Rooms Gone Quiet is a peaceful, almost serene reflection on the spaces left behind by every soul lost. The cinematic and epic writing gives those empty rooms a wide emotional resonance, while the alternative metal and rock undertones signal the weight each of those lives once carried. You feel the absence, but you also feel the strength and responsibility that rested on their shoulders.

As the piece unfolds, the progressive rock and metal elements act like a testament to the continued presence of those souls in memory. Motifs return and evolve as if the rooms are still holding voices, habits and stories that refuse to disappear. The alternative and symphonic metal colours then soften, the tone lightens just enough to make room for a solemn moment of reflection. It is a movement that quietly says: we know you are no longer here, but somehow you still are. For anyone who has suffered a meaningful loss, this is hard to describe but easy to understand.

About the album

Rooms Gone Quiet is Movement XIII of Whirl: Ukraine in Sound, an instrumental cinematic and neo classical suite with symphonic metal intensity and Eastern European folk and Balkan colour. Across 15 movements the album follows a journey from peace to war, through loss and mourning, and toward a scarred return to calm, written from the perspective of those living through aggression rather than watching from afar.

Ukraine in Sound XIII • Rooms Gone Quiet

Ashes and Names is a heartfelt realisation set to sound, the moment when the losses stop being numbers and settle deep inside. Cinematic and epic writing gives the piece a wide, solemn space, while symphonic and alternative metal colours load that space with weight and heat, as if something is burning quietly in the chest. Progressive rock motion keeps the music from collapsing in on itself, moving like thoughts that will not stop circling back to the same faces and moments.

The tone is mournful but grand, never dismissing the courage of the souls who are gone. Themes rise up with a kind of dark radiance, carrying the feeling of a memorial that refuses to be small or forgotten. Every return of the main motif feels like another name spoken aloud. Ashes and Names plays like a sad recollection, an oath in music that says you will forever be remembered.

About the album

Ashes and Names is Movement XI of Whirl: Ukraine in Sound, an instrumental cinematic and neo classical suite with symphonic metal intensity and Eastern European folk and Balkan colour. Across 15 movements the album follows a journey from peace to war, through loss and mourning, and toward a scarred return to calm, written from the perspective of those living through aggression rather than watching from afar.

Ukraine in Sound XI • Ashes and Names

Condolences is the moment where grief is spoken aloud and shared. Cinematic and epic writing shape the movement like a formal act of mourning, while alternative and progressive metal elements give each phrase real weight, as if every chord is carrying another life on its shoulders. The darkness in the harmony is not theatrical; it matches the gravity of the losses being acknowledged.

The winds move through this heavy frame like someone reciting names one by one. Their lines answer the riffs and hits, creating a dialogue where metal provides impact and the winds provide remembrance. That exchange becomes both a testament and a kind of musical silence in which each soul can be honoured. Toward the end, the piece rises into a brief epic turn, not to resolve the pain, but to clear a path for what comes next in Rooms Gone Quiet, where the aftermath is felt in the spaces left behind.

About the album

Condolences is Movement XII of Whirl: Ukraine in Sound, an instrumental cinematic and neo classical suite with symphonic metal intensity and Eastern European folk and Balkan colour. Across 15 movements the album follows a journey from peace to war, through loss and mourning, and toward a scarred return to calm, written from the perspective of those living through aggression rather than watching from afar.

Ukraine in Sound XII • Condolences

Retaliation is where folk rock spirit and heavier colours meet the hard decision to fight back. The folk and folk rock core keeps reminding you who these people are at heart: communal, melodic, rooted, peaceful by nature. Gentle wind lines and softer phrases keep saying the same thing in different ways: our actions now are about defending the land, not about who we truly are inside.

Against that, alternative metal and progressive rock elements push the music into a darker, bloodier register. Riffs and heavier hits carry the weight of what must be done, underscoring that no one involved is naïve about the gravity of these choices. Cinematic surges feel like waves of resolve rising and breaking. Throughout, a soothing melodic voice keeps returning, as if to reassure: we were never the aggressors, our response is justified, keep going, you will prevail. The contrast between rock and metal tension and the underlying kind hearted folk character becomes a musical justification, saying that left to their own lives these people would never have chosen this path, but now they have no other option.

