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THIRTY DAYS IN MAY 2014 SPANNING A WEDDING, NEW FATHERHOOD, AND STUDIO SESSIONS WITH 1000 NAMES

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1000Names is a Bulgarian electronic duo from Sofia known for eklekto hip-hop—playful, glitchy, built from sampling and beat collage. In May 2014, margg and nikko kept a diary during a month of transformation. Wedding preparations and uncertainties. Mountains and wet sand. Their daughter watching cartoons. Plovdiv festival nights. Mobile studio work in unusual places. Conversations about their next record, their first collaboration in years. Each entry a fragment: vinyl on tables, children running through fields, festival smoke, exclusive tracks titled Mini Lion, Animal Steps, Baaba Loops. On May 8, walking through Vitosha mountain, margg writes: "I stop every now and then to enjoy the view and the smell of trees." The diary fragrance is the olfactive score to a period of real life transitions and musical experimentations.

"When Kaya briefed me on 1000Names universe, I thought about California in the 70’s, as if Neo Hippies where suddenly projected in the 21rst century. I saw their fragrance as a Green Chypre, typical of this period thanks to its patchouli background, but I wanted to add an original and modern twist to it: I accentuated its vegetal green facet thanks to a sharp bitter note of Galbanum and punctuated it with violets, classically used in the feminine perfumery but that here are creating a glitch giving a quirky feel to the all scent."
- PERFUMER, Antoine Lie

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Some hectic preparation For the Wedding checking if everything will be delivered on time and if all the guests know where they should go and so on… Many uncertainties, but at least i have no doubts about my decision.
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Emotions, emotions, emotions. So many of my beloved people at one place. Everybody is smiling and hugging us. I guess i’m feeling happy but it’s hard to tell how i really feel. Weather is not so good again, clouds are gathering and that affects my mood. I’m having a drink to put all those thoughts at the back of my mind. I’m getting very excited about the presents, all of them are selected, handmade or sung with love, I can tell.
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Mini Lion (Exclusive track for Folie À Plusieurs)
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Animal Steps (Exclusive track for Folie À Plusieurs)
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My wife is so lovely… Looking at presents, kissing, mostly chilling and reminiscing about the wedding.
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Slowly going back to normal life and starting to put some work together. I am in the Vitosha mountain for my part-time job. The view is now reversed as i see the city in the distance and the mountain just next to me. I stop every now and then to enjoy the view and the smell of trees. I think about our folie olfactive project as I smell the different scents.
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Going to Plovdiv to see the opening of the Artpossitive Festival with the participation of our dear friend Pavel. We love his work! It’s about motherhood, loneliness, relations between mother / child (abandoned?) we go on one of the hills, meet more friends, drink, smoke and enjoy the view. Later on we go to a party and dance the hell out of it.
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Day 11 — Migration Pads
There’s a communication going on about our next record. We are looking for a proper name for the record and search for inspirations. We decided to call it Migration Pads. It takes me a while to get used to the name but it’s growing on me as i listen to the record more & more.
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Still raining in Sofia, catching myself watching cartoons with my daughter. After awhile we’ve decided to go out and play in the wet sand. Nobody’s here, we are happy. Best time to play.
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Trying to catch up with the music we make and play as dj’s. Nikko is sending me more good ideas he has worked on, and i need to add my parts. Also going through new music i find on internet.
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Day 14 — Music, Kids
Music, kids… Rescued by my wife’s mother, now it is time to produce some tracks.
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We are playing at the TEDTV Party drinking time with lovely people and the sound was perfect. Great to see lots of friends.
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Early morning woken up by my girls. Spending the weekend in the center of Bulgaria. The perfect relaxation weekend turns into a week.
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I brought my mobile studio and headphones to rework some of the beats. I love to work at unusual places.
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I spoke with Margg about future live set… How to manage… And how to start… We have not worked together for years.
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Happy Birthday!
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As usual
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Baaba Loops (Exclusive track for Folie À Plusieurs)
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Olfactive Journal

Pattern Hours

Perfumer — Antoine Lie

Galbanum, patchouli, violet.

04 / 2014

Series Statement

Over fixed periods, we invite artists to keep a diary with us — through audio, text, video, image.

They share textures, thoughts and experiences from that time.

At the diary’s close, our perfumer creates a fragrance — not as translation, but as portrait.

A period in the artist’s life,
filtered through another’s attention.

The scent becomes an anchor, but not for preservation.

For return. For continuation in another form.

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