Planetianin. This album was experimental for me. Raised on heavy music, I asked myself: “Can I write an electronic album?” The album’s title sets the tone for the entire sound: it refers to the image of a person who simultaneously belongs to Earth and feels a connection with something greater—space, virtuality, another reality. The music creates the effect of a “journey”: from contemplative landscapes to the energetic rhythms of cyberspace. I wanted to write, but no. Planetianin is about trying to find something alive in the digital world. Digital is something you can’t touch, because it’s ones and zeros. So you can’t touch sound either. You can only feel it. With your body. Vibrations. You can also touch a picture in jpeg or png only with your eyes. And it lives as long as the server is running. Just like sound. We’re back to analog sound. Acoustic guitars and bass guitars don’t need to be connected to an amplifier. But even an unplugged bass guitar will still produce sound; the wood will resonate. We’ll feel the sound with our bodies. A digital painting can be printed. And we’ll be able to feel it tactilely, physically. Accordingly, I’m coming to the conclusion that there’s no difference between digital and analog. All the differences are contrived, designed to mislead our perception of art as such. Planetary is my attempt to ask myself sometimes idiotic questions and seek answers without resorting to “live” synthesizers and instruments.