Crossfades

One of the key elements of this record are field recordings, made by the artist mostly at the St. Mary’s Basilica in 2019 during a Catholic liturgy. They became a starting point for the development of the whole record. From Sergei’s point of view, the recorded sounds were mainly the reflection of the mood of the place and the general feeling of encountering a familiar culture – one can compare it to a visit to an Orthodox temple by any of us. The tracks on the record feature clear fragments of commonly known songs of praise and psalms – we sought to identify those and decided to include their original composers and performers. This was possible thanks to the efforts of Patryk Dopke – the St.Mary’s Basilica organist and the soprano Maria Krueger, who both analysed the finished record. Along with the main Basilica’s organist, Prof. Bogusław Grabowski, they unknowingly turned into actual performers of the particular tracks on the record.