Sasha Vinogradova / Alina Anufrienko - Oko 2021

Edition of 800 numbered copies
Die-cut outer sleeve, color print inner sleeve + poly-liner sleeves.
Runouts are etched, '1|' symbols are mirrored.

Edition includes inserts with description of lyrics:
original (Russian) and poetic translation version (English).

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Remember:
you could be dreaming. Sinking or flying, sound-catching or singing. Witnessing a distant storm in silence, how it exposes purple clouds in unpredictable flashes. Hearing a submarine eruption and finding natal comfort in the warm, fragrant smoke that only wants to sheathe all your edges. The circus has left, only placards remain. And the snow. Look how the flakes sway to your feet without effort - any distance is misleading, illusory. There’s only dream and memory – the two wings of a bird that flaps with an ocean wave, blinks with an eye of a lighthouse. Fragile, you could be dreaming not alone, holding hands with the core of things. The molten core, like touching ice. You could be dreaming. Dreaming in perfect memories of shapes imperfect. Dreaming of the earth raining from the sky, of the wind inside the sea, of the lighthouse & the ship kissing, of exotic fishes in the bay of your ear. Everything is real. If you play. If you dare to ignore the margins. Echoes go on forever. They play with themselves in a stream of mirrors. Echoes of a forgotten language, of a language unwritten - a soothing, indifferent creole that reconciles feeling with understanding. Bathe in the fountain at the source of resonance. Bathe in the clouds on the eyes of intimate strangers passing. Disappear. Disappear and be seen, like the moonlit mist behind your eyes. And sway between hope and wisdom.

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1. Intro
This is the first look at the endless space of the musical canvas.
Sounds appear and disappear, enveloping us in their magic. Where is your gaze directed? Where are you looking? Forward or inward?

2. Silent birds.
With the help of sadness, you can go through difficult experiences.
Sadness will always find a way out if given the opportunity.
We are born, we grow up, we create something and then we simply disappear, leaving behind only silence.

3. Pigeon language.
Vulnerability is strength.
Accepting your imperfection is strength. The power that can create and lead towards the essence.

4. I love ...
Ode to everything human.
What fills people, what gives them strength to go further.
Simple things that are a big part of our life. Smells, tastes, sensations, touches - it's so simple and so sincere.

5. Snow
This is how the snow falls.
Sinking to the ground, it becomes part of the snow-white carpet that covers the ground.
Everything merges, everything moves.

6. Lighthouse
This is a great journey.
The track was originally called “Big ship”. Close your eyes and you will see a giant ship sailing in the distance. It’s humming, it sees us.

7. Outro
The music starts to slip away. Gradually dying down, it continues to sound within. We listen with our hearts.

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All songs written, performed and produced by Sasha Vinogradova and Alina Anufrienko

Recorded in Garnet village, Dmitrovsky region, Russian Federation
(Recording period February 2020)

Released and distributed by Hidden Harmony Recordings (HH05)
© & ℗ 2021 Alexandra Vinogradova