Fragment of an Empire"If influence is the criterion for determining the significance of a film director," writes Russian film scholar Denise J. Youngblood, "then Fridrikh Ermler is perhaps the most important director in Soviet film history." Why he does not join the ranks of Eisenstein, Kuleshov, and Vertov as one of the great masters of Soviet filmmaking is unknown. Yet his legacy as an intricate craftsman of deceptively simple stories layered with psychological depth

Part I kicks off with the title track

"De Ecclesiæ Universalis" is influenced by late 80' Heavy/Doom scene of bands like Candlemass

Cultus Profano - Accursed Possession

During that whole time

Jazz musicians ever since have used it as a practice piece

Christmas is a time when we all can put aside out differences and agree on what the holidays are really about: presents

The specific genius of the pupi is not mimetic

A beautiful song about attraction and desire that will be an instant staple in the sweet soul world and beyond

The album was recorded in Soulreaper Studio (France) by Michaël Hellström

as evidenced by the shufflebeat pearlescent downtempo surveillance of "Gaze"

Rockin' Robin

The musical worlds and the sound of the individual instruments on this album mingle naturally