Širom & Yoshio Machida

kače čakajo modro nebo,
mrzla cesta
prekmalu zame

snakes waiting for blue sky,
cold road,
too soon for me.

蛇は青い空を待っている。凍り付いた道、わたしにはまだ早い。

Album “snakes waiting for blue sky, cold road, too soon for me” is a product of a collaboration between trio Širom and Japanese musician Yoshio Machida. Composition on album was created at a 4-day artistic residency Dvocikel in Layer house in Kranj, Slovenia in October 2017.

Iztok Koren: banjo, 3-string banjo, bass drum, percussion, chimes, balafon
Ana Kravanja: violin, viola, ribab, mizmar, balafon, tank drum, ngoma drum, anhlung, objects, voice
Samo Kutin: tank drum, begena, çiftelia, hurdy gurdy, various objects, percussion, voice
Yoshio Machida: steelpan, shaker, ukulele, cymbal

Sound mix and mastering: Gregor Zemljič
Cover graphic: Stojan Zafred
Design: Rada Kikelj Drašler
Recorded at Dvocikel residency in Layer house, Kranj, Slovenia, October 2017.
Selfreleased, January 2019.