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Emilie Škrijelj is an accordionist, but when she performs, we shouldn't expect to hear the sound images we usually have of the accordion. Emilie's playing penetrates to the very heart of her instrument, dismantling its slats one by one for our ears, circulating air in its every nook and cranny, tapping all its materials and traversing its architecture, vibrating its shell and straps, exploring its anatomy and rendering it totally organic. The accordion almost becomes a synthesizer. She likes to joke that she's an accordionist who doesn't like the accordion. Emilie is also an artist with turntables, which she manipulates, scratches and kneads with an art that is also very personal to her. Accordionist, turntablist, Emilie is also a visual artist, and her drawings can often be found illustrating her record sleeves. We were lucky enough to meet this all-round artist to explore her world a little further, and some of her many projects.
Interview with Guillaume Kosmicki.
Selected excerpts :
"KRCI", first track entitled 123 from the album Distant Number (2020) with Emilie Skrijelj (accordion, samples, electronics), Loris Binot (prepared piano, prepared fender rhodes, moog, treatments) Lê Quand Ninh (percussion).
"Les Marquises" with Émilie Škrijelj (accordion, turntable, electronics) and Tom Malmendier (drums). The first album was released at the end of February 2020 on the new label "eux sæm".
"Les presqu'iles" with Émilie Škrijelj (accordion, turntable, electronics) and Tom Malmendier (drums) during confinement.
"nuit", from the Latitudes album (2021) with Emilie Škrijelj (accordion, samples and mini modular synthesizer), Tom Malmendier (drums and polystyrenes), Stéphane Clor (amplified double bass and cello and feedback) and Armand Lesecq (drums and polystyrenes) in August 2020.
