Fermented Reality by Bostjan Simon

Simon's debut solo album “Fermented Reality” delves deep into the mix of acoustic and electronic sounds from saxophone and modular synthesizer. The percussive keys of the saxophone are amplified to the point of sonic feedback and processed by external effects. The instrument is modified with key sensors to enable triggering of the oscillators in his modular system with a new experimental interactive module Octosens. There is an interplay from combining these different possibilities and exploring the electroacoustic coupling /decoupling of heterogeneous sounds. In this way, the cold object of the saxophone comes to life in a process of anaerobic and creative "fermentation". “Fermented Reality” navigates between somewhat dreamy ambiental expositions and their hectic percussive counterparts.

Boštjan Simon (saxophone / electronics) leads an acoustic jazz quintet "There Be Monsters" (Klopotec) and is known for his work in electroacoustic groups Etceteral (Glitterbeat), Velkro (Clean Feed), Trus! (Moonlee / Radio Študent), Litošt (Litoxt on Bandcamp) and duo with the percussionist Zlatko Kaučuč (Jazz Cerkno Records).