ROZ VITALIS (Saint Petersburg, Russia) exists since 2001 as a studio keyboard-dominated project by composer and keyboardist Ivan Rozmainsky, evolved over the years into a large instrumental progressive rock collective.
The style of “Quia Nesciunt Quid Faciunt” – like any other ROZ VITALIS stuff – can be described as the “Unclassifiable Branch of Prog Rock”.
However, such tags as “Melodic Avant Rock”, “Canterbury Gothic Prog” or “Between Sympho Prog and Avant Prog”, are, perhaps, also partly relevant.
Music of ROZ VITALIS is about The Ineffable and The Unfathomable. In particular, it is about human aspiration for The Unapproachable Light
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Five and a half years later after “The Hidden Man of the Heart” – after many gigs, self-released concert albums and singles – the band is ready to present newest studio album released by Lizard Records! It is titled “Quia Nesciunt Quid Faciunt” (“they know not what they do” translated from Latin), consists of 10 tracks and lasts 54 minutes. The title of the album was induced by tragic events of the latest years concerned with military operations and violation of human rights in some regions of the world. The concept of the album is adequately conveyed by its title, although almost all the compositions were composed back in the late 2010s. Most of the tracks were developed at the band’s concerts in 2018-2021, but additional recording, mixing and mastering continued until 2023. Perhaps the album’s message is captured – in the best way – in track titled “The Man Whose Wings Were Cut Off”, a slightly shorter version released as a single in 2020 and never performed live. “Quia Nesciunt Quid Faciunt” differs from all other studio full-length albums by the very technical drum parts. This is the merit of drummer Evgeny Trefilov. He also acted as the author of two short works played on synthetic piano – “Fountain” and “Nocturne” – and as a sound engineer responsible for mixing and mastering. Unfortunately, he left the group shortly before the completion of the album. So this release is both the first and last full-length studio album of ROZ VITALIS with the participation of Evgeny Trefilov. At the same time, the essential melodic lines are provided – as previously – mainly by keyboards, guitars, flute and trumpet.
Altre produzioni di Roz Vitalis con Lizard Records:
– Lavoro D’Amore (2015)
– The Hidden Man of the Heart” (2018)
Musicians:
– Ruslan Kirillov / bass guitar except [8], [9]
– Vladislav Korotkikh / low whistle [2], [4], flutes
– Ivan Rozmainsky / harpsichord, grand piano [4], synths except [3], [10], metallophone [6], conception
– Vladimir Semenov / Tyan-Shansky / acoustic and electric guitars
– Evgeny Trefilov / drums, synth piano [3], [10], other keyboards, mixing, mastering, production
with thanks to
– Alexey Gorshkov / trumpets
– Serghei Liubcenco / guitars [8], [9], rubab [8], doira [8]
– Igor Luniov / ukulele [8], [9], slide guitar [9]
– Max Lokosov / bass guitar [8], [9]
– Leonid Perevalov / clarinet [8], bass clarinet [9]
Artwork: Ruslan Kirillov
