Staraya Derevnya - Inwards Opened the Floor

Raash Records

£10.80

Format: Cassette
Catalogue No.: RCA006
Release Date: 11th September 2020
Genre: Alternative/Punk (Experimental)

01: On How the Thorny Orbs Got Here
02: 'Chirik' is Heard From the Treetops
03: Flicked the Ash in Kefir
04: Hogweed is Done with Buckwheat
05: Burning Bush and Apple Saucer
06: Inwards Opened the Floor
07: Forgot What Was Important

Gosha Hniu - objects, toys, percussion, cries and whispers, marching band kazoo
Ran Nahmias - silent cello, theremin
Maya Pik - synths, melodica, rocking chair, flute (3)
Grundik Kasyansky - feedback synthesizer, objects
Amos Ungar - dulcimer, sampler
Tom Wheatley - double bass (1, 2, 6, 7)
Lior Lerman - cries and whispers (1, 5, 6)
Maria Blatstein - piano (2, 5)
Andrea Serafino - drums (1)
Yoni Silver - bass clarinet (1)
Radio interference (7) by Jonathan Shohet and Matthias Moos

Recorded in Cafe Oto Project Space in October 2017. Additional recordings throughout 2017-2019 in Givat Ha-Irusim, Israel and London, UK.

Artwork and inspiration by Danil Gertman. Lyrics are based on the poems by Arthur Molev. Recording, mix, mastering, design & production by Hniu.

Hugs to Ira Gluzman, Tsip Nahmias, David Pye, Zhenya Shmuter, Andrei Yusov, Tony Harris, Luba Tounkoun, Nigel Bewley, Artur Vidal, Joe Murray and Lee Etherington