RHYTHMS OF ROUTINE

Fish on the window, rhythms of daily routine, and the sound of a half-peeled lemon in a mix project for the lonely person.

«I have always been inspired by the paintings, schemes, texts, and projects of Viktor Pivovarov. For some tracks on the album DOMA I cheekily made use of the rhythm of words from the titles of his paintings or texts found in his works. The composition "cycle of" (it’s in the mix) is about Project for a Lonely Man, about the kind rhythm of the day, everyday rituals, a routine that does not absorb energy but provides more of it. Before there was unexpectedness and spontaneity in my life, but as I’ve become older (or more experienced) I’ve begun to love routine. This mix is for those who love to be alone, groundhog day, and Viktor Pivovarov.»

Olya Maksimova worked with the Viktor Pivovarov archive.

Viktor Pivovarov in Prague, 1999. Still from a working version of Yulia Ovchinnikova’s film Viktor Pivovarov: Artist and Personality, Garage Archive Collection (Nina Zaretskaya archive, TV Gallery)

BIO

Olya Maksimova (OMMA)is a producer, electronic musician, and DJ. She graduated from the Bill Evans Piano Academy[RA1] (Paris). She is the co-founder of the interactive sound studio Can Touch This Studio and a participant in Playtronica, a laboratory of creative technologies based on sound and touch. She has released three albums on the labels Antinote and Coastal Haze. She created the sound design for Playtronica installations in France and Russia. In October 2022, OMMA was a resident at OneBeat (USA), where she composed music and performed with Bianca Casady from CocoRosie.