An acoustical quintet album paying tribute to Gašper Trček, a friend gone too soon, that was never able to finish his masterpiece. We bring out the music that deserves to be heard.

"The pianist and his friend Rok Zalokar, who has already participated in Trček's debut The Stream of Consciousness, plays a special role. The selected compositions included in this album therefore follow the musical aesthetics of the person in whose mind they originated, even though the records were at different stages of development, ranging from completed notated compositions and chords to melodic fragments, whether in writing or sound. Zalokar, who received the repertoire for listening only during the preparations for the memorial concert, retains the original idea of ​​two (female) vocals, piano, double bass and (subtle) drums, or might as well awakens it to life, since the author had no opportunity to realise it.
The excitement of listening to yet unknown compositions and the pain of emptiness caused by the loss of a friend probably have at least in part resulted in the compositions for this cycle to become pianist's favourite part of an otherwise extensive and diverse oeuvre. In selecting the compositions that found their place in this release, he relied on the level of compositional perfection, which was greatly inspired by Trček's piano recordings and the ability to identify oneself with the compositions. Lina Rahne, one of the vocalists with whom Trček also collaborated, and who remembers that their encounters had an almost mystical flair, also played an important role. Because of the admiration for all the beautiful things that Gašper Trček wanted to contribute to the world, the enthusiasm for his versatile productivity, serious approach and at the same time fragility, which often separated him from the world, as he put his own creative source at the centre of his life, she still identifies him with The Little Prince, the timeless hero of the story written by the French writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
When listening to the serene and almost spiritual Olivieri, it is reasonable to ask if the essence of his all too short a life may not have lied precisely in the fact that in all his years he most faithfully followed his own uninterrupted source of artistic activity, which reaches into both music and literature, painting and film arts. Although he has been with us for merely twenty-three years, the significance of his works remains imprinted into eternity precisely because of the inspiration he awoke, and with which now, as a messenger from some other cosmos, he awakes all of us through the echo of his earthly works and opens a window to the bay, which may even be a window into the world. The world here or to the great beyond."

Nina Novak,
critic, music publicist and author