Quietud by Ilya Orange

Producer, sound designer, author of such projects as Naukograd and Legobyte, Ilya Orange releases album "Quietud" as a way for all of us to carry a piece of summer with us, to have it permeate our thoughts, deeds, and plans. He recorded these tracks in his country house using whatever tools he had at hand; molded them from antique cassette and pirate CD samples, and what’s most important - he was completely free at that moment. This freedom is what made the album so light, sort of like when you turn on the first track - and then all of a sudden you realize that you are already on the eighth song, and it is so cool.

The piece can be classified as lo-fi house in terms of genre, but – “dacha”. For the author, it turned into something more than just a circumstance. Dacha is the embodiment of clear meaning and symbol of sacred idleness, a personification of the question: “why have we forgotten how to just be?” The eight tracks of the album are imbued with the dacha vibe – things like childhood, coziness, and security. They make your head feel weightless, and there is nothing bad about it - it is just life as it is.

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