Sopa Boba - That Moment
Genres: electronic, avantgarde, postrock
Label: Sub Rosa
Year: 2025
Media: vinyl
No. of discs: 2
Format: 2x12"LP
Vinyl color: black
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G.W. Sok (The Ex, Oiseaux-Tempete): vocals
Jean Vangeebergen (zü. Klub): dramaturgy
Pavel Tchikov (Ogives): synths and composition
Tracklist:
1. That Sweet Moment
2. That Beautiful Moment
3. That Perfect Moment
4. That Epic Moment
5. That Glee Moment
6. That Catholic Moment
7. That Magical Moment
Sopa Boba is a Belgian/Dutch, electronic, modern classical project. The idea behind the form is a so-called Oratorio from the present age which unfolds a dramatc tale within a sociopolitcal framework. The compositons incorporate a neo-classical style string quartet, harsh modular sytnhs and spoken word vocals.
It features Pavel Tchikov (Ogives) and G.W. Sok (The Ex, Oiseaux-Tempête).
That Moment is an adaptation of the eponymous text by Moldavian writer Nicola Esinencu. The starting point of That Moment takes place in a real fact, which happened in present-time Moldavia, where a father cut his son's finger with an axe, as a punishment for stealing a bit ofmoney from the father's wallet. From there the author combines the tale and its reality with a caustic irony, interrogating an unbridled capitalist society, where everything and everyone is for sale. The total playing-tme is 55 minutes, somewhere in between a hybrid electronic - modern classical oratorio and a concept album, with seven tracks that serve as seven chapters of an ironic and satiric story
about the downward spiral of the capitalist society.
