Critical. Graphorrhea.

Critical is, as known, a joint project, a mobile construction. Participants in it may be replaced from one event to another – however, not all of them. Thus, in this release Andriy Kyrychenko and Dmytro Kotra are accompanied by Tobias Astrom and Jeff Surak – and the joint work by so diverse musicians, maybe, just could not be homogeneous, unambiguous. Therefore, having paid attention to the black-and-white design of the cover, also pay attention to that actually it is saturated with delicate patterns of various degrees of complication. Just as the content of the disc – it is only at first sight that it seems rather simple... However, gradually – almost unnoticeably but persistently – the number of lines, layers, bands, aftersounds, parallel and independent steps grows. And all of that flows, sounds, disappears without pressure without transforming into structured noise – with appearance of new details previous ones somehow modestly grow transparent, after which they disappear in the English manner. This is not city graffiti – but urban graphics, if you like. Simultaneously rich and ascetic, quiet and swift. Self-sufficient.

this time Critical were:
Dmytro Fedorenko - track constructions and arrangements, bass, drums, programming, synthetics
Andrey Kiritchenko - computer, acoustic guitar, field recordings
Tobias Astrom - feedback/effects, manipulated recordings of long lost cities/memories
Jeff Surak - autoharp, microcassettes, processing