namah, a new cd of chamber music by composer peter machajdik --http://www.machajdik.de --has just been released on musica slovaca label.
included among the interpreters are the excellent italian harpist floraleda sacchi, singer jon anderson from the legendary progressive rock band yes, vocalist & drummer david moss, who ranks as godfather of noise music, cimbalom wiz eniko ginzery and other excellent musicians.
the brand new release includes works such as the gorgeous "nell autunno del suo abbraccio insonne" for harp, "namah" for string orchestra, "to the rainbow so close again", awarded the 2006 jan levoslav bella prize, as well as a five minute homage to the avant-garde composer and pioneer of electronic music karlheinz stockhausen, who passed away last december.

excerpts from namah can be heard on myspace http://www.myspace.com/petermachajdikmusic
anyone interested in namah should email namah (at) machajdik (dot) de .

peter machajdik -mamah sf 00542131 [limited edition]
price: 50 brazilian real // 25 usd
shipping (air mail) and handling is included in the price

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press kits
pianist marvin rosen had a surreal experience the first time he heard the slovakian composer's piece, "namah," he said. "for 10-to 15-seconds of the song, i was totally transformed," said rosen. "i do not know how to describe it. i was in another world."
http://www.comm.rider.edu/ridernews/html/sections/04_28_06/news/03_newsstory.htm

machajdik's music is tonal-melodic, spare to the point of minimal but without the iterative persistence of reich or the pummelling rhythmics of nyman. notes and chords are sounded and pecked at then left to resound. the music gives that sense of a slow motion flowering, bachian at one level, folksy at another, pentatonic and slav ... with a steady and simple beauty.
rob barnett (musicweb-international.com)
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2004/dec04/machajdik.htm

machajdik's tonal writing is unusual in today's music, and its expressiveness and absence of any affectation gives a sense of primality, as if one were returning to the wellsprings of harmony itself. a non-artificial musical language with nearly archaic sounds.
(wümme-zeitung, germany)

i've been listening to peter machajdik's new album "namah". this is a moving, contemporary classical album. i mention it here as one track is in collaboration with jon anderson. "sadness of flowing" is a 10-minute, multi-part piece by machajdik with vocals/lyrics by anderson. for me, this is anderson's best work of the last six years: it's a very delicate and intimate vocal performance and some of his better lyrics (reminiscent of "the spell" on the animation re-release)
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.music.yes/browse_thread/thread/cfe04e2a9f4bd324

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