The first song that I started to work with was ”Tiny blaze”. The song is written during the war in Sarajevo (Bosnia-Herzegovina) during one of those nights when the whole city was totally in the dark and paradoxically the only light coming out was the light from bombshells. It’s kind of weird to write a song about myself being caught in the war, surrounded by death, expecting my own, and when the song is done you realize that it sounds like it’s forcing you to move to the beat. That’s what’s great about music, you never know which direction it’s going to take. There is a part in the middle where the song breaks into live feeling. It was meant to describe how I used to dream me away remembering the days when the life was normal, when I was on the stage playing. After that part, distorted guitar brings back distorted reality. Actually this song sounds very good in an acoustic version too (like it was done from the start) but in the whole process of learning how to operate the equipment I put all kinds of stuff in it. I played all instruments, like in the other songs. The great voice of Åsa Lindström has definitely given this song something special.

”Horizons (All alone)” is one of those songs that came to me almost done from the start. Two of my friends Miodrag and Armin, both talented musicians, left this world too young. I suppose this song is an outcome of my efforts to understand their destiny and to find some answers. I could’ve played more instruments that would certainly bring more emotions, but I didn’t. I kept almost entirely the first recording, though you can hear some roaring but it’s all part of that specific moment. The song ends abruptly. The guitar stops playing and that’s it. Just like life.

I like the contrast between ”Tiny blaze” and ”Suicidal Fuel”. The first is produced in a totally different way than the other. We experimented a little bit with vocals in ”Suicidal Fuel”. Again, Åsa contributes with her voice and gives another dimension to this unusual song. It is build only on two chords. That’s the closest to minimalism that I could’ve get.

My mother died in October 2006. All my emotions poured out into the song called ”Free”. There are lots of tears in there. / July 12, 2008 /