about the record

This album was created over the past years with my brother Alfred. This period has been spiritually transformative for me. It reflects the playfulness and authenticity that come from releasing deep traumas and healing wounds. This music comes from a deep place of joy and connection with my brother, and with the essence of being a child. Being filter-free and in touch with the most uncomplicated and loving parts of ourselves, still embracing magic and mystery, as childhood does, without asking for permission or confirmation.

It took me a while to actually see the music as an interconnected piece. I have been taking material in and out, remixing, removing, rearranging, reproducing, and regretting things all along the way. But suddenly, when we mastered this selection on a cassette tape recorder, the meaning started to reveal itself, drawing threads back in time.

Bivabippalukka is playfulness, intuition, transition, and myths. The Page of Cups. Ideas rising, energy flowing, flowers, stars, and jumping creatures on the verge of dimensions. Fortune-telling, magic cards, secret caves, and things that disappear right in front of you.

Many talented guests have joined me in playing with my visions on this album.

Bossa nova is the most comforting genre for me. And we need comfort in these times. We need comfort to heal and feel joy, to be able to keep dreaming and manifesting — and transmuting the world.

I'm not going to play this music live in the form it appears here. I will still continue playing spiritual ambient music. This work is something else. It is a pocket of joy, a cup with a fish. It is a step on the journey, like everything else.

— Sofie Birch