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From BATUSHKA To PATRIARKH: An Exclusive Interview With BARTEK KRYSIUK And MONK BORUTA · HEAVY Music Interviews

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  Speaker 1: If I was on pro roc to the change into
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  Speaker 1: you know, to them is volp and no besty.
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  Speaker 2: Excuse or stay dog nama here chanst Yeah, God, if
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  Speaker 2: she just keep taking.
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  Speaker 3: Chawan ambard from Patriarch, now from Patriarch. So Hello, I'm
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  Speaker 3: the vocalist of the band.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, I Borta, I'm guitarist of Patriarch.
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  Speaker 5: Wonderful, lovely to have you guys here. You guys are
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  Speaker 5: playing your last show as Petushka in Melbourne. What made
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  Speaker 5: you guys choose Australia to play the last show together?
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  Speaker 4: Mm?
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  Speaker 6: But you know, I think that's actually coincidence. We didn't
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  Speaker 6: plan to you know, play our last show in Australia,
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  Speaker 6: but like it's you know, because we're also playing in
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  Speaker 6: New Zealand. And I was, you know, thinking, it's like,
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  Speaker 6: you know, like in the Lot of the Rings, we're
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  Speaker 6: just going through the Batrishan name to Murder to New Zealand.
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  Speaker 4: You know, it's I guess it's quite funny.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: I think we didn't plan that. It just you know,
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  Speaker 4: it happened.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, awesome. And you've got a new concept album
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  Speaker 5: coming out in January. Sonically, will this album be wildly
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  Speaker 5: different to Rascal because of the name change, or will
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  Speaker 5: it sort of be similar.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I think it's a it's a completely different album.
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  Speaker 3: It's it's I think it's a rock ilia, more closed,
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  Speaker 3: conceptual album and where everything works together, and the magic
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  Speaker 3: of this album works when you listen to this album
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  Speaker 3: constantinary and as one whole, and it's then then this
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  Speaker 3: magic of this album, it's work together. And this maybe
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  Speaker 3: it's more difficult album to listen, more complicated, but that
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  Speaker 3: was our intention that you mustn't devote time to this music.
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  Speaker 3: You have to get involved, and that's what we wanted
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  Speaker 3: in the era. And the listening to music is very selectively.
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  Speaker 3: We serve quite a large, large bar and that must
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  Speaker 3: be eaten only as one hole.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, definitely. And how has the blending of orthodox
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  Speaker 5: music with doom metal been received in Poland? And I
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  Speaker 5: guess around the world as well, how has that been
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  Speaker 5: received for you guys?
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  Speaker 3: Obviously we are I think that we are something oriental
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  Speaker 3: in the whole world, because Orthodox faith is not usually
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  Speaker 3: like a Catholic faith. So I think it's a we
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  Speaker 3: are serving something different and something that not usually around
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  Speaker 3: the world. So I think that that the world of
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  Speaker 3: Oriental is a it's a good work for us.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's more fitting, it's it's definitely different.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, completely yeah.
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  Speaker 5: And what can you what can the Melbourne audience expect
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  Speaker 5: from your last show as Batusha?
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  Speaker 3: I think that we are.
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  Speaker 4: Well playing.
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  Speaker 3: Twenty sixteen twenty seventeen Australia on Dark Morpho Festival. It's
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  Speaker 3: a very very very different festival like others and was
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  Speaker 3: we did inspect that that this type of festival and
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  Speaker 3: as a band, we are very exciting to invite the
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  Speaker 3: Australia once again and see what's happened. We'll see what happened.
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  Speaker 3: What happened, of course we are. That will be our
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  Speaker 3: last show under the banner of Batushka, and so we
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  Speaker 3: will see what happened.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, yeah, yeah, maybe we should you know, burn something
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  Speaker 6: at the stage.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah here, that's always fine.
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  Speaker 3: Why not?
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  Speaker 5: Why not in the middle of summer as well?
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, we've got some you know, experience with bringing stuff
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  Speaker 6: on stage, so yeah, why not?
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  Speaker 2: Why not?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah?
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  Speaker 5: And does it get i know, Poland can get really cold.
