The album name is a Latin transliteration of the Russian word for branches bearing in mind the branches of the World tree which supports the heavens, connecting the heavens, the terrestrial world, and the underworld. Continuing the theme of wanderings, which was the basic idea of the previous album Oikoumene, Theodor Bastard take their listeners from hot south to the fairy northern lights. ‘We travel to the North of Russia every year,’ – says the band leader Fedor Svolotch. – ‘Now it’s time for us to turn to our culture, our country and our roots. There are our places of power, the places where stones and winds are talking to us. A new album is a song of the northern harsh nature’. A peculiar combination of the archaic percussions and folk instruments was used during the recording. Playing unusual ethnic instruments is still an important part of Theodor Bastard creative process. Russian horn, traditional Mongol violin morin khuur, ritual Tibetian horn dunchen, ancient Russian gusli, Peruanian cajon, jew’s harp, dulcimer (string instrument like zither) – this is just a short list of musical miracles of the album.