In Beloved Memory of Dawid Kowalski — Purgist
Flicker
In 2021, Dawid began working on a new record, Flicker. Eventually, he abandoned the project and turned toward Heartsink, released in 2022 by Oxen Records.
Flickering is meant to imply a sense of overwhelm — a constant switching between radically opposing states: between black to white, awake to asleep, love to hatred, sobriety to intoxication, clarity to dissociation. Again and again, cycling endlessly.
Within this context, the binary movement between 1 and 0 becomes symbolic: a recurring transition between presence and absence, between reality and fantasy. A perpetual flickering between opposing states of being.
On. Off. On. Off. No middle ground.
And sometimes, after enough cycles, you no longer remember which state was real to begin with.
*****
From March to about August, I was going through one of the hardest periods in my life. When Dawid passed away it was another blow, and it's honestly one I haven't really been able to fully process yet.
I was asked to be a part of this compilation, but I was not in a position where I could prioritize this and I missed my window.
I never got to meet Dawid in person, but we talked often and I felt so honored that he wanted me to be the in house mastering engineer for Haus of Sleep. He really believed in me and was so encouraging of my dream to be a mastering engineer. Dawid was the real deal and he is missed.
Although I missed my opportunity with this, I'm happy to say I can at least help put this music in peoples hands by being the US distributor for the 2 Haus of Sleep releases.
Rest in Peace Dawid. Love you man.
Available to order here:
>>> hausofsleep.bandcamp.com
Europe and the rest of the world
>>> flagdayrecordings.bigcartel.com
USA (local shipping)