Mystical Variations by Kshatriy

This release includes two albums, each with field recordings in high-end rather than documental style, never heard before: the recordings were made with the best equipment on the market, no wind noise reducers were used — I waited patiently for the breezeless weather and waited, just like a professional photographer, “for the one and only ray of sunshine that will make all the difference”.

1) Mystical Variations for The Birds from Night Forest

The field recordings for this album were made during the white nights period not far from St. Petersburg: this time of the year is not about the dark nights, it’s about the nature being really busy — birds, first off. All the recordings were made at about 4am in such locations where a human being cannot violate their natural activity, so that you could immerse in the world of nature as it is… while it’s re-creating new cycles with all its grandness and deliberation.
This is the time when the birds are highly diligent: tirelessly they perform their best songs to settle all their issues… When you face such zeal, you may find yourself thinking, “Here are the real fighters!” even though they’re so tiny.

Granular synthesis was used for composition of the music for this album — this technology helps create a sound with such precision that it fits neatly, as if within the sounds of nature, not disturbing them in the slightest... This is not background music — this is a reflection of the experience of the things that’re going on.

2) Mystical Variations for The Spirits from Night Forest

The field recordings for this album were made during the darkest season, when the day is so short that you spend the most of it in the dark.
The nature is asleep… Only frozen trees in the dark of the night, fast asleep, keep swaying and uttering piercing moans… What are they dreaming about? Is anybody here at all? Or only spirits of the past are swaying the trees…

The musical part of the album is hard to describe… The way it has been done is pure intuition — I used every little detail able to reflect and translate into sound this atmosphere of loneliness, frozen life, and the majestic cycle on hold.

On the way back home after the darkest and most reverent recording session, I found an artifact: a part of the skull of an unknown animal — it certainly looks very picturesque, especially after it was depicted by Anna Kain.
I tried to identify whose skull it was and it turned out to be an ordinary ram — this animal could not come here on its own, they were bred by people just for food, because such harsh conditions didn’t leave much to count on. A rough estimate of the age of the artifact suggests that people used to live here in the middle of this cold northern forest... No electricity, no Internet, only the howl of the wind and the creak of the trees for many miles round. I wonder, did I manage to record the spirit of these people of the past, who heroically survived in such a harsh climate... Perhaps, this is who the groaning trees are dreaming of?

The music of 'Kshatriy' is based on drone style with ambient and noise elements. With no certain frames and accept any necessary sound sources
...with delicate touch.

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