inspired cast of collaborators: pedal steel maverick Chuck Johnson, avant-garde violinist Catherine Graindorge and Dream Syndicate/Green on Red keyboardist Chris Cacavas.

Stereo Sound - 12 Inch LP + Digital

Yila, an ex-Londoner based in Ljubljana, collaborates with 2 Dj’s; French Londoner Giom and Slovenian Christian Kroupa AKA Alleged Witches.

Unable to conceptually engage with the current political and social situation, Yila wanted to use a musical form that was political in its nature. Inspired by watching acid house and techno documentaries such as 'Everybody in The Place: An Incomplete History of Britain 1984-1992' - Jeremy Deller, he realised this genre of music could be a finger to the establishment without the need for heavy concepts. Here the music purely functions, it compels people to dance and exists in a subculture that could elicit change.....hopefully. The personal combinations were the focus; each collaborating artist bringing their own unique style, this natural melding deciding the genre without confines. Sprinklings of nostalgia meet a future thinking fusion of dance music. With a focus on slick production, mix, and 3D spatialisation techniques, there is a subject matter; not expressed through the contrived mind but through subconscious sonic delivery. “I am so far removed from the club scene that the ideal sonic experience only exists in my imagination” - Yila This is one of Yila’s most commercially accessible dance releases.

Stereo sound 12” vinyl distributed by Juno + digital release

The work uses Covid related announcements to unveil the official vernacular. To deconstruct this language using pure fact, in this case human behaviour, interaction and movement, as a tool to cut into semantics and generate new perspectives. Just as a dream makes sense of the experiences of the day, this digital dreamscape takes the factual data of real-time movement/interaction to present a new perspective for the viewer. The work reveals meanings as it progresses and the machine has an opinion, creating pure tones when the populace of the screen is less dense and more chaotic sounds as more people gather, an analogy for the virus perhaps?

NST motion tracking code by Hiroshi Matoba

Ambisonic + Binaural sound

'Kreda' are an Anglo-Slovene musical trio, a collaboration between Mina Spiler, vocalist (part of avant-garde group Laibach), producer YILA, contemporary composer Matevž Kolenc and visual artist Atej Tutta. Devoted to experimental left-field pop, atmospherics and virtually spatialised sound-scapes through the use of ambisonics and binaural techniques the group attempt to sonically mirror natural landscapes and everyday social dramas; trying to push what a song can represent and convey. 
 Their first single ‘Emotional tides’ is a journey through Venetian canals, an intimate daydream, a timeless story that represents greatness in normality and the acceptance of the historical burden as a metaphor for emotion in personal relationships. Working directly from Atej’s visuals, the group used his video to compose a sonic journey using song form adding binaural and ambisonic techniques to carry the listener.

Stereo Sound - Writing, Mix and Production

A series of live stream events from the Nature Scene Studio.

Using multiple retro cameras artists perform live within this context.

Stereo Sound + Binaural

"WARNING: Your data will be used to create a new future for yourself. As you cross the boundary of this tunnel your presence and movement will trigger a proverbial new future for you, instructed by a voice to change your chosen path. Your next move will define the creation of a moment of music that represents an abstraction of the use of your personal data to influence your life; sometimes in a negative way and sometimes positively. Data is being collected from you at all times"

This work aimed to show the power of collecting personal data to change the path of a persons day. The next step in data collection is the prediction of your future. Cross intentions was a motion triggered / motion controlled installation generating a musical soundscape dispersed ambisonically by generative means. New Slovenian proverbs were written by author Andrej Predin, data interpretation advice from Miha Medved, Programming by Sebastian Fresch and the voice of Katja Preša

8 Channel Ambisonic Sound. Binaural & video internet stream.

'The Reel To Reel night program will be dedicated to reels and machines that rotate these reels'

 Live improvised performance on Radio Student (Ljubljana) with Luka Seliškar, Jure Anžiček and Alastair McNeill - 3 tape machines, modular synths and radio broadcast loop

Stereo Sound

Improvised performance using only the voice and poetry of Karlo Hmeljak in realtime with Matevz Kolenc

Reactive Lighting system by Mitja Cerkvenik

Stereo Sound

Yila collaborated with Mina Spiler, lead singer in cult art-rock band Laibach. The EP contains remixes from Dave DK (Mina Records), Rose Tinted & Anna Be (Detone Records) and finally Christian Kroupa (Alleged Witches). Mastered by Mandy Parnell

Stereo Sound. Digital release. Writing, producing and mix.

