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This Ukrainian 2-track vocals & drone album goes on my Best of 2025 list, without a doubt!

Andriana-Yaroslava Saienko‘s singing comes across at times an intense lullaby, morphing into a spine tingling lament, to then become powerful bewitching defiance. Underneath and alongside those strong vocals, Oleg ‘Heinali’ Shpudeiko’s perfectly fitting modular synth drones give the necessary base, at times subtle yet grounding, then allowing those enchanting sounds to slowly grow into something dangerous, piercing, urgent, entrancing.

Both tracks are reimagined compositions by Benedictine mystic Hildegard von Bingen, combining medieval polyphony with contemporary electronics, without predominantly remaining in one of both eras. A perfect blend of both times.

This is one of the most listened to albums for me, this year. A true masterpiece.

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