About the album

Retaliation is Movement VIII of Whirl: Ukraine in Sound, an instrumental cinematic and neo classical suite with symphonic metal intensity and Eastern European folk and Balkan colour. Across 15 movements the album follows a journey from peace to war, through loss and mourning, and toward a scarred return to calm, written from the perspective of those living through aggression rather than watching from afar.

Ukraine in Sound VIII • Retaliation

Lines in the Dust is where the threat stops being distant and becomes real. Melodic and alternative metal colours give the harmony a heavier, more unstable feel from the first bars, as if the ground itself is shifting. The symphonic metal shade in the orchestration adds size and urgency, while folk rock traces keep it connected to ordinary streets and homes. Riffs and motives race back and forth, carrying bad news from one side of the soundstage to the other.

There is a sense of people talking in urgent voices, arguments and questions between the aggrieved woven into the lines. Every time the piece seems to gather itself, the ominous theme returns, reminding you that this is not a false alarm and not a passing scare. The uncertainty does not resolve here. It tightens.

About the album

Lines in the Dust is Movement III of Whirl: Ukraine in Sound, an instrumental cinematic and neo classical suite with symphonic metal intensity and Eastern European folk and Balkan colour. Across 15 movements the album follows a journey from peace to war, through loss and mourning, and toward a scarred return to calm, written from the perspective of those living through aggression rather than watching from afar.

Ukraine in Sound III • Lines in the Dust

The First Spark is the moment realization takes the front of the stage. The threat is no longer just noise at the edge of town; it is understood, named and serious. Symphonic metal weight and alternative metal bite drive the piece forward, as if people are gathering, calling each other, beginning to mobilize. Cinematic and epic gestures give it the feel of a score for a country waking up to defend itself.

Between the darker surges, calmer voices appear in the music, lines that sound like family and friends trying to reassure one another that they will stand together. Folk tinges in the melody keep it human and close. Yet the gravity of the situation never lets go. Even in the more hopeful passages, the low end and harmony keep reminding you that what is coming cannot be ignored. This is where defense begins.

About the album

The First Spark is Movement IV of Whirl: Ukraine in Sound, an instrumental cinematic and neo classical suite with symphonic metal intensity and Eastern European folk and Balkan colour. Across 15 movements the album follows a journey from peace to war, through loss and mourning, and toward a scarred return to calm, written from the perspective of those living through aggression rather than watching from afar.

Ukraine in Sound IV • The First Spark

Rising Tension does exactly what its name promises. Cinematic and epic writing meets symphonic and alternative metal weight to create something like a massed, restless heartbeat. The threat is no longer abstract; it is here, understood and felt in every bar. Progressive rock movement adds a constant sense of forward push, as if events are accelerating and there is no way to step aside.

The melodic lines carry uncertainty, but not fracture. Underneath the shifting harmonies you can hear people closing ranks, a battle march ready nation beginning to move as one. Orchestral figures and metal tinged riffs answer each other like voices in a crowd, calling and replying with the same resolve. Rising Tension speaks of fear that has not disappeared, held together by unity that refuses to break.

About the album

Rising Tension is Movement VI of Whirl: Ukraine in Sound, an instrumental cinematic and neo classical suite with symphonic metal intensity and Eastern European folk and Balkan colour. Across 15 movements the album follows a journey from peace to war, through loss and mourning, and toward a scarred return to calm, written from the perspective of those living through aggression rather than watching from afar.

Ukraine in Sound VI • Rising Tension

Losses Mount is where the cost of the conflict is counted in sound. Symphonic metal power, cinematic epic writing and progressive rock motion combine into a constant, almost breathless forward drive, as if the music is tallying loss after loss on both sides with every phrase. Alternative metal and djent tinges sharpen the edges, giving the chords and riffs a jagged, unforgiving profile that matches the reality on the ground.

