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SUMMARY:Širom (Slovenia)
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DTSTART:20260917T190000Z
DTEND:20260917T214500Z
DESCRIPTION:Enthusiastic Eunuch Presents\n\n\nŠIROM\n\nwith special guests 
	tba\n\nThursday 17th September\n\nArthur’s Blues & Jazz\n\nTickets via htt
	ps://billetto.ie/e/sirom-slovenia-tickets-1892720\n[https://billetto.ie/e/
	sirom-slovenia-tickets-1892720]\n\n“Be brave and embrace this uneasy\, int
	ense album for the ages” – The Guardian\n(Folk Album Of The Month)\n\n“Šir
	om aren’t just drawing on the past as a way to look to the future\, or usi
	ng\ntechniques employed in electronic music\, or constructing playful narr
	atives\, or\ndocumenting the latest results of their improvisations\, they
	’re doing all these\nthings simultaneously” – The Quietus\n\nhttps://www.t
	heguardian.com/music/2025/oct/10/sirom-in-the-wind-of-night-hard-fallen-in
	cantations-whisper-review\n[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/10/
	sirom-in-the-wind-of-night-hard-fallen-incantations-whisper-review]\n\nThe
	 intertwining of diverse musical approaches and tools\, histories of sound
	s\nand unbridled musical imagination and craftmanship is the expansive gui
	ding\nprinciple of the Širom trio\, whose members stem from the regions of
	 Prekmurje\,\nTolminsko and Kras.\n\nMore than a dozen instruments can be 
	found in the repertoire of Iztok Koren\,\nSamo Kutin and Ana Kravanja and 
	at least as many given musical forms that can be\nperceived as an inspirat
	ion behind the character of this new ensemble. However\,\nin their practic
	e as well as experiencing they remain anchored in their creative\nprocess 
	to an extent that allows them to avoid merely reflecting existing\npattern
	s. What this generates in an original\, stylistically homogeneous form of\
	nexpression that oscillates between a wide array of folk sounds and contem
	porary\nacoustic rock-style meditations. The end result is grounded yet st
	ill mystical\nminimalism. Širom's music is contemplative\, but can get har
	der when necessary\,\nit is closer to being band- than chamber-like\, to b
	eing street as opposed to\nurban in nature.\n\nEach member of Širom also p
	erforms in a myriad of other bands and music\nprojects\, such as ŠKM banda
	\, Hexenbrutal\, Najoua\, Samo Gromofon\, and Horda\ngrdih.\n\nFor You\, T
	his Eve\, the Wolves Will Be Enchantingly Forsaken:\nhttps://www.youtube.c
	om/watch?v=MIrJi8fUK9Q\n[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIrJi8fUK9Q]\n\nC
	urls Upon the Neck\, Ribs Upon the Mountain:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watc
	h?v=3KTMpm9DlV0\n[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KTMpm9DlV0]
URL:https://cal.gravitons.org/event/sirom-slovenia
LOCATION:Arthur's Blues & Jazz - 28 Thomas St\, Dublin 8
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Ainriail,arthurs blues & jazz,drone folk,Dublin,experimental fol
	k music,folk music,live music,Širom,slovenia,slovenian folk
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Enthusiastic Eunuch Presents</p><h2>Širom</
	h2><p>with special guests tba</p><p>Thursday 17th September</p><p>Arthur’s
	 Blues &amp; Jazz</p><p>Tickets via <a target="_blank" href="https://bille
	tto.ie/e/sirom-slovenia-tickets-1892720">https://billetto.ie/e/sirom-slove
	nia-tickets-1892720</a> </p><p>“Be brave and embrace this uneasy, intense 
	album for the ages” – The Guardian (Folk Album Of The Month)</p><p>“Širom 
	aren’t just drawing on the past as a way to look to the future, or using t
	echniques employed in electronic music, or constructing playful narratives
	, or documenting the latest results of their improvisations, they’re doing
	 all these things simultaneously” – The Quietus</p><p><a target="_blank" h
	ref="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/oct/10/sirom-in-the-wind-of-ni
	ght-hard-fallen-incantations-whisper-review">https://www.theguardian.com/m
	usic/2025/oct/10/sirom-in-the-wind-of-night-hard-fallen-incantations-whisp
	er-review</a> </p><p>The intertwining of diverse musical approaches and to
	ols, histories of sounds and unbridled musical imagination and craftmanshi
	p is the expansive guiding principle of the Širom trio, whose members stem
	 from the regions of Prekmurje, Tolminsko and Kras.</p><p>More than a doze
	n instruments can be found in the repertoire of Iztok Koren, Samo Kutin an
	d Ana Kravanja and at least as many given musical forms that can be percei
	ved as an inspiration behind the character of this new ensemble. However, 
	in their practice as well as experiencing they remain anchored in their cr
	eative process to an extent that allows them to avoid merely reflecting ex
	isting patterns. What this generates in an original, stylistically homogen
	eous form of expression that oscillates between a wide array of folk sound
	s and contemporary acoustic rock-style meditations. The end result is grou
	nded yet still mystical minimalism. Širom's music is contemplative, but ca
	n get harder when necessary, it is closer to being band- than chamber-like
	, to being street as opposed to urban in nature.</p><p>Each member of Širo
	m also performs in a myriad of other bands and music projects, such as ŠKM
	 banda, Hexenbrutal, Najoua, Samo Gromofon, and Horda grdih.</p><p>For You
	, This Eve, the Wolves Will Be Enchantingly Forsaken:  <a target="_blank" 
	href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIrJi8fUK9Q">https://www.youtube.com
	/watch?v=MIrJi8fUK9Q</a> </p><p>Curls Upon the Neck, Ribs Upon the Mountai
	n:  <a target="_blank" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KTMpm9DlV0">
	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3KTMpm9DlV0</a> </p>
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