Next week playing four shows in Bulgaria and Germany. I'm premiering a new Dayin full-length called 'When did you stop looking at the sky" due on Purlieu Recordings before the end of the year. Find all shows listed below.
My new solo album "Призив" is up for streaming. It's a charity album with a very important cause. So feel free to give it a spin and read its backstory below.
In early 2022 I was commissioned by "Velingrad Mineral Water" to travel to the Rhodope Mountains in Bulgaria and capture the sounds and spirits of this special mountain. The goal was to create an album that tries to convey the majesty of this remarkable place. I traveled light, with no fancy microphones or recorders and yet the field recordings become the backbone of this work. Most of the sounds I captured were left untouched, while others became part of the musical texture alongside synth and guitar work I recorded in between my travels to the Rhodopes. Even if it might not sound like it, I went out of my comfort zone quite a few times when producing this album.
The initiative has a simple mechanic, the more the album gets played the more it will be donated to "Rewiliding Rhodopes Foundation", a fantastic organization of dedicated experts who are working hard on preserving the wildlife of the region, repopulating endangered populations of herbivores, carnivores and scavengers to ensure a better future for the ecosystems in the region.
It's been a while since I've done a proper band tour. Almost 10 years to be precise. The last time I did one was in 2013 and the last one I documented in this blog was in 2012. You can read a bunch of poorly edited past stories here. Meanwhile, starting on Sept 14 we'll be doing 10 shows in the following places.
Find more info and event links at: https://expectationsband.com/ and if somebody reads this, well, maybe see you around.
