“I lie on the floor, washed by nothing and hanging on. I cry at night. I am afraid of hearing voices, or a voice. I have come to the edge, of the land. I could get pushed over.”
― Margaret Atwood
This song Obiymy (Embrace Me) was written by Sviatoslav Vakarchuk (the lead singer of the Ukrainian rock band, Okean Elzy). That’s all I am going to say, except it is gorgeous.
Idea: Oleg Navolniev.
Vocal: Ivan Rozin, Olga Chernienko.
Guitars: Ivan Rozin, Oleg Navolniev, Ivan Marchenko.
Children's choir: Veronika Ivanova, Nazar Kitcha, Yegor Turcheniak, Kira Chystakhovska, Nazar Yanovski, Yeva Matiushenko.
Choir leader — Vasyl Rudenko.
String Quartet: Yulia Bun-Volkotrub (violin), Oksana Zhurkina (violin), Anastasia Konotop (cello), Olena Grechka (viola).
Videographers: Alyona Khrenova @alyonakhrenova, Oleksandr Strelchuk fb/oleksandrstrelchuk, Sergiy Lomosa @sergey_lomosa.
Photographers: Sergiy Mykhalchuk @sergi_mykhalchuk, Stas Yurchenko, Graty, @mrcoffeemaniac, Kateryna Moskalyuk @kathryn_moskalyuk, Petro Chekal @_writing.light_, Aliona Grom, city of Bucha, @grom_alena, Pavlo Dorogoy, Kharkiv,
Depositphotos Locations and Backstage: Aliona Korol. Sound recording — IQtech sound company: Oleksandr Vasenko, Oleksandr Ponomariov, Oleksii Boiko.
Thanks for the help in the project: Dyrektsiya Parkiv Communal Enterprise, Head of Department — Valentyn Gyrych, Café Dacha, Liudmyla Fit, Olena Gavrysh, Iryna Anatoliivna, Ganna Rozina.
Special thanks to Sviatoslav Vakarchuk and the Okean Elzy music band for the great song and the inspiration.
Dang, Jena ! That orchestration with the wind and the crashing and the turmoil is overwhelming!