Everything Is True

Everything is True is an album of a personal and sentimental nature, where various musical styles blend, influenced by music from different cultures, contemporary, orchestral, and electronic music.

The instrumentarium is equally diverse, combining acoustic, electronic, and even unconventional instruments such as lithophones or prototypes of string instruments like the bassdesmophon.

This fusion creates timeless-sounding pieces with exceptional
tonality. Most of the tracks on the album were recorded as duets, allowing invited musicians to explore the sounds of stones. This album brings together talented musicians from three continents and five countries, giving the music a diverse and global perspective. In one of the tracks, city sounds can be heard, as the studio was located in the old town during the carnival in Basel. These sounds are interwoven into the recording. In another track, influences of Egyptian culture can be detected, while in yet another, even Chopin’s compositions are incorporated.

The tracks, 11 Memories, are intentionally untitled, aiming to evoke emotions and trigger memories, feelings, and associations. I invite listeners to participate in this journey, to return to their own past, and rediscover forgotten paths, and moments.

Tracklist

Details

Release: 05/10/2024

Tracks 1,5,6, 11 composed by Dominik Dolega, Tracks 2,9,10 by Yosvany Quintero, Dominik Dolega, Tracks 3,4 by Jean-Christophe Groffe, Gilbert Trefzger, Track 7 by Remo Schnyder, Dominik Dolega, Track 8 by Gilbert Trefzger Dominik Dolega

Jean Chistopfe Groffe FR/CH voice
Pelayo Arizzabalaga S/CH turntables
Yosvany Quintero CU/CH bass clarinert
Remo Schnyder CH alto saxophone
Gilbert Trefzger EG/CH electric guitar, 10 string lapsteel
Dominik Dolega PL/CH bassdesmophone, lithophone, stones, aluphone, field drums, percussion, drums, idiophones
Recorded by Hannes Kumke
Mastering by David Bollinger
Produced by Dominik Dolega
Front Cover Photo by Dominik Dolega

Photos by
Benjamin Henon (Jean Chistopfe Groffe),
Eli Gras (Pelayo Arizzabalaga),
Daria Kolacka (Yosvany Quintero),
N.N (Remo Schnyder),
Permi Jooti(Gilbert Trefzger),
Piotr DzumalaDominik Dolega)
Design: Anna Kulikowska
Executive Producer: Maciej Karłowski