The Walkers are striding towards each other. Their copper-filled smiles are glistening. They are not in any hurry. Everything on their path has been elegantly predetermined. Everything around them is governed by them and moves within their dimension. Those know-it-alls would whirl past you frantically pointing their horns at you, and would not stop even for a chat. Though you have not chosen a good place for it either – a crossroads. Take a seat. Wait until they run out of wind. Sooner or later it shall happen. That shall be the moment of the Stop in the Journey. Then the haughty Walkers shall appear before you as humble weight clocks, patiently waiting for you to wind them up.
from
Slumbers,
released December 17, 2013
ZMEIRADUGA - "Slumbers"
Recorded live at Dom Belogo Zhuravlya Club, Moscow, summer 2013
Arrange, mixing, mastering - Inner Music Studio, Moscow, autumn 2013
John Kukaryamba - alfa-rhythm, lead voice, vocals, a lot of percussion, effects, djembe, udu, ocarina, jaw harp;
Dmitry Fablov - beta-rhythm, a lot of drums, udu, kahon, percussion;
Sasha Alekhin - gamma-rhythm, back vocal, winds (trumpet, clarnet, flutes), synth;
Elena Stuukstly Kozyryatskaya - delta-rhythm, female back vocal, piano, pads, effects;
Vadim Valavar Larsky - theta-rhythm, bouzouki, guitar, bass, electro-gusli, back vocal, string drum, noise generators and other mysterious instruments;
Sergey Pit Razoumov - lambda-rhythm, dijeridoo, klopfgeist;
Mykola Fedorov - mu-rhythm, dijeridoo and all inside.
Sound Production - Vadim Valavar Larsky
Arrange - Elena Stuukstly Kozyryatskaya, Vadim Valavar Larsky
Mixing/Mastering - Elena Stuukstly Kozyryatskaya, Vadim Valavar Larsky
Design & visual production of "Slumbers" - Elena Stuukstly Kozyryatskaya
Stories for "Slumbers" and verse for "Yellow Wheel" - John Kukaryamba
Translation - Stanislav Larski
Management - John Kukaryamba, Elena Stuukstly Kozyryatskaya