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  Speaker 5: Does it get hot there at all? Or is it
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  Speaker 5: like just cold?
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  Speaker 6: Oh yeah, you know, in the like past ten fifteen years,
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  Speaker 6: it's actually went crazy because like it used to be
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  Speaker 6: like you know, in the winter it could go up
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  Speaker 6: to like even minus twenty like years ago minus fifteen.
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  Speaker 4: But like right now we've got like.
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  Speaker 6: The winter is really short, it's like world zero, but
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  Speaker 6: in the summer it can go up to like thirty
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  Speaker 6: five degrees easily.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Like the water is a very change last last
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  Speaker 3: ten years, and we are going like we're going in
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  Speaker 3: the different, different weather. So I'm older that that border
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  Speaker 3: and I could remember that winter in my when I
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  Speaker 3: was younger, of course, thirty thirty five minus degrees, so
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  Speaker 3: it's so very hard. Now it's very easy. Yeah, it's
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  Speaker 3: two months on zero two three minus, so it's uh,
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  Speaker 3: it's when the ten ten minus degreases, everything is closed.
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  Speaker 3: Jesus Christ, what's happening? And when I remember twenty years
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  Speaker 3: ago when there's a thirty five minus and everything works,
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  Speaker 3: So for me, it's you know.
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  Speaker 5: That's insane. And well, when you guys come here, it'll
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  Speaker 5: be really hot as well, so it's good that you're
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  Speaker 5: sort of used to that already. When you guys last
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  Speaker 5: came here, was it cold or hot here?
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  Speaker 7: It was?
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  Speaker 3: I think it's uh, it was not cold, but I
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  Speaker 3: think it's raining reign type.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, that's good.
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  Speaker 3: So Sydney was raining, Hobart was raining, so it's raining time,
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  Speaker 3: so super that will be a sunning.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, exactly. With the lyrics, most of them are
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  Speaker 5: written in church Slavonic. I don't know if I've said
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  Speaker 5: that right.
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  Speaker 3: Slavonic, Yeah, Slavonic Salonica.
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  Speaker 5: There you Is that a difficult process?
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  Speaker 3: Slavonic language?
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  Speaker 5: There you go? Is that a difficult process for you
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  Speaker 5: to write the lyrics saying that it is in that language? No?
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  Speaker 3: For me, it's I think it's I'm from the region
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  Speaker 3: that this language is used. Also, we're mixing this language
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  Speaker 3: with our regional language that is called Hawaski.
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  Speaker 6: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: It's also this language is a mixing with the Russia
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  Speaker 3: and with the Belarusian, also with the Polish language, and
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  Speaker 3: we are mixing these languages with the old Slavonic and
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  Speaker 3: also we used liturgical Thames and liturgical lyrics with the
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  Speaker 3: and the story with mixing with the story of theatrical Uh, uh,
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  Speaker 3: prophet ilia tam and and uh that's uh. Also, first
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  Speaker 3: time we use Polish language on this album, so it's uh,
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  Speaker 3: it's a lot of Also, you have heard a Bulgarian language.
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  Speaker 3: You have heard Romanian language all Romania, also Old Greek,
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  Speaker 3: so it's a lot of language and they're on the
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  Speaker 3: on the lyrics of this album. But it's everything fit
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  Speaker 3: with the with the music and an orthod extent because
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  Speaker 3: we are traveling on this on this album to musically
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  Speaker 3: on Greek, on the Romania, on Bulgaria, so we are
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  Speaker 3: showing all elements of Orthodox music on on our own way.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: That's yeah.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, if you're blending taking from many different countries of
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  Speaker 5: the Orthodoxy, Yeah, that's so cool. Can you tell us
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  Speaker 5: a little bit more about the name patriarch and where
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  Speaker 5: that that came from?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, it's a patriar, he's uh, it's maybe something sarcastic
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  Speaker 3: that we are use a patriarch now because patriarchy has
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  Speaker 3: a large the high highest breast of in in Orthodox
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  Speaker 3: charge than uh than soa must bound to patriarch.
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  Speaker 4: Something regular priests, regular priest.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, well like patriarch's like he's ahead of Orthodox Church.
