NEVER SOL
EAST-EUROPEAN SYNTH MELANCHOLY
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about
Never Sol is the alias of Sara Vondraskova- musician, composer and producer based in Prague, Czech Republic. In her musical practise she is now mainly interested in combining vocal with synthesizers. Searching for deconstruction in forms, driven and inspired by rough noisy sharp sounds with dark harsh drone elements, she is exploring the relationship between fragility and massiveness of sound and finds time and work with time as a crucial element to navigate through while composing.
NEVER SOL
As Never Sol, she creates melancholic compositions that are based on layered synth soundscapes, dark melodies shrouded in tons of reverb with thick yet delicate vocals. Melting in drone surfaces but cutting deep with distorted and noisy elements . A strong connection to songwriting, intricate chord progressions, synths and voice are the cornerstones of her musical output. In the past year she started performing and improvising live with modular synthesizer which helps her disintegrate and refresh her classical songwriting approach.
With solo project Never Sol she released two studio albums: Under Quiet 2013 (Denovali Records) and Chamaleo 2018 (Supraphon) with which she toured in Europe and performed in venues and festivals like Lunchmeat Festival, Superbooth Berlin, Eurosonic Noorderslag, Pohoda Festival, Colours of Ostrava, Electronic Music Festival EMAF Tokyo, Knockdown Centre, Union Pool, Alphaville, Non Plus Ultra, Open The Portal, Essen Denovali Festival, Haldern Pop Festival and more.
DANCE/THEATRE
Since 2015 she also composes music for contemporary dance performances and theatre. Sara created music for dance ensembles like Spitfire Company, Pocket Art, Manus Marketa Vacovska, TYhle, BurkiCom, DOT 504 and composed music for projects in City Theatre of Žilina or Prague City Gallery . In 2021 she has been awarded with Czech Dance Platform Music Award for the performances Seperated (Marketa Vacovska) and Constellations III (Spitfire Company).
OTHER
Sara hosts a radio show at Czech National Radio Vltava focused on alternative music scene.
She is an RBMA 2014 alumna and took a summer course of Recorded Sound at Computer Music Centre of Columbia University NY. Sara holds a bachelor degree in Cultural Studies at Faculty of Arts, Charles University and completed Jazz & Vocal studies at Prague Conservatory and Jazz Academy in Prague.