From a commissioned script by author Andrej Predin performers used only recorded voice to create two improvised Ambisonic sound events. Performed by Alastair McNeill, Matevž Kolenc and Mauricio Valdes at Sonica Festival and Vodnikova Domacjia. Voices from Andrej Predin, Irena Tomažin, Boštjan Narat and Ana Pepelnik.

6.2 Ambisonic speaker array with custom real-time performance system

From Slovenian author Andrej Predin’s new story ‘Brez Upora’ a live on radio a 30 improvised manipulation of the text using digital and tape techniques. Performed by Alastair McNeill, text read by Ana Predin.

Stereo Sound. Live Internet stream.

A piece of musical theatre performed by Yila's 8 piece band behind / with projected image. The show is centered around a box of potential memories and stories. Using music, sonic art, video, projection, animation, found sound, spoken word, text and written stories by Steven Camden. The work tried to put social, physical & emotional concepts in perspective. Produced by Alastair McNeill, Jvan Morandi And Steven Camden.

"for a brief period of time, in one of the few venues in London which seems to genuinely engender a sense of community, Souvenir makes sure that no one feels alone" - The Monitors 

Stereo Sound, Dual large scale Projection, CRT Screens.

Promotional video for the Polyend SEQ

Yila, Miha Šajina (shekuza), Tine Grgurevič (Bowrain) and Matevž Kolenc

Live improvised performance streamed on web cameras.

Kolenc - Musical artist, best known for his work with the groups Melodrom and Laibach. He Scores numerous theatre pieces, performances and films. In recent years, he has focused on the manipulation of the listener’s perception of music, the connections between emotional responses and the perception of the spatial image. Using musical and realistic sounds to achieve that, his compositions often cross the line between sound design and music.

Mix, Pre Master and spatialisation's 

Stereo Sound + Binaural.  

Dani Siciliano released 'Dani Siciliano' on Circus Company

Musical Director for live show 

Roisin Murphy World tour.

Show design / Pre production, Visual reaction to audio event implementation with Jvan Morandi.

Synthesizers, vocal effects processing and guitar.

Overload EP released on Rob da Banks Sunday Best techno imprint Silver Bear. With remixes from Kasra V's Boiler room Debut and Nummer's 'Fear of Landing' rework

Stereo Sound. Video. Digital release. 

HK119 released ‘Imaginature’ on One Little Indian 

European tour

Musical Director, synths, backing vocals and Ukelele

Eva Andrášová, Mária CÌŒorejová, Tomáš Danielis, Zuzana Novotová Godálová, Zuzana Husárová, LÌŒubomír Panák and Jakub Pišek represent various forms of media, they met and worked in various locations in Slovakia. Their goal was to work as a unified group ego and create a new multi practice work.. The project is based on Yila's multimedia show 'Souvenir'

Artistic director. Multi-media, multi-practice. 

Editor-in-chief Justine Picardie discusses the use of illustration in Bazaar and collaborating with Dior and French artist Aurore de la Morinerie on the bespoke cover of the November issue.

Produced by London Sessions

Directed by Stephanie Pochet (The Film Atelier)

Composition and sound design, Cello by Lucy Railton

Oxford Big Project winners video.

Composition for the Web

Stereo sound 

Eight outstanding artists from three countries joined together in a project by British artists Eddie Stevens and Alastair McNeill. Experimental audio-visual performance "IDÚ" was based on the opening track of album Moruša: CÌŒierna by slovak artist Jana Kirschner. The live audio-visual performance took place in Multimedia Space for Contemporary Culture Nástupište 1-12 / Platform 1-12 in Topolcanky, Slovakia.

