Domen Cizej

5 CD BOX

Percussionist and composer Domen Cizej’s vision surpasses the limits of the ordinary. On his debut Introducing Domen Cizej, the Amsterdam-based artist introduces himself in full range. A box set of five albums, each with a different ensemble, message, and power, offers an opportunity to hear Cizej’s vision in depth and in totality.

The box set opens with the thunder of an eight-member percussion ensemble that can be experienced as a “body in a repetitive coordinated motion, aiming at transcending its own consciousness. It is a ritual that invites one to take part in it,” as Cizej himself describes it. The next album, performed by an acoustic jazz piano trio, displays lyricism, beauty, and purity of musical expression. Through an intricate duo interplay with prepared piano and orchestral percussion, and a playful second piano trio, the music brings us to the last album of the box set. On the solo album, Cizej orients us toward the origins of his vision through a sequence of compositions written for voice and drums

PERSONNEL, DATES & TRACKS:

• CD ONE: PRELUDE (PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE)
• Domen Cizej - (percussion)
• Luka Matic - (percussion)
• Giovanni Iacovella - (percussion)
• Martin Hafizi - (percussion)
• Branko Valchev - (percussion)
• Bence Cspeli - (percussion)
• Sekou van Heusden - (percussion)

• Recorded in Amsterdam on October 3rd and 4th 2022

• 01) Rudimental Ritual nr. 42
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• CD TWO: ORIGIN (TRIO)
• Agota Tamelyte - (piano)
• Jonathan Ho Chin Kiat - (double bass)
• Domen Cizej - (drums)

• Recorded in Amsterdam on January 9rd and 10th 2023

• 01) Origins
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• CD THREE: SOUND (DUO)
• Domen Cizej - (percussion)
• Filippo Deorsola - (pianos)

• Recorded in Amsterdam on November 14rd and 15th 2022

• 01) Composition nr. 7
• 02) Composition nr. 24 (pt.1 - prototype)
• 03) Composition nr. 12
• 04) Composition nr. 2
• 05) Composition nr. 24 (pt.2)
• 06) Composition nr. 19
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• CD FOUR: DISCOVERY (SOLO)
• Domen Cizej - (drums)

• Recorded in Amsterdam on September 12rd and 13th 2022

• 01) Rudimental Ritual nr. 18
• 02) Rudimental Ritual nr. 17
• 03) Rudimental Ritual nr. 13
• 04) Rudimental Ritual nr. 8
• 05) Rudimental Ritual nr. 5 (prototype)
• 06) Rudimental Ritual nr. 5
• 07) Rudimental Ritual nr. 13
• 08) Rudimental Ritual nr. 23
• 09) Rudimental Ritual nr. 4
• 10) Rudimental Ritual nr. X
• 11) Rudimental Ritual nr. 7
• 12) Rudimental Ritual nr. 19
• 13) Rudimental Ritual nr. 9
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• CD FIVE: POETRY (TRIO)
• Hendrik Lasure - (piano)
• Soet Kempeneer - (double bass)
• Domen Cizej - (drums)

• Recorded in Amsterdam on December 12rd and 13th 2022

• 01) In Three Parts
• 02) Meditation
• 03) Composition nr. 6 (orchestration 3)
• 04) Openings, Resolutions