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  Speaker 5: That's awesome.
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  Speaker 4: Just little some Easter eggs here and there.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, oh nice, Your shows look insane. Who comes
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  Speaker 5: up with the set design?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, it's uh, my job. I think it's a sonography,
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  Speaker 3: robes and all these all these things like patriarch hooks
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  Speaker 3: on the stage. And I think it's something different than
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  Speaker 3: a normal normal met band. You know, it's a we
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  Speaker 3: are not your usual Headbanjing band. So it's I think
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  Speaker 3: it's a must be something theatrical or something special and
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  Speaker 3: must be fit with our music. And there's something mystery
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  Speaker 3: and like we are saying that some kind of liturgy
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  Speaker 3: is something, so we are it's some kind of ritual
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  Speaker 3: on the stage. Yeah, I think it's when you are
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  Speaker 3: see and when you are here with the music everything is.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, definitely, And what do you guys think? Question for
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  Speaker 5: both of you, what do you guys think about the
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  Speaker 5: whole Like what's your stance on the whole debate of
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  Speaker 5: is betushka blasphemy or is it representation of the religion?
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  Speaker 5: What do you guys think about that?
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  Speaker 6: So, you know, for us, it's like we're trying to
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  Speaker 6: leave the decision for the listener because like we're not
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  Speaker 6: blast I mean, we're not say any for the blast
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  Speaker 6: femous part to you know, you need to ask yourself.
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  Speaker 6: It's like, you know, if a couple of upside down
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  Speaker 6: crosses are like blusphemous. I would say, you know, it's
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  Speaker 6: just Saint Peter's crosses and even know, if you listen
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  Speaker 6: to the music and listen to the lyrics, I wouldn't
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  Speaker 6: say that we're blasphemous. But if someone wants to think
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  Speaker 6: that we are blass femous, it's like, okay, fine, dude,
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  Speaker 6: Like that's your you know, you know, your your own choice.
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  Speaker 6: But yeah, we're trying to you know, leave that for
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  Speaker 6: the listeners. They can, you know, decide what they want
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  Speaker 6: to you know, believe, I think it's all.
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  Speaker 7: It's not a.
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  Speaker 3: Like like a bordo say, it's we are giving for
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  Speaker 3: listeners to to to join our music. We are trying
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  Speaker 3: to involved in our our award and and I think
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  Speaker 3: it's something some kind of sacrament profile that's that's that's
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  Speaker 3: the that's the I think it's the main important of patrear.
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  Speaker 5: And Yeah, no, nice explanation. I really like that you
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  Speaker 5: guys have left it up to the audience to decide
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  Speaker 5: for themselves what they want to interpret it as. Yeah,
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  Speaker 5: what does disband mean to both of you?
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  Speaker 4: Oh that's a good one. That's a good one.
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  Speaker 6: Well for me, basically, it's like the I would say,
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  Speaker 6: the biggest you know, journey of my life because it's
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  Speaker 6: you know, it's the fact that we can you know,
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  Speaker 6: to around the world and see so many places, you know,
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  Speaker 6: do a cool stuff, play really good shows.
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  Speaker 3: Uh.
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  Speaker 6: You know, there's like so many people would love to
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  Speaker 6: do that. And the fact that we were able to
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  Speaker 6: do that that you know that I'm inside you know
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  Speaker 6: that we can write music.
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  Speaker 4: You know, it's just an amazing journey.
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  Speaker 6: But it's also a lot of work, like a lot
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  Speaker 6: of work. You know, you have to like sacrifice a
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  Speaker 6: lot of stuff, you know, your time, your relations with
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  Speaker 6: other people, with your friends, with family. You know, there
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  Speaker 6: are times that you're like constantly to rink or like
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  Speaker 6: you know, you won't see the closest people for like
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  Speaker 6: a half hour, you know, and and you need a
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  Speaker 6: lot of like mental strength, like a lot.
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  Speaker 4: But it is cool.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, Yeah, for me, it's you know, it's my passion
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  Speaker 3: for the fears.
