Kokan Dimusevski born April 26, 1958 in Skopje – Macedonia, as he likes to refer to himself, be a Macedonian – born pianist turned keyboardist. He is unique among synthesizer players in two respects: he uses combinations of synthesizers to simulate a one-man orchestra, and he strives to create original, electronically synthesized music that sounds acoustic.
Since 1976 he has combined single-voice and a polyphonic (or multivoice) synthesizers to wave a fabric of nearly orchestral richness. The context for Dimusevski multikeyboard accomplishments has been LEB I SOL, a popular fusion band that Dimusevski co founded in 1976. He tries to stay away from electronic sounds and go for natural sounds, instead. They don’t have to be known natural sounds. In many recordings he made, for example, the sound isn’t one that’s known-you wouldn’t recognize it as anything else-but it is acoustic. It sounds like some kind of native instrument.
He doesn’t start out on paper to write music. He composes by improvising the melody and recorded. Then he will put it away of a few days before he start to listening again. After hearing it a dozen times, he improvises out an orchestration. If you’re going to orchestrate with eight-note chords, each voice making its own melody.
His music is very specific-emotionally colored, from very (ppp) music parts-to strong, fast and (fff) expression dynamic fields. Dimusevski music readily embraces the tonal and even, according to the needs of the work, the conventionally "beautiful", he has no compunction about shattering the beauty. It’s result of many years spent exploring a sound area. Dimusevski explain his sound-worlds music with a new name: Private Music. OTHER WAY OF LISTENING, ANOTHER WAY OF CREATING.
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY: LEB I SOL 1977 LP/CD; LEB I SOL II 1978 LP/CD; LEB I SOL (RUCNI RAD) 1979 LP/CD; LEB I SOL (PUTUJEMO) 1989 LP/CD; LEB I SOL (LIVE IN NEW YORK) 1991 CD; LEB I SOL (COLLECTION) 1991 CD; LEB I SOL (ANTHOLOGY) 1995 2 CD’S; ENDLESS VIEW (BODAN ARSOVSKI) 1995 CD; LEB I SOL (DEVETKA) 2000 CD; SHADOWS IN THE NIGHT (BODAN ARSOVSKI) 2004 DVD.
SOLO RELEASES: DOUBLE LIFE 1993 CD; MUSIC FOR… 1995 CD; LIVE 1995 CD; MUSIC FOR… (VIDEO ART) 1996 VHS; SOUNDSITE (Installation) Museum of Contemporary Art-Skopje, The Macedonian participation at the 23rd International Biennial of Sao Paolo (October 5 – December 8, 1996); OKTOECHOS 1997 CD; OKTOECHOS (reprint in 40.000 copies) 2004 CD; IT’S NOT THE BULLET THAT KILLS YOU, IT’S THE HOLE (Performance) An open story of human circle – to be garaged on the occasion of the opening of ART CITY – Skopje (June 13, 1997); WALKING ON COLD WATER ACCORDING TO Dr. KNAIPP (Installation) Institute for physical medicine and rehabilitation – Skopje, (December 26, 1997); MOUNTAIN OVER THE MONTAINS 1998 CD; SPACE & SPACE (Susumu Endo/Dimusevski) 1999 Video Art performed on March Music Day’s in Rousse – Bulgaria – SPACE & SPACE (Susumu Endo/Dimusevski) (June 7 – July 21, 2003) Video Art performed on Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art; BABYLONIA (138 Minutes of new music + 130 e-books in 35.000 copies) (Dimusevski/Isakovski) 2004 CD-ROM; SKETCHES FROM THE PAST (Arsovski/Dimusevski) 2005 CD; WORKS 2006 CD; Over 200 arrangements for various composers and artist all over Europe; Over 1.500 minutes composed original music for theater (Europe and USA); Over 1.000 concerts around the world; Over 100 pieces of generic music for various radio & TV stations.
Affiliations: – Member of AES – Member of IFPI – Member of MMI Product Specialist for Yamaha ProAudio Certified in Radio Design from Radio France International Hired by OSCE as Training Officer in Digital Recording and Radio Design © Kokan Nikola Dimusevski. All rights reserved. www.dimusevski.com.mk e-mail: [email protected]
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