ROZ VITALIS (St. Petersburg - Russia) has existed since 2001 as a mainly keyboard studio project, conceived by the keyboard player-composer Ivan Rozmainski, which has evolved over the years into a large instrumental collective with a progressive rock bent.
The style of "Quia Nesciunt Quid Faciunt" – like any other ROZ VITALIS material – can be described as the "unclassifiable branch of Prog Rock". However, tags like "Melodic Avant Rock", "Canterbury Gothic Prog" or "Between Sympho Prog and Avant Prog" are perhaps partly relevant.
ROZ VITALIS' music speaks of the Ineffable and the Unfathomable. In particular, it is about the human aspiration for The Unapproachable Light.
Five and a half years after "The Hidden Man of the Heart" – after many concerts, self-produced concert albums and singles – the band is ready to present the new studio album! It is titled “Quia Nesciunt Quid Faciunt” (“they do not know what they are doing” translated from Latin), consists of 10 songs and lasts 54 minutes. The album title was inspired by the tragic events of recent years related to military operations and the violation of human rights in some regions of the world.
The concept of the album is adequately conveyed by the title, although almost all compositions were composed in the late 2010s. Most of the songs were developed during the band's concerts in 2018-2021, but further recording, mixing and mastering continued until 2023.
Perhaps the album's message is captured – best – in the 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 albums due to its very technical drum parts. This is the merit of drummer Evgeny Trefilov. He was also the author of two short pieces played on synthetic piano - "Fountain" and "Nocturne" - and the sound engineer responsible for mixing and mastering. Unfortunately, he left the group shortly before the album's completion. So this release is both the first and last studio album of ROZ VITALIS with the participation of Evgeny Trefilov. At the same time, the essential melodic lines are provided – as before – mainly by keyboards, guitars, flute and trumpet.
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
