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Roots Kornevoi

This is a new composition and it has a symphonic essence. It has an short aria appearing irregularly and some themes, though it is between rock and jazz as a music style. It is an expressive improvisation done by one shot. The take is raw without any arragements for bigger band or orchestra, though the harmony is there. It has electric guitar, drums and voices. So there can be seen documentary moments as well; once the camera falls down and as old clowns they continue playing. Composer Tomi Christiansson har just played the themes for the first time and Matilda Mother band sang the lyrics a few times as a chant.

The story could tell about a world after the big explosion when a magnetic hole continues its expanding and rats are the only survivors. Their plans and drawings are ready and just waiting for the right moment to come up from wet cellars and corridor. Can you hear them tingling and crawling, teeming and rustling? This is their new national anthem: Roots Kornevoi. Composed by Tomi Christiansson and performed by Matilda Mother band

Roots Kornevoi
Fear – don´t you fear your roots
you belong to a chain unbroken
from distant times
and here on to the future

open your eyes and see your sister
open your eyes and see your brother
search and you´ll learn from the past
search - imagine possible futures

lyrics by Tomi Christiansson. All rights reserved

  • Tomi Christiansson
    Director
  • Ninel Grönholm
    Director
  • Tomi Christiansson
    Writer
  • Ruby Lips Sounds
    Producer
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Music Video, Short
  • Genres:
    avantgarde, experimental
  • Runtime:
    18 minutes 9 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    January 1, 2024
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Finland
  • Country of Filming:
    Finland, United States
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1280
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Tomi Christiansson, Ninel Grönholm

Tomi Christiansson is a self-learned guitar player from Finland and he is Matilda Mother band´s composer. The members are Ninel Grönholm and Tomi Christiansson.
His main instrument is the electric guitar and especially the melodic, feedback guitar, though most of the recordings has been made with an acoustic guitar, drums, piano, sometimes bass or slide guitar.
The name of the band comes from Pink Floyd ´s song Matilda Mother. They have published two LP vinyls: Sähkö and 700Napa-38, digital material more in bandcamp. There are two members and they do all the noise and sounds. Music influences vary a lot, but Tomi Christiansson has learned to play by ear at very early ages. He is listening and processing the harmonies in his head all the time: music is his life and he improvizeses as a method daily and processes new material for compositions constantly. As improvising is the method in this band, Ninel and Tomi have started to go towards longer pieces choosing one or two themes and varying the instruments while playing. The moment when the sound is still fresh and not overbaked for some common conception of how music should sound. Some raw but definitely their own unique sound, that´s what Matilda Mother band is made of.

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Director Statement

From east and west, from north and south, from ancient and recent,cherish them all, let the african drums, holy chants and church modes merge to inspirational music: true collisions of seemingly disparate heritages.