KROK
by 小袨挟袟 / SOYUZ
- Type: Album
- Released: 2025
- Label: Mr. Bongo
- Country: Belarus
- Length: 28:00
- Community rating: 3.95/5 from 3 ratings
Artists on this release: Kuba Wi臋cek, Gabriela Ziniewicz, Alex Chumak, Marcelo Cabral, Olivia Bujnowicz, Katarzyna Stasiewicz, Karolina Gutowska, Manami Kakudo, Iwona Piskorska, Biel Basile, Sessa, Ina, Albert Karch, Ci莽a G贸es, The Orchestra, Micha艂 G贸rczy艅ski, Tim Bernardes, Igor Wi艣niewski
Album Notes & Community Reviews
The fourth album from the Belarusian band 小袨挟袟 / SOYUZ, 'KROK' represents a significant evolution shaped by the group's own displacement and renewal. The title, meaning "step" in Belarusian, reflects both the band's physical journey after leaving their homeland amidst political turmoil and a creative leap, with leader Alex Chumak shifting to his native language for the lyrics. Recorded partially in S茫o Paulo with Brazilian musicians, the album melds the band's Eastern European folk-jazz roots with cinematic library music, jazz-driven pop, and a subtle but distinct Latin undercurrent, exploring themes of migration, dreams, and uncertainty.
Genres
Descriptors: complex, melodic, fusion, rhythmic, collaborations, vocal
Tracklist
Credits
- 小袨挟袟 - primary artist
- Alex Chumak - art direction, mixed by, producer, composed by, arranged by [strings & woodwinds], vocals, twelve-string guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, synthesizer [minimoog], lyrics by, arranged by [strings], vocals, acoustic guitar [nylon guitar], composed by, lyrics by, arranged by [strings], vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, electric piano [fender rhodes], composed by, lyrics by, vocals, acoustic guitar, twelve-string guitar, acoustic guitar [nylon guitar], electric piano [fender rhodes], synthesizer [minimoog], composed by, lyrics by, vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, electric piano [fender rhodes], acoustic guitar [nylon guitar], synthesizer [korg ms-10 & minimoog], composed by, arranged by [strings, woodwinds & choir], electric piano [fender rhodes], synthesizer [korg ms-10], composed by, lyrics by, arranged by [woodwinds & choir], vocals, piano, synthesizer [korg ms-10], composed by, arranged by [strings], acoustic guitar [nylon guitar], acoustic guitar, synthesizer [korg ms-10], piano, composed by, piano, synthesizer [korg ms-10], double bass [upright bass solo]
- Albert Karch - co-producer, mixed by, recorded by, arranged by [strings], drums, drums, shaker, percussion, arranged by [woodwinds], drums
- Biel Basile - co-producer, recorded by, photography by, drums, drum machine
- Sessa - co-producer, recorded by
- Sven Wunder - liner notes, recorded by
- Liam McLean - mastered by
- Ivan Smolyar - photography by
- Sviatlana Varapai - translated by [lyrics translated by]
- Katarzyna Stasiewicz - cello
- Marcelo Cabral - electric bass, shaker
- Gabriela Ziniewicz - flute
- Iwona Piskorska - viola
- Karolina Gutowska - violin
- Olivia Bujnowicz - violin
- Tim Bernardes - composed by, featuring, lyrics by, vocals
- Grzegorz Tarwid - synthesizer [minimoog]
- Igor Wi艣niewski - electric guitar
- Kuba Wi臋cek - alto saxophone
- Ci莽a G贸es - vocals
- Ina - vocals
- Piotr Domagalski - double bass [upright bass]
- Micha艂 G贸rczy艅ski - clarinet
- Manami Kakudo - featuring, lyrics by, vocals