Art direction: Eddie Stevens & Alastair McNeill

14.2 Speaker array and custom performance system. 

Commissioned song for Werewolf films video to promote Nokia Pureviews. 

Written with Leander Lyons - Guitar and Vocal + intro with Gustave Evrard 

Stereo sound

The Puka tree spirit. Autonomous generative public sound Installation playing for three days inside a tree at Green Man Festival.

12.0 Ambisonic array. 

Garance And The Mitochondries full length album. Mixed by Dillip Harris, Mastered by Mandy Parnell

Producer. 

Stereo Sound, CD and Digital release. 

The purpose of The Sound of Kings project was to sonically capture the process of the development and resulting transformation of London’s Kings Cross. Using recordings submitted by members of the public to an email from any device able to record audio at any quality (phones, dictaphones etc). The sounds were then be used to form a composition that was presented on a recycled multi speaker installation and sculpture.

Nationwide add campaign for the company Sojasun. 

Sonic ident in use for over 5 years. 

Composition, recording and mix. 

Stereo sound for Tv, Web and Radio. 

Mixing animation, stills and live action Compulse is a collaboration between Flyfaction and Yila. Based around ideas of the self, fleeting memory and loss. It was projected as part of a collective show under London's Westway.

Stereo AV projection

Jackamo Brown's Debut album released on Scroobius Pip's Speech Development records. 

Recorded entirely live in a Hackney Church. Additional field recordings by Jackamo Brown. 

Stereo Sound. CD and Digital release. Recording and Mix.

Sam has one opportunity to change his life forever and get the woman of his dreams, Felicity, However to do this he must first endure a series of bizarre trials set by her authoritarian father and administered by the Examiner.

Composition of original score, Music Supervision, Sound design and Mix

5.1 Dolby Surround Sound. 

Scroobius Pip broke ranks from his beat-making sparring partner Dan Le Sac to release his solo album 'Distraction Pieces' via Strange Famous Records in US/Canada and Speech Development in the UK

"Here's an album-of-the-year contender - the height of this thing represents a steep and difficult climb for anyone else to reach." - Buzzinemusic

The album features collaborations with fellow SFR crew Sage Francis and B. Dolan, as well as P.O.S. of Doomtree, plus extra production from Richard Russell of XL Recordings, Radio 1's Zane Lowe, Aupheus, Worgie, Danny Lohner (Nine Inch Nails / A Perfect Circle) and Steve Mason. Yila served as the project's executive producer and mix engineer. Mastered by Mandy Parnell.

Executive Producer, producer, Mix, guitars, synth, Backing Vocals. 

Stereo Sound, Videos, Vinyl, CD and Digital release. 

Experimental indie-pop fourtet Aloosh have announced details of their debut album 'Ceramic', released on their own Nature Scene Records label. Featuring eights tracks ranging from the sweet pop vocals and Complex rhythms of 'Time' to the pulsating synth and angular guitar of 'Kid Gloves', Ceramic is released on heavyweight LTD edition 12" and will be accompanied by a two part short film directed by J G Harding.

Takin' Off is a pop, summery Nu-Disco gem. Featuring catchy vocals and slick Indie-Dance-meets-house-music production, this is also the debut release from new French band Palmer

Song writing, arrangement, remix + mix. 

Stereo Sound. Digital release. 

Roisin Murphy - World tour of Overpowered. 

Guitar. 

Critically bashed but highly successful album from Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip launching both their careers and spawning the hit 'Thou shalt always kill' 

Production and mix. 

Yila featuring Scroobius pip, remixes from Clark (Warp) and Dan Le Sac. 

“It's about growing up and being regarded a failure if you’re not at the pinnacle of professions”

Stereo Sound. Video, 7inch vinyl and digital release. 

Member of Improvisers orchestra led by David Toop

Tate Modern
Tate Britain
Kubrick festival,
Barbican Centre
South London Gallery.

Motion triggered and manipulated storm to reflect climate change from human activity.  

4.1 Sound, Projection.