СОЮЗ (SOYUZ) is a creative collective originally from Minsk, Belarus, that was founded by multi-instrumentalists Alex Chumak, the band's composer and principal arranger, and Mikita Arlou. After moving to Warsaw, Poland in 2022, they were joined by drummer Albert Karch and guitarist Igor Wiśniewski. The name of the band is translated as “union”, which reflects the creative nature of the relationship between its members and their collaborators. While the recordings of SOYUZ feature a wider array of instruments, live performances are reimagined by the quartet. They include musical insights from all the performers and leave room for collective improvisation.

The new album called “KROK”, released on October 24th, 2025, was recorded in São Paulo, Stockholm and Warsaw. The first full-length record of the project made in Belarusian language with the additions in Portuguese and Japanese, it highlights the band’s ambition for further international collaboration, featuring songs with the acclaimed musicians Tim Bernardes (Brazil) and Manami Kakudo (Japan). The genre of “KROK” is hardly identifiable: there are folk ballads and jazz-driven pop compositions covered in lush and often dissonant string and woodwind arrangements. The record explores themes of movement and migration, embracing the uncertainty, finding subtle moments of beauty in everyday life.

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