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12092024
Rob je tam | Matej Bor soundtrack reviews
"The sound is multi-layered, extremely deep, precise, and sensitively produced. As a whole, it places us in a space of reverence and comprehension."
"I would never have thought that a musical work of this quality would come out of a film environment, let alone a Slovenian one. Octex has confidently taken the concept of film music into his own hands and mind and adapted it to his mode of musical expression which works sophisticated and mature, both technically and emotionally."
Urban Mihevc, Tolpa bumov, Radijo Študent
"He combined his flair for exploring electronic music with his grandfather's love of nature to create a praiseworthy masterpiece of film composition."
Andrej Pervanje, Gems of local alternative music, MMC RTV Slovenija
13062024
Have a glimpse at my creative process used to make the soundtrack for the documentary movie Rob je tam | Matej Bor about renowned Slovenian poet and writer Matej Bor, directed by Amir Muratović for Slovenian National Television.
Clips in this video are taken from the documentary itself.
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After a long delay caused by technical and logistic complications, the Rob je tam | Matej Bor (original soundtrack) is finally getting released.
It's already available for my Bandcamp supporters and is coming to Apple Music, Spotify, Tidal, and other streaming services on the 18th of June.
Rob je tam | Matej Bor is a documentary about renowned Slovenian poet and writer Matej Bor, directed by Amir Muratović for Slovenian National Television. As Matej Bor was also my grandfather, I was delighted to be chosen to score the movie. Making a soundtrack has always been something that intrigued me.
My grandfather was a big lover of nature, therefore a big part of the soundtrack's creative process consisted of me going out to make a tone of field recordings of all sorts of natural sounds. I then took these sounds, chopped them up, manipulated and mangled them into my own "instruments" that intertwined perfectly with the synthetic yet also organic sounds of vintage analog synthesisers.
Part of this creation process is even documented in the movie itself, offering an exclusive view into my intimate musical world.
For the climax of the movie, a reenactment of a scene from a haunting theatre play about a student suicide club Šola noči, I teamed up with vocalist Monika Horvat whose voice accented the tense atmosphere.
Foto by Amir Muratović.
03102023
I'm happy to share, that for the last couple of months, I've been working on a soundtrack for a documentary film about my grandfather Matej Bor, who was a renowned Slovenian poet and writer. The movie Rob je tam | Matej Bor, directed by Amir Muratović for Slovenian National Television, will premier today at 20:40 on TV Slovenija 1.
The movie also offers an exclusive glimpse into my intimate music production process.
Original soundtrack will be released on 17th of November on Polynya music. You can preview and preorder it on Bandcamp.
Foto by Amir Muratović.
15022023
Idei Lahesna (versions & outtakes) is out today on Bandcamp and all major streaming services.
This is a selection of twelve of my favorite alternative versions and unreleased tracks from the Idei Lahesna studio sessions that didn't make it onto the album because of time limitations or not fitting the sequencing flow.
I rediscovered these tracks, some of which I completely forgot about when I was going through the original tapes to remaster Idei Lahesna for the 20th anniversary edition.
The way I recorded music back then was live playing the mixer, tweaking synths & FX recording straight to stereo DAT tape, with no way to edit anything afterward. That's why I always recorded multiple versions of every track, to have the flexibility to choose the most suitable one for the final record.
Hope you enjoy them as much as I enjoyed rediscovering them.
13012023
"Jernej Marusic aka Octex is an interesting phenomenon on the Slovenian electronic music scene, an indisputable talent for whom naturally many predicted a world career. His first album "Idei Lahesna", released on Ljubljana's Tehnica in 2002, thrilled the region and was compared to the works of Basic Channel, due to its specific dub techno sound of strangely satisfying atmosphere. The album also includes "Emergon" - a cult single among many techno DJs even today. For those who missed this superb album in 2002, Octex has released a remastered version commemorating 20th anniversary of the release of the original." Mixmag Adria
30122022
Idei Lahesna (20th anniversary edition) is now available on Bandcamp in pristine 24-bit digital quality, or on CD. It's also available on all mayor streaming services.
You can even get a beautiful Idei Lahesna T-shirt.
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