Ilie Costin
a Roma settlement outside Sibiu, Romania
Ilie Costin never took a music class or learned scales, but from a young age, he started tapping rhythms on the bus seats during long commutes. His memories of meals grew into chansons, unspooling details of flavors and textures against the rhythm of the bus engine. Each song is a map of his life's moments, arranged like routes on a morning schedule.
Defining Work
About
Obsession
He listens for the wind's message, flag cracking in companionless air.
Voice
Rustic drift through morning chill.
Genre
Transylvanian Engine Blues
Instrumentation
Accordion loops, bus engine grumblings, flag snaps carried by the wind.
Vocal Style
Gravelly rumble, unresolved like rolling hills.
Production Style
Recorded alone in the village bus yard, early dawn with a handheld recorder; buses act as soundboards.
Influences
The echoes of bus engines, dew-drenched flags, meals shared in winter kitchens.
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