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  Speaker 6: You have to love it to do that because the
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  Speaker 6: in other ways you would like just.
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  Speaker 4: Go crazy, definitely.
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  Speaker 6: Because yeah, the price to do that is so is
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  Speaker 6: so high now and you also have to invest a
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  Speaker 6: lot of money. Yes, the logistics are absolutely crazy, Like
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  Speaker 6: you know, the plane tickets or the you know, the busses,
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  Speaker 6: the nightliners, the gas is absolutely ridiculous how expensive it is.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, for sure. I actually studied music touring and it
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  Speaker 5: was amazing to find actually how little some of the
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  Speaker 5: bands made after the end of everything, after tours because
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  Speaker 5: of everything that comes down.
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  Speaker 6: Well, yeah, I mean, if you're lucky enough, because most
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  Speaker 6: of the time, well maybe most of the time, but
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  Speaker 6: like pretty often you end up without you know, and
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  Speaker 6: the profit.
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  Speaker 4: Hello, hello.
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  Speaker 7: Something.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 3: So, like I said, it's my my question for for
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  Speaker 3: for first, because music is my question of course, my
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  Speaker 3: lifestyle and at the end it's my job. Yeah, and
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  Speaker 3: everything is going to one whole like a passion, and
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  Speaker 3: I think it's a very lucky man that I can
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  Speaker 3: do this. And and like a boruta say that we're
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  Speaker 3: traveling around the world, We're meeting with a lot of
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  Speaker 3: people around the world, and you can connecting with it
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  Speaker 3: around the world. So it's very very exciting and I'm luckily.
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  Speaker 3: I'm lucky man.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's pretty amazing when you stop and think about it.
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  Speaker 5: And that brings me to my next question. Well, if
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  Speaker 5: you guys weren't doing this as a band. What would
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  Speaker 5: you guys, What do you think you guys would be doing, Like,
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  Speaker 5: do you have any other hobbies that you think you
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  Speaker 5: might might have gone into.
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  Speaker 6: Or well, actually, I actually I just left a company
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  Speaker 6: that I was working with till last year, so I
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  Speaker 6: was constantly donk and working. But yeah, yeah, but I
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  Speaker 6: had to you know, it was like too much stuff,
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  Speaker 6: too much stuff. So yeah, actually I was working in
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  Speaker 6: like a game depth industry oh far.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I can't say too much because you know, there's
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  Speaker 6: like a lot of NDAs and stuff. But yeah, I
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  Speaker 6: would probably you know, do something in it. Yeah, yeah,
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  Speaker 6: something like that. Maybe maybe you know, playing other ones,
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  Speaker 6: because like I have to two other projects. But I
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  Speaker 6: think if I wouldn't join the boys in Batushka, I
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  Speaker 6: probably wouldn't join any you know, like bigger band or something.
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  Speaker 6: So I guess I would just you know, have a
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  Speaker 6: typical corporate life, which is also fine.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah that's awesome. A new bot.
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  Speaker 3: Oh for me, it's I had a label, so I
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  Speaker 3: think it's and not will be a not will be
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  Speaker 3: a band, so it will be a uh will be
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  Speaker 3: a label and I always will be uh in fact
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  Speaker 3: with the with the music, and it's not it's it's
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  Speaker 3: it's it's all my life, so it's always. I will
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  Speaker 3: be dedicated for Underground for her music.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, lovely And is there anything you guys would like
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  Speaker 5: to say to your Australian fans.
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  Speaker 3: Oh, we invited for a last Patushka show and I
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  Speaker 3: hope that will be a great show and and of
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  Speaker 3: course have fun for us.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, if you if you know, if you have some
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  Speaker 6: cool icons that you would like us to burn and
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  Speaker 6: station the last show, you know, let us know, bring bring, bring,
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  Speaker 6: bring exactly.
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  Speaker 5: It will be amazing. We can't wait to have you
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  Speaker 5: guys here. Don't miss Petushi's last show in Melbourne Friday,
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  Speaker 5: December thirteen. That's when it all kicks off with Hybrid Nightmares.
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  Speaker 5: Thank you guys so.
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  Speaker 6: Much, thank you for having us.
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