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Bogdan Kravtsov
Farewell (2023)

https://kartaskvazhin.bandcamp.com/album/farewell
I wrote a pair of poems for the cassette album „Farewell“ by duo „Logs“ comprising Andrey Guryanov and Daria Zvezdina.

One half of the album was recorded in January 2019, the other in December 2021. Andrey sent me the record in January 2023, and in December 2023 I sent him my poetry about this music in Russian. I translated it into English in June 2024. The diptych is printed in two languages ​​on a beautiful insert of the cassette, released in the spring of 2026 by the label „Kartaskvazhin“ in a limited edition of 50 copies.


No lines between after and while.
No lines between rhythm and noise.

No lines between second and mile.
No lines between random and choice.

No lines between sound and light.
No lines between whisper and shout.

No lines between vicious and right.
No lines between sombre and loud.

No lines.
No lines are.
No lines.
No lines are.

No lines, but a lot of bright spots. Constellations of riches, of treasures of soil. Deep and dark subterranean space. Fruitful planet. Prospecting scheme. Plan of attack. Sound of destruction, rhythm of machines. Fear of silence. Geysering time. Derricks and shafts. Oscillations and balance. Perpendicular map. Map of voids. Map of desorientation.
music, poetry
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