Hi darlings, The new chapter of our ‘back-catalogue’ adventure is called ‘Under The Green’ – a song that gave our debut demo-album the name. It took me a bit longer to write this post than I had initially planned cause I didn’t want it to sound technical, there’s too much emotion to this one. *a later update – then I was 4 days in covid19-mode, still there but back to the things to make and do.  It might sound a bit controversial as the song is not at all a hit in any sort of sense, but it was probably the most important track for me at that time, and that’s why the album was called after it. I don’t want to go deep into technicalities – it was a very basic demo production with me playing the electric guitar and singing (oh my gosh, that singing! it’s difficult for me to hear it now, haha), plus a couple of samples from traditional Japanese flute recordings. Instead, here’s the story of this song. Summer 2001, I am 16 years old. As every other summer before that, I am spending a few weeks away from St. Petersburg with my grandma living in a small town Tuapse on the shore of the Black Sea. July that year was extremely hot, even the nights were hot and sticky. Me and my older sister have always since our early childhood had a habit of choosing the hottest night and sneaking out to swim in moon-rivers crossing the sea. There was always a lot of magic in it – us without parents, watching the sky and soaking our feet in milk-warm water. That year my sister wasn’t there, so I decided to dare and sneak out alone. That night was fantastically beautiful. I laid down on a breakwater, half swallowed by the sea, and watched the Milky Way. Never before it all had seemed so clear to me. I felt like the sea is gently embracing me as mother’s hands, and the stars are looking at me with a tender smile. It was the moment when I thought that this must be what love is – this unconditional loving co-existence and acceptance.  This was quite a discovery for me in my teenage years, fuelled by desire and spiced with drama. I suppose, this realisation somehow helped me to understand that creating art in the name of the great beauty is much more important than looking for a time and place to settle down. Well, I guess that’s it for now.  Sending love! Oh, and please please please – take care! covid is no fun, but bearable when one’s vaccinated. xxx Gene...