{"product_id":"mario-batkovic-i-i","title":"Mario Batkovic - I I","description":"\u003cp\u003eMario Batkovic’s music occupies a singular space between composition, performance and sonic experimentation.\u003cbr\u003eBased in Bern, Switzerland, the composer, accordionist and multi-instrumentalist has developed an intensely personal musical language rooted in a radical interrogation of the accordion — its timbre, mechanics, physicality and rhythmic potential. In Batkovic’s hands, the instrument becomes something far beyond its conventional role: a source of intricate, evolving sound in which performer and machine appear to become one.\u003cbr\u003eBatkovic received International critical acclaim when his eponymous debut album was released on Invada Records in 2017, with Rolling Stone listing it in the top 10 avant-garde albums of the year. ‘INTROSPECTIO’ followed, a self-questioning, self-examination of society which featured collaborations with Colin Stetson, James Holden and Clive Deamer (Radiohead \/ Portishead).\u003cbr\u003eII sees Batkovic venture further into radical, uncompromising and experimental territory, both in the reduction and the expansion of sound. Voices overlap, rhythmic structures develop an almost mechanical force, and layers of sound evoke analogue synthesizers. Then everything falls away: near-total silence, the breath of the bellows, a single frequency. Sounds emerge that can barely be traced back to any particular instrument.\u003cbr\u003eThe album is built entirely around the physical relationship between one musician and one instrument. No loops, no electronic layers. Everything you hear comes from an uncompromising exploration of the instrument itself. A primal force of creation and destruction.\u003cbr\u003eWith credits that include music for the global hit game 'Red Dead Redemption II’, commissions for AMI Paris, Cartier Fondation, Hugo Boss, Chanel and film scores ‘Mad Heidi’ and ’Shame and Money’ his compositional work has extended into some of the most distinctive fields of contemporary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INVADA","offers":[{"title":"Metallic Silver LP","offer_id":58592597770584,"sku":"TKM-45551","price":25.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4266\/0184\/files\/CAR_20260929_1156_132041_966_p_download_20260929130419_1_001.jpg?v=1790689326","url":"https:\/\/truckmusic.store\/products\/mario-batkovic-i-i","provider":"Truck","version":"1.0","type":"link"}