فتحة القميص عند الصدر ارتبطت تاريخيًا بإبراز نعومة الجسد لدى المرأة وجاذبيته، لكنّها في أزياء الرجال أخذت معنى مختلفًا تمامًا. فهي لا تهدف إلى إظهار الرقة، بل إلى إبراز الثقة والحضور والراحة مع الذات.

فعندما يفتح الرجل أزرار قميصه العلوية، يظهر جزء من العنق والصدر، وهي مناطق ترتبط بصريًا بالقوة الجسدية والنضج. وإذا كان الصدر أملسًا، فإن الإطلالة توحي بالأناقة والبساطة والنظافة. أما إذا كان الصدر مُشعرًا، فإنها تضيف لمسة من الطابع الذكوري الكلاسيكي الذي ارتبط في كثير من الثقافات بالنضج والرجولة الطبيعية.

كما أن القميص المفتوح الصدر يوحي بشيء من التحرر من الرسمية المفرطة. فهو يقع في منطقة وسطى بين الانضباط والعفوية، بين الأناقة والاسترخاء، ولهذا اكتسب مكانته كواحد من أكثر عناصر الأزياء الرجالية جاذبية عبر العقود.

AMALGAMATION [c]

SITREKIN – OPEN CHEST

Out Now

Debut single by SITREKIN of Blue Foundation fame

‘For a moment she was Gordon, Knowles, Joplin and Patti in marvelous unity, while music and sorcery flowed together’. – GAFFA (Premier Danish music magazine)

Danish artist Kirstine Stubbe Teglbjærg is off to an historic start as she launches a new project under artist name Sitrekin. She is the voice behind US Grammy nominated Twilight Saga soundtrack hit song ‘Eyes on Fire’, which has racked up close to 100m streams, and now releases her debut solo track in English since her departure from the award-winning Danish group Blue Foundation. The track is entitled ‘Open Chest’ and is a spellbinding, infectious love song. Earlier this year, the track was chosen to be the perfect sonic launchpad for Apple Music’s new lossless format available on iTunes using Dolby Atmos.

‘Open Chest’ was released exclusively for Apple Music on July 1st in their new revolutionary Spatial Audio/Dolby Atmos format and now gets a full release via all other major digital platforms. The track was mixed by Dyre Gormsen in the legendary West London Eastcote Studios – one of the most important and influential of music studios in the world, where artists such as Massive Attack, Depeche Mode, Adele and Arctic Monkeys created some of their greatest works.

Dyre explains, “Open Chest is mixed by myself and was the first track I put into Dolby Atmos as an experiment to begin with, but it became clear that it was a perfect media for Kirstine’s music and what we were looking for all the time, as a way to demonstrate how you are able to move objects around as the music is very element based. We used the mix to play for Dolby who were instantly very excited by what they heard and gave approval for this to be the launch track for this new groundbreaking format.”

 When Apple announced in May that they would make The Dolby Atmos format available to the general music user via Spatial Audio, Dyre was already in full swing working with the format and had a finished mix of ‘Open Chest’ ready. The track was originally planned to be released in the late summer but was then chosen by Dolby Laboratories and Eastcote Studio to manifest the new Dolby Atmos format at their July 1st press launch event and was available exclusively on Apple Music also from July 1st.

With intense nearness and openhearted vocal expression, Sitrekin tells a story of love and passion, in a cool and dreamy musical arrangement of minimalistic, organic elements, a pulsating electronic beat and incredibly beautiful strings. The infectious hook of the melody sticks in the ear, and the atmosphere of the production is a warm, musical embrace, filled with amazing detail and melodic lines.

Sitrekin composed and produced the track herself, and draws inspiration from a wide variety of sources; including 18th century Baroque bass lines, traditional Asian scales and contemporary pop music, such as Bat for Lashes, Ed Sheeran and Lana del Rey.

She explains, “It’s about attraction, passion and longing and the potential and power of letting go completely into the embrace of the other. The song is also about the pain of being separated from this intense, ecstatic state. Once experienced, you will always long to go back. It’s in your blood and bones.”

Kirstine explains the new artist name, “Sitrekin is an anagram of my first name, Kirstine, and when I found it, I just knew. It’s crispy and firm, and it fits perfectly with my new music. ‘Sitre’ is Danish and is always in motion – it is vibrations and frequencies, just like music and sound – and ‘Kin’ means relatives, family, clan in English. The name is my quivering anchor, somewhere I belong, somewhere in constant motion and development.”

‘Open Chest’ was the first Danish track to be released in Spatial Audio – which also makes HUN SOLO Records the first Danish label to release music in this amazing new format – and now, as of 3rd September 2021, the track is available via all other good digital retail outlets, though only in traditional stereo.

It was silent, except the steady beep of a nearby monitor. She had to pause, blinking sweat from her eyes. It wasn’t hot, but the stress of this operation was starting to get to her. It was so important that this went well.

The incisions had been made, opening up the patient. She’d done this a dozen times before, but every time she was surprised by the lack of blood inside the body. She shook off the pause, reminding herself what she was supposed to be doing.

“Costotome.” She muttered.

Slowly, she began to cut the ribs, forcing herself to move slowly and with care. But this was a well maintained tool, and it did not take her long to finish cutting through the ribs alongside the sternum. She shifted position and began to cut along the ribs at the patient’s side.

“Adjust that hose.” She murmured.

The suction tube that kept the area free of blood was adjusted and she went back to her cutting. She made short work of that side as well, easing into her task now. Though sweat still beaded on her forehead. She knew how easy it was to make a mistake.

There was a groan behind her, but she didn’t turn. “Quiet them down, nurse.”

Nothing could distract her from her task. It was going so well, she would not be distracted until it was finished. The groan didn’t sound again, and tension eased from her shoulders. Of course, she’d given the right dosage. It was just a reflexive sound. It had to be uncomfortable sitting there like that.

Carefully, she moved the ribs, placing them in a special dish beside the operation bed. Ribs for dinner sounds good, she thought to herself. Get this all squared away and then I can pop off to the shop for some marinade. I might have some in the cupboard. I’ll have to check.

Finally, the lung was clear. Gently, she eased her fingers underneath the delicate organ. It was so easy to crush the lungs. She didn’t want to damage it. Even though the patient didn’t need it anymore. She let the lung rest over the patient’s side as she leaned in closer to examine how all the tubes attached.

“Hose.” She said.

Suction stole away the blood left in the cavity the lung had been taken from. The tubes were stretched, grossly so. She hummed to herself, taking her scalpel again and poking at the tubing with the blunt end. She had to decide how far up the trachea she would have to cut. And then sew up the hole that would be left behind. Couldn’t leave them breathing into an empty hole.

She clicked her tongue. Her eyes slid over to the ribs. She was getting bored of this now. Giving a sigh, she took up her bone cutter again and crunched through the ribs on the other side. These cuts were much rougher, but she didn’t care.

Snapping ribs out of the way, she pulled the other lung from its cavity, letting it sit in the air like the other. It wasn’t quite the masterpiece that she thought it would be. But she had done it from the front. Luckily she had another subject to work on. And she was getting very confident with her cutters now.

She washed her hands before she tapped her phone, turning off the monitor sound. The ribs were waiting for her in the dish, and she tossed the entire thing in the furnace. Once the body went cold, she’d cut it up and burn it as well. Or maybe she’d leave him hung up on a hook for his friend to see.

Turning, she gave a bright smile to the other young man that was just starting to wake. He gave a muffled scream as he saw the room he was tied up in. She giggled, deciding to leave him for a few more hours before she offered him something to eat.