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Pro Vartus

by Vartai

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  • Book/Magazine + Digital Album

    Booklet includes lyrics, texts and illustrations about Pro Vartus.
    Hand-numbered edition of 200. (laminated cover, 16 pages, 13.5x8.5)
    Designed by Ieva Brenciūtė (www.behance.net/brenciutei)

    Includes unlimited streaming of Pro Vartus via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 4 days
    edition of 200 
    Purchasable with gift card

      €5 EUR or more 

     

  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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      €3 EUR  or more

     

1.
The Return 20:07
Terror and smile, devouring time Mirror reflecting, twilight embracing Nomad arriving, illuminator Nomad returning, eliminator Illuminator, eliminator, illuminator, eliminator Ashes to ashes, dust to dust Everyone, everything, future past Ashes to ashes, dust to dust No one and nothing, home at last Ashes to ashes, future past Everyone, everything, dust to dust Ashes to ashes, home at least, No one and nothing, dust to dust
2.
There is no way to escape, no emergency exit There is no way out, no crevice in the wall There is no control, the stone is rolling down There is no rest, no time for rumination Annihilate! (There is no rest) Annihilate! (Abandon faith) Annihilate! (There is no end) Annihilate! (Forget my fate) There is no end, a loop of agitation Squeezing out my spirit, tear apart my soul There is no way out, there is no control Squeezing out my spirit, tear apart my soul Annihilate! (There is no rest) Annihilate! (Abandon faith) Annihilate! (There is no end) Annihilate! (Forget my fate) Rise, bleed, inhale Fall, crash, exhale Annihilate! (Forget my fate) Annihilate! (Forget my fate) Annihilate! (Forget my fate) Annihilate! (Forget my fate)
3.
Επίκληση (Invocation) Μοίρα, πες μου, μοίρα (Tell me, fate) Ποιος είμαι, μοίρα; (Who am I, fate?) Κανένας, καμία μοίρα (No one, no fate) Μνήμη, λήθη, μοίρα (Memory, oblivion, fate) Erdvė be Horizonto (A Space without Horizon) Pabėgimas nuo tavęs (Escape from you) Pabėgimas nuo tavęs (Escape from you) Pabėgimas nuo tavęs (Escape from you) Pabėgimas nuo tavęs (Escape from you) Pabėgimas iš savęs (Escape from myself)

about

Pro Vartus is the debut publication of Vartai. It manifests itself as a triptych including a film, an album and a booklet.

An outcome of experimentation and attentive compositional processes, the publication consists of three pieces that encapsulate the band’s sonic arsenal. Heavy guitar chords, hammering drum patterns, chanting vocals and an alternative approach to the traditional Lithuanian instrument kanklės are combined to create dense drones and outbursts of noise.

“Then from the furthest reaches of the self, in sonorous transfiguration, may be heard a noise, a sound, a tonality which by its very insistence must either paralyze us forever or preserve life anew”. E.M. Cioran

This is the Vartai sound - profound, gripping, daring and open to im-possibilities. Nothing safe, nothing compromised. For Vartai every note, chord or noise aims for this sonorous transfiguration.

Watch the film here:
youtu.be/C101F9UlMyg?si=Ibkn_6AZChlIm8QM

credits

released October 29, 2023

VARTAI
Edvinas Siliūnas – guitar
Toma Čepaitė - kanklės, violin, vocals
Matas Karūnas – bass
Kristupas Kmitas – drums
Yiorgis Sakellariou - guitar, vocals, loops

Music by Yiorgis Sakellariou and Vartai. Lyrics and texts by Yiorgis Sakellariou

Pro Vartus was filmed and recorded at Ideas Block – Kompresorinė (ideas-block.com)
Live recordings by Roberto Becerra and Glen Strachan

Additional recordings, mixing and mastering by Glen Strachan at
Straw Port studio (strawport.com)

Pro Vartus film directed and edited by Ričard Žigis (www.instagram.com/ricard.zigis/)
Camera operators: Ričardas Ralys and Tomas Poška
Assistant editor: Gintarė Martinionytė

Cover design: Ieva Brenciūtė (www.behance.net/brenciutei)

Special thanks to: Filippos Raskovic, Gleb Divov, Ieva Raubytė,
Stelios Efentakis

Vilnius, October 2023

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Vartai Vilnius, Lithuania

…Sonorous Transfigurations...
Experimental/Drone/ Noise Rock
www.instagram.com/vartaimusic/

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