Gas of Latvia - Swan Lake (2015) EN

This summer my path led me far noth, further than the Polish border, further than Kaunas and Vilnius. I took part in a festival of a rocking deer, a festival on an island on a lake in the middle of the green desolation of the northern Lithuania - Mėnuo Juodaragis. And on this festival on an island I found, and it was quite difficult to find, a tiny stage - hidden in the middle of dense forest, looking like a ruffians' shack. It had a sloping roof and hardly enough place under it for two people and a table to make some DJ wizardry on it. In the middle of the night, the stage lit up with lights and lasers and electronic sounds straight from Livonia. I will be coming back to this place.

To say a proper good evening - one of my Mėnuo Juodaragis findings: Gas of Latvia. Andris Indāns solo project who on his album is accompanied by vocalist and cellist. Both the vocals of Indāns and Anna Kirse may be more fitting for a cold-wave music but they are warmed up by variety of samples that stretch from suggesting some music mystery (Sniegavīrs) to inviting to dancefloor (Labdien, mans nezināmais draugs). No wonder that GoL posted a proud picture together with the trip-hop legend Tricky.

Swan Lake (a perfect name to be the first post on this blog) was registered in Gassound studio and published by NABA MUSIC /MELO RECORDS. You can buy it on Bandcamp for 8 EUR.

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