01. Song With No Words (Песня без слов) / 02. Offscreen (За кадром) / 03. I Knew It — feat. Kate NV (Я так и знал) / 04. Glance (Мгновение) / 05. How Are You — feat. Sessa (Como é que vai você) / 06. Beige Days (Бежевые дни) / 07. Morning Moon (Lua da manhã) / 08. Force of the Wind (Сила ветра) / 09. Weather Report (Прогноз погоды)
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Black Vinyl LP (First Press)
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01. Song With No Words (Песня без слов) / 02. Offscreen (За кадром) / 03. I Knew It — feat. Kate NV (Я так и знал) / 04. Glance (Мгновение) / 05. How Are You — feat. Sessa (Como é que vai você) / 06. Beige Days (Бежевые дни) / 07. Morning Moon (Lua da manhã) / 08. Force of the Wind (Сила ветра) / 09. Weather Report (Прогноз погоды)
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Limited Edition Clear Vinyl LP
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01. Song With No Words (Песня без слов) / 02. Offscreen (За кадром) / 03. I Knew It — feat. Kate NV (Я так и знал) / 04. Glance (Мгновение) / 05. How Are You — feat. Sessa (Como é que vai você) / 06. Beige Days (Бежевые дни) / 07. Morning Moon (Lua da manhã) / 08. Force of the Wind (Сила ветра) / 09. Weather Report (Прогноз погоды)
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01. Song With No Words (Песня без слов) / 02. Offscreen (За кадром) / 03. I Knew It — feat. Kate NV (Я так и знал) / 04. Glance (Мгновение) / 05. How Are You — feat. Sessa (Como é que vai você) / 06. Beige Days (Бежевые дни) / 07. Morning Moon (Lua da manhã) / 08. Force of the Wind (Сила ветра) / 09. Weather Report (Прогноз погоды)
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about
‘I Knew It’ is the first single to be taken from the forthcoming album, ‘Force of the Wind’. A beautifully rich, album inspired by a golden period of 70s Brazilian music. A big one for fans of Milton Nascimento, Lô Borges, Arthur Verocai, et al.
Sunshine can be heard in the opening piano chords of 'I Knew It’. SOYUZ deliver a lush heartfelt arrangement with wispy flutes, warming strings and distant, haunting, distorted guitar. It proves to be the perfect accompaniment to the beautiful vocals of renowned musician and vocalist Kate NV.
'I Knew It', has the sense of familiarity even on first listen and feels reassuring, drawing on compositions from the past, but also being something completely new.
lyrics
We heard the news on the radio this morning
That all of us are the heroes of a meaningless tale
Paperback printed, lying in a distant corner
People were furious at the news
Everything looks silly, no matter what we do
I knew it and now I can't help laughing
I am what I saw.
I am what I remember
I am what I have heard myself
I am the echo that will appear
I am the voice that sounds
I am time, time, time
What you wished for yesterday won't come true
Everything will become something else and be forgotten
Everything will be found by someone else
A pile of unexplored objects and words
Books not read, songs not turned on
My voice will drift softly over your house
I am what I saw.
I am what I remember
I am what I have heard myself
I am the echo that will appear
I am the voice that sounds
I am time, time, time
credits
from Force of the Wind (Сила ветра),
track released August 18, 2022
Writing, grand piano, 12-string guitar, Rhodes piano, string arrangement, flute arrangement – Alex Chumak
Bass – Mikita Arlou
Drums – Anton Nemahai
Vocals – Kate Shilonosova
Violin – Kate Goddard
Violin – Ruby Wang
Viola – Hannah Selin
Cello – Ansel Cohen
Flute – Gabriel Milliet
Percussion – Cem Misirlioglu
Bass, drums, 12-string guitar recorded on ‘Studio 42’, grand piano recorded in ‘KORPUS’ Culture Center, Rhodes piano recorded on ‘Everest Media’, Minsk, Belarus.
Vocals recorded in Moscow, Russia.
Strings recorded at ‘Gary’s Electric Studio’, Brooklyn, NY.
Flute recorded in Zaandam, Netherlands.
Percussion recorded in Brooklyn, NY.
Alex Chumak – Mixing Engineer
Production - Mikita Arlou, Alex Chumak.
СОЮЗ (SOYUZ) is a creative collective from Minsk, Belarus. The duo consists of composer and singer Alex Chumak and one of the key figures of the Belarusian underground scene Mikita Arlou, both musicians are multi-instrumentalists.
supported by 80 fans who also own “I Knew It (feat. Kate NV) (Я так и знал)”
Like so many others, this came like a bolt out of the blue and, even though it's well before payday, I had to have this astonishing album on vinyl to prove it exists. The feel of the tunes makes me feel like the Impressions do, Curtis Mayfield, the big spaces and instinctive horns and stuff drifting in and out. Great grooves and I can see lots of ghosts nodding along to this with big smiles on their faces. At last! Anthony Cottrell
A spontaneously and improvised record from Caixa Cubo ties electric Brazilian sounds from the 1970s to contemporary beats. Bandcamp New & Notable Sep 24, 2020
