Five and a half years on from their last original trio recording, SVETLOST are back. Were they even away? Somewhat. Taking the long route around to end up in the same place – though, one could argue they are now on a different plane than they were at that moment. But, we suppose most of the world feels the same. The date of that last recording, January of 2019, and the one that saw the production of this album, May of 2024, bookend a period of a global pandemic, perpetual economic crisis, new wars, personal losses, and friends gone (but never forgotten).

Regrouping in 2024 with a renewed artistic focus, SVETLOST quickly found the groove that helped them create their first three (critically acclaimed) albums in the space of a few months. The assembled material features their trademark non-idiomatic improvisation framed in compositions rooted in noise-punk and doom-jazz. The LP was recorded in their underground basement studio and masterfully engineered by Vladan Drobicki, to give it a raw live sound that best showcases the feel of their performances.

The program of the album was partly inspired by Austrian/ Israeli artist duo Muntean and Rosenblum’s 1990s piece portraying three disengaged melancholic figures, nominally untitled, but inscribed in large block letters: EVERYTHING WAS AS IT HAD BEEN A MINUTE AGO, EXCEPT FOR A SENSE OF GENERAL SUSPENSION, AS OF THINGS HOLDING THEMSELVES IN STILLNESS, NOT DARING TO BREATHE.

This record marks Svetlost and PMGJazz’s first collaboration with Inverted Spectrum Records, a boutique label and concert organization initiative based in Budapest and Ankara. 

Ninoslav Spirovski [clarinet / tenor saxophone]
Deni Omeragić [baritone guitar / bass guitar / electronics]
Kristijan Novkovski [drums]

#1, #2, #4 – Composed by Novkovski / Omeragić / Spirovski.
#3 – Composed by Spirovski, arranged by Novkovski /
Omeragić / Spirovski.

Recorded by Vladan Drobicki @ Svetlost HQ, Skopje, 4 may
2024.
Edited, mixed and mastered by Vladan Drobicki, for PMGJazz.
Artwork by Kristijan Novkovski

Produced for and published by:
PMGJazz (Skopje, Macedonia),
a division of PMG Recordings.

Published by:
Inverted Spectrum Records (Budapest, Hungary / Ankara,
Turkey)

For inquires related to SVETLOST contact Deni Omeragić (omeragic.deni@gmail.com)