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# Baba Vanga: Sonic Mysticism **Baba Vanga**, aka Вангелия Гущерова, is a legendary persona of the Communist mystical tradition. [Baba Vanga][1]{: target="_blank"}, the sonic proselytizer, will focus primarily on idiosyncratic musicians from Eastern Europe. Inspired by the aforementioned lady, the [imprint][2]{: target="_blank"} kickstarts with a release by **Střed Světa** -- center of the world -- with an eponymous album, released on January 23rd---an edition of 111 cassettes presenting a psychedelic voyage into out-there techno, layering of samples and non-linear story-telling. Střed Světa is based somewhere between the outer reaches of Prague suburbia and the world, making music as a part of his quotidian activities for more than a decade. A self-professed misanthrope, who doesn't mind company, delves deeper into the recesses of his aural memory to recontextualize influences ranging from German rave to IDM, but transgressing and subverting any genre-based limitations, utilizing a deliberate "slap-dash" modus operandi.  An expression that is like controlled stream of consciousness, a lysergic trip through deeper recesses of one's mind, with distant melodies, detours and rythmic delineations. PS: the website code is drawn from the date of birth and death of the real Baba Vanga. [1]: https://www.facebook.com/b4b4v4ng4 [2]: https://soundcloud.com/baba-vanga 
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    text: '<p><strong>Baba Vanga</strong>, aka &#1042;&#1072;&#1085;&#1075;&#1077;&#1083;&#1080;&#1103; &#1043;&#1091;&#1097;&#1077;&#1088;&#1086;&#1074;&#1072;, is a legendary persona of the Communist mystical tradition. <a href="https://www.facebook.com/b4b4v4ng4" target="_blank">Baba Vanga</a>, the sonic proselytizer, will focus primarily on idiosyncratic musicians from Eastern Europe. Inspired by the aforementioned lady, the <a href="https://soundcloud.com/baba-vanga" target="_blank">imprint</a> kickstarts with a release by <strong>St&#345;ed Sv&#283;ta</strong> &ndash; center of the world &ndash; with an eponymous album, released on January 23rd&mdash;an edition of 111 cassettes presenting a psychedelic voyage into out-there techno, layering of samples and non-linear story-telling. St&#345;ed Sv&#283;ta is based somewhere between the outer reaches of Prague suburbia and the world, making music as a part of his quotidian activities for more than a decade. A self-professed misanthrope, who doesn&rsquo;t mind company, delves deeper into the recesses of his aural memory to recontextualize influences ranging from German rave to IDM, but transgressing and subverting any genre-based limitations, utilizing a deliberate &ldquo;slap-dash&rdquo; modus operandi.&nbsp; An expression that is like controlled stream of consciousness, a lysergic trip through deeper recesses of one&rsquo;s mind, with distant melodies, detours and rythmic delineations.</p><p>PS: the website code is drawn from the date of birth and death of the real Baba Vanga.</p>'
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# Baba Vanga: Sonic Mysticism **Baba Vanga**, aka Вангелия Гущерова, is a legendary persona of the Communist mystical tradition. [Baba Vanga][1]{: target="_blank"}, the sonic proselytizer, will focus primarily on idiosyncratic musicians from Eastern Europe. Inspired by the aforementioned lady, t...