First Move, Then Many is a folk grounded response to nonstop aggression. A strong folk and folk rock pulse runs through the piece, like people on the streets and in their homes, absorbing hit after hit yet still moving together. Over that, nu jazz and jazztronica touches colour the harmony and groove, giving the music a modern, restless edge, while subtle synthpop shades keep the energy bright and alert rather than crushed.

There is something battle worn and ominous in the way the motifs repeat, but the rhythm and phrasing keep pushing forward like a quiet march that will not stop. Melodic lines rise almost like an anthem, repeating the same message in different shapes: we have a right to exist, and you cannot take that away. While the title points to the first move and then many that follow, the piece focuses on how people respond to those blows, staying united, stubbornly hopeful and emotionally present as the wave of aggression rolls on.

About the album

First Move, Then Many is Movement VII 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 VII • First Move, Then Many

Peace Upon Us opens the Ukraine in Sound journey in bright colours. Cinematic and epic in scope but rooted in folk, it feels like life before the first headline, when streets were full, neighbours greeted each other at the door and the air carried more laughter than fear. Folk infused melodies and a hint of klezmer warmth make it feel like a village celebration that never quite stops, spinning forward with welcoming energy.

This is written from inside that remembered peace, not as nostalgia from a distance but as if you are standing in it again for a few minutes. Joyful, festive and inviting, it shows the character of a people who greet you with open arms and make you feel at home, which makes everything that follows in the later movements hit even harder.

About the album

Peace Upon Us is Movement I 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 I • Peace Upon Us

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

No Side Wins turns from the battlefield to the reality that sits behind every headline: in war, every soul lost is a grave loss, no matter the flag. A strong folk presence runs through the piece, giving it the feeling of a song carried by ordinary people rather than officials, close to the ground and close to grief. The cinematic and epic elements widen that feeling into something almost hymn like, as if the land itself is trying to speak for the fallen.

Global bass touches and a singer songwriter sense of phrasing make the movement feel both modern and deeply human, not abstract or grandiose. Motifs return again and again like names being read aloud, each repetition a small act of remembrance. The music does not rush to consolation. Instead, it stays with the weight of the idea that no side truly wins, because every life taken is a permanent wound that cannot be undone.

About the album

No Side Wins is Movement IX 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 IX •  No Side Wins

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

Open Aggression captures the moment when the story breaks beyond the border and the world starts to hear it. Neo and modern classical lines sit over a folk rock drive, giving the piece a restless, urgent forward motion, like news spreading from street to street and screen to screen. The cinematic and epic undercurrent makes it feel larger than any one town, as if an entire region is being pulled into the same story.

Sad, questioning phrases weave through that motion, carrying the hope that this will be resolved quickly, yet uncertainty sits heavily underneath. Darker, ominous figures keep surfacing, reminding you that the danger is real and growing. There is a strong feeling of being alone with the threat, which feeds moments of panic in the melodic writing, later eased by brighter harmonies that hint at friendly nations noticing and stepping forward in support.

About the album

Open Aggression is Movement V 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 V • Open Aggression

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.

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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

Peace Returns, Changed brings folk warmth and cinematic epic writing together in a way that feels slightly off balance on purpose. Folk and folk rock colours carry the sense of people coming back to their lives, streets filling again, familiar patterns slowly returning. Neo and modern classical elements sit inside that, adding a reflective, almost fragile intelligence to the harmony, as if everyone is thinking more quietly than before.

The mood merges dark and joyful tones, saying that it is over, but not really over. As good as the outcome may look from the outside, there is not much to celebrate when you count the losses that brought you here. The movement carefully teases out the feeling of a favourable result reached at a grave expense. The triumphant atmosphere never appears without an undertow of something ominous and heavy, a musical reminder of what took place and what cannot be undone.

About the album

Peace Returns, Changed is Movement XIV 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 XIV • Peace Returns, Changed

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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