Kotlovan

New Kotlovan EP “Beyond Sense” is out everywhere. Listen and enjoy!
Heaps of gratitude to:
- Don Farwell .farwell for excellent work on tracking grand piano at the Studio Litho;
- Jeramy Koepping for exquisite mixing and patience dealing with my notes;
- Ed Brooks for masterful mastering;
- Ilya Krisa for adding succulent guitar parts;
- Vil for helping with the cover art.

Full credits:
Don Farwell: tracking grand piano (Studio Litho, Seattle, WA)
Jeramy Koepping: mixing
Ed Brooks: mastering (Resonant Mastering, Seattle, WA)
Ilya Krisa: electric guitar
Farkhad Saidmuratov: grand piano, percussion, vocals, bass guitar, synthesizers, recorder, khomus, zither, harmonica, whistle, effects, programming, production, engineering.
All music is written by Farkhad Saidmuratov. Lyrics for “Dyr bul shchyl” by Aleksei Kruchenykh.
Cover art by Farkhad Saidmuratov and Vilvarion. Photo collage by Alyona Tronina.

Announcement time! New Kotlovan EP, “Beyond Sense”, is finished and will be released on January 2nd.
Four spontaneous, improvisational, piano tracks, inspired and influenced by Erik Satie, Brian Eno, maybe even some of the Rock in Opposition groups (Henry Cow, Art Bears, Aksak Maboul, Etron Fou Leloublan), and piano ambient works of Aphex Twin.
I very much enjoyed exploring a new musical style, it was quite unpredictable even for me how these songs have turned out - very different from all previous Kotlovan work.

📷 - September 2024, recording grand piano at the Studio Litho.