Against this heavy frame, the wind instruments move like echoes of the souls being spoken about. Their lines flare up and fade, returning in fragments as if names and faces are rising through the noise for a moment and then slipping back into memory. Amid the relentless movement there are pockets that feel like a held breath, brief moments of near silence or reduced texture that play like a minute of mourning before the tension rises again and the fighting resumes. Toward the end, the epic melodic writing swells into something huge and undeniable, not to glorify the battle, but to underline how devastating its impact is. The piece keeps repeating one hard message in different forms: there is no good in wars, only mounting losses that never fully leave.

About the album

Losses Mount is Movement X of Whirl: Ukraine in Sound, an instrumental cinematic and neo classical suite with symphonic metal intensity and Eastern European folk and Balkan colour. Across 15 movements the album follows a journey from peace to war, through loss and mourning, and toward a scarred return to calm, written from the perspective of those living through aggression rather than watching from afar.

Ukraine in Sound X • Losses Mount

Whirl Continues – Epilogue closes the episode with a serene but quietly charged reflection. Cinematic and epic writing sets a broad horizon for the final scene, while symphonic metal power and progressive rock movement give the melody a sense of strength that has survived everything that came before. Alternative metal touches and folk and folk rock colours keep it grounded in the same human world that opened the journey, celebrating who these people are in the aftermath.

The piece carries triumph, loss and hopefulness at the same time. Triumphant swells feel earned rather than euphoric, surrounded by harmonies that still remember what has been lost. Folk shaded phrases and softer lines act like memories and reminders, anchoring identity after so much has been shaken. The music also feels like a beacon, gently guiding back from the horrors that had to be faced during the saga. It ends abruptly, on purpose, to press a moment of self reflection into the listener, the sudden silence mirroring the feeling of realisation. The melody remains gentle but cautiously evocative, suggesting that the whirl of history continues even when this story falls quiet.

About the album

Whirl Continues – Epilogue is Movement XV of Whirl: Ukraine in Sound, an instrumental cinematic and neo classical suite with symphonic metal intensity and Eastern European folk and Balkan colour. Across 15 movements the album follows a journey from peace to war, through loss and mourning, and toward a scarred return to calm, written from the perspective of those living through aggression rather than watching from afar.

Ukraine in Sound XV • Whirl Continues – Epilogue

Fuck tyrants, fuck fascism, empires must die.

New Wind of Change (demo)

I’ve always lived at the crossroads of music and poetry — where feeling becomes form, and melody turns memory into meaning. Whether it’s a lingering jazz note, a well-placed rhyme, or a shift in tempo that tells a deeper story, I’m drawn to that quiet magic where art reflects life with a little more style.

My roots are in classic music — the kind that doesn’t chase the moment but lingers with you long after the last note. Over time, that love expanded into poetry writing and jazz — especially the kind that swings, speaks, and smirks all at once. Jazz, to me, isn’t just a genre; it’s a personality. A conversation. A little tilt of the head and a grin that knows more than it says.

When I set out to create an album, it’s rarely just a collection of songs. I approach it like a personal playlist — one that drifts and flows as if the entire tracklist were one long, uninterrupted piece. Each track leans into the next, shifting mood, pace, or voice, but always carrying the same thread of feeling. I want you to listen the way I do — not as a shuffle of moments, but as a cinematic arc. One breath that lasts an hour.

Lyrically, my work is rooted in lived experience. Sometimes it’s obvious. Other times it’s just the skeleton of a memory, dressed up in wit, irony, or longing. I draw from real-life events, then let the poet in me twist, stretch, or sweeten them to taste. Depending on the tone of the album — playful, romantic, nostalgic, or something in between — I try to keep the emotional truth intact while giving it a fresh coat of creativity. A little humor where it fits. A deeper dive where it hurts.

My newest jazz album continues this tradition — short-lined swing tracks, conversational duets, and tongue-in-cheek storytelling. It’s an homage to late-night alleyway ballads, rooftop serenades, and train station goodbyes — all bound together with a sense of charm and cohesion. Each song is its own little scene, but together they tell a story — one you can revisit with each replay.

Thanks for stopping by my profile. I hope you find something that earns a spot on your repeat-play list — a melody, a lyric, or a moment that feels like it was written just for you.

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