The latest gig was kinda alright, although the venue left a very unpleasant impression due to an abundancy of trashed barflies who appeared to be dying to put on some cheap-sounding muzak right after our performance. One of them – a particularly drunk and probably stoned – slammed us loudly for the refusal of playing something he tried to order. Well, ’tis just another occupational hazard. I was pretty much prepared for this kid going aggressive, but fortunately he didn’t.

No word yet when are we playing next time, but it won’t take long, hopefully.

Other than that, around this time 20 years ago I’ve wrapped recording my first dark-ambient solo album with the project ‘Decembered’.

It was born from the need to rebalance myself after the misery of previous years, and from a desire to find a more or less new way to make sounds. A new sources of sounds either :) So, everything was a go: badly detuned acoustic piano, a dog barking outside, some kitchen hardware which goes majestic under the layers of reverb.

Little did I expect that this kind of playground would last that long as Decembered did – 10 years, and 10 albums. Not all of them were exactly dark, and not all were about ambient alone, but in general… Well, I tried to alter my ways later with a more industrial-oriented project. Since it had been passed as something different that it actually was, I will not name it.

Eventually I turned back to dark ambient in 2022 with black-sided sun… just days before the war actually started.

Anyway, all the Decembered’s discography is available at Bandcamp. Give the first LP – ‘And That Was Just a Thaw’ – a spin tonight, preferrably in low light and, probably, with a glass of a good wine.