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On Strange Track Titles

 

Some track titles seem to come on their own — as if they didn’t exist a second ago, and then, in an instant, they’re already in my head. But there are also words that come in dreams, and only later do I feel that they should be the title of one track or another.

 

For example, Andrean Zimeng. This is the name of a person I saw in a dream. This person is a mystery to me — just like the strange dream in which I briefly met them. That short time was enough to learn their name and some circumstances.

 

The world is full of mysteries. And something tells me that if we look at things from an unusual angle, our everyday reality can turn out to be no less enigmatic than the world of dreams.

 

For me, Ships Fly Up is not just self‑expression — it’s also a bridge between the everyday world and something that’s very hard to put into words. This “something” lies somewhere beyond the edge, on the other side… And music is a kind of guide — a living guide. And it seems that it comes precisely from “that” side.

 

This guide speaks without words. But that’s understandable: it speaks to the soul. To any soul ready to hear it. And the soul doesn’t know words. Words belong to the mind. The soul speaks a completely different language — the language of feelings, premonitions, sensations, and direct knowing. Knowledge without words or justifications.

 

Perhaps this is another reason why I write instrumental music.

 

The soul doesn’t need explanations of why and how the ships suddenly fly upward. That’s their course — so they fly… You just need to relax and enjoy the flight.