A remarkable work. I certainly agree that simplicity is the sister of talent, but it's still hard to believe that something simple and candid can make such a pleasant impression. Yes, these words are precisely about this release.
Lately, so-called one-man projects have become quite popular. I think anyone with even the slightest connection to music can understand the enormous amount of work required to record a single quality album. The ambient project LIHOLESIE is yet another confirmation that one person can create masterpieces.
The core concept of this album is the Forces of Nature, revealed in all their grandeur and beauty. The disc and booklet design carry an undertone of pagan culture, and this is no coincidence — for who if not our Slavic ancestors so deeply valued, respected, and worshipped the forces of nature? They understood the might and power of Mother Nature; at times they feared her, and so they bowed before her. Perhaps in the modern world we so sorely lack their ideas — the idea of attaining eternity through reunion with nature, for she is an infinite, inexhaustible source of eternal power.
Undoubtedly, humankind is part of nature, which is why so much connects us. How strongly our mood depends on her. Each track on this album is a certain image, a symbol of the invisible bond between us and nature. We live in the eternal cycle of her forces: the harsh winter bringing frost (an image of lost hopes, unfulfilled dreams), then a gradual awakening — the arrival of spring and with it rebirth, new searching... then summer — a kind of apex, a peak — and once again decline, the time of dancing yellow leaves (the season of autumn)... and so it goes, eternally...