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A new project commissioned by Unsound and the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, The National Fanfare of Kadebostany represents an exciting meeting point between East and West Europe, electronic and acoustic instruments. Kadebostan is Swiss-based producer with releases on Freude Am Tanzen and Fenou, and has performed at past Unsound events, as well as clubs such as Watergate. Rational Diet is an acoustic chamber ensemble based in Minsk, with members in the Belarus Presidential Orchestra. They perform a mix of improvised, experimental and noise music, and have released on the Italian AltrTock label as well as the Polish label Audiotong. The collaboration of Kadebostan and Rational Diet aims at being an Eastern European electronic big band, to get the audience dancing. Work of the band is soon to be released by the Geneva label Mental Groove. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
This project merits attention as a genuine cultural dialogue rather than a fusion experiment. By pairing a Swiss electronic producer with Minsk's experimental chamber ensemble, it creates something neither side could accomplish alone—a space where precise electronic structures meet the unpredictability of acoustic improvisation. The collaboration suggests serious questions about artistic exchange across Europe's invisible boundaries, and how technology and tradition might reshape each other. Rather than smoothing differences into coherence, the work apparently honors what's genuinely distinct in each tradition. For listeners curious about how music can function as genuine conversation between different worlds and practices, this represents an unusually thoughtful attempt.

Songs From Kadebostany
Walking With A Ghost

Connections
Fusion 2011
Walking With A Ghost - Single
Fusion Festival 2011
THE NATIONAL FANFARE OF KADEBOSTANY - Songs from Kadebostany
The National Fanfare of Kadebostany
Songs of Kadebotany
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Mental Groove Records Compilation
Walking With A Ghost [Single]