Recenzija albuma "Bardo.Vertep." TEXTURA Ivan Čkonjević: Bardo.Vertep . NoEcho Records Long-time readers of textura are probably aware of the fervour with which we embrace guitar-centric albums, so they'll already know that Ivan Čkonjević's fourth album Bardo.Vertep. received a particularly enthusiastic welcome when it showed up at our door. Put simply, the Belgrade, Serbia-based composer (and member of Belgrade Noise Society and rock band Ana Never) creates positively heavenly music using nothing more than electric guitar and associated effects pedals, loopers, and violin bow/e-bow. Čkonjević makes slow-motion music that one might describe as somnambulant yet at the same time it's rich with detail and filled with incident. Inspired by an Olga Tokarczuk story from her book Gra na wielu bebenkach (Playing on Many Drums), the opening piece “EXP. Bardo.Vertep.” unfolds for eighteen elegiac minutes, with the guitar's mo