MONOMIT by Branimir Norac

Proces rada na ovoj kompoziciji počeo je na proljeće 2018. Bio sam inspiriran teorijom o monomitu Josepha Campbella. Radi se o teoriji koja govori o tome kako u svojoj suštini svaki mit ima istu dinamiku. Po njemu, u pozadini svakog mita stoji ista priča o polasku u avanturu, smrti, uskrsnuću i povratku na početnu točku. Svaki mit zapravo priča priču o našoj svakodnevnoj unutrašnjoj dinamici. I mi stalno ulazimo u novo, stalno umiremo i stalno se rađamo. Bilo je utješno pomisliti da je svako dno i svaka tama u mom životu zapravo poziv na novo uskrsnuće. Lijepo je bilo pomisliti da je moguće uzeti tu tamu i preobraziti je u ljepotu. Prva verzija kompozicije nastala je i bila izvedena u sastavu Tin Dožić (elektronika), Mirna Pavičić (vizuali) i ja (klarinet, saksofon, kalimba, vokal). Odsvirali smo dva koncerta nakon čega se srednji dio Monomita u našoj verziji pretvorio u sljedeći NPD projekt-Klarinet i petlje. Ali mene je idalje prvlačila priča o Monomitu. Zbog toga sam pozvao plesnu skupinu Škvadra da zajedno napravimo plesnu predstavu. U međuvremenu je došla korona. Promijenilo se tisuću situacija, pa sam na kraju, unatoč originalnim idejama, svu glazbu za predstavu snimio, odsvirao i producirao sam. Proces je bio vrlo naporan. Nakon toga sam imao godinu dana pauze u kojoj ništa nisam producirao. Na neki način sam se vratio na početak. Sve dok me ovo proljeće nije pozvao neki unutrašnji mentor i rekao mi da je vrijeme da Monomit izdam kao album. I sad si tu. U opisu albuma. Sad je ovo naša priča. Sad je ovo novi krug u koji idemo zajedno. U smrt i uskrsnuće.

The process of working on this composition began in the spring of 2018. I was inspired by Joseph Campbell's monomyth theory. According to him, in the background of every myth there is the same story about an adventure, death, resurrection and return to the starting point. Each myth actually tells a story about our everyday inner dynamics. And we are constantly entering the new, constantly dying and constantly being born. It was comforting to think that every dark moment in my life was actually an invitation to a new resurrection. It was nice to think that it was possible to take that darkness and transform it into beauty. The first version of the composition was created and performed by Tin Dožić (electronics), Mirna Pavičić (visuals) and myself (clarinet, saxophone, kalimba, vocals). We played two concerts, after which the middle part of Monomit in our version turned into the next NPD project - Clarinet and Loops. But I was still drawn to the story of Monomit. That's why I invited the Škvadra dance group to do a dance show together. In the meantime, the corona came. A thousand situations changed, so in the end, despite the original ideas, I recorded, played and produced all the music for the show myself. The process was very tiring. After that, I had a year off where I didn't produce anything. In a way, I was back to the starting point, until this spring. An inner mentor called me and told me it was time to release Monomit as an album. And now you're here. In the album description. Now this is our story. Now this is a new circle in which we go together. To the death and resurrection.