Some of you
may have noticed the mysterious project Krobak being mentioned as Igor's
pre-Stoned Jesus major activity, but I guess the percent of those who listened
to it after reading about it is somewhere about absolute zero. But it's a funny
thing to discover that a guy behind StJesus' crushing stoner riffs and ambitious
progressive leanings began as a three-notes-two-chords minimalist citing later
days Talk Talk and Godspeed You! Black Emperor as his main influences. Writing
music in various forms since he was 13 (from grunge ballads to doom-death
epics) Igor discovered post-rock around 2006 and immideately tried his hand on
it, taking inspiration also from early Krautrock as well as from Constellation
and 4AD bands.
Inspired by
constant interest to what could have been Ukraine's prime post-rock band, Igor
decided to reform Krobak with full line-up for occassional live shows. A set of
early material, demoed but never released, gained a new life being recorded in
a proper way at Moscow's Destroy the Humanity Studios (January 2012) and Kiev's
Zvukocech (June-July 2012). 42-minutes long "Deep Waters" album is
set to be released early in autumn, along with the first Krobak live show in
three years at Robustfest II in Kiev.
Krobak
(Хроба́к, укр. «червь») — инструментальный проект, который держится на трех
китах: мелодика, меланхолия, минимализм. Создатель Хробака Игорь
вдохновлялся музыкой пост-роковых коллективов Godspeed You! Black Emperor,
Yndi Halda и Mono. После разочарования в "one man band"-концепте
все силы автора проекта были сосредоточены на развитии Stoned Jesus,
однако с недавних пор Игорь нашел время для сольных "забав на
стороне": новый альбом Krobak был анонсирован чуть ли не сразу
после выхода недавнего полноформата Voida, теперь же его выход перенесен
на осень 2012го. Robust Fest vol.II станет первым появлением для Хробака на публике с летнего концерта 2009го в Одессе, но уже на этот раз с новой
программой и живым составом!
