Interior Drawings is described on its official release page as the third and final instalment of the pandemic trilogy, following Lockdown Spaces and Claustrophobic Universe. Like both of those it is minimalist instrumental electronic music, enriched only with samples and fragmentary use of voice.
What changes is the subject. Where the first album was about walls and the second about the mind under pressure, this one is about process: the way ideas arrive, stall, get abandoned and occasionally finish. The drawing samples scattered through the record stand in for any creative endeavour at all — writing a novel, painting a picture, directing a film, producing an architectural design, composing an album.
At a glance
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Artist | Mariusz Duda |
| Album | Interior Drawings |
| Release date | 10 December 2021 |
| Style | Electronic, ambient, minimal |
| Tracks | 8 |
| Runtime | 41:34 |
| Recorded | September–November 2021, Serakos Studio, Warsaw |
| Production | Mariusz Duda, Magda and Robert Srzedniccy |
| Artwork | Hajo Müller |
| Series | Lockdown Trilogy, part three |
Tracklist
| # | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Racing Thoughts | 5:18 |
| 2 | Interior Drawings | 5:44 |
| 3 | Shapes in Notebooks | 4:50 |
| 4 | Prisoner by Request | 5:38 |
| 5 | Dream of Calm | 3:25 |
| 6 | How to Overcome Crisis | 4:55 |
| 7 | Almost Done | 6:29 |
| 8 | Temporary Happiness | 5:15 |
The concept
The sequence reads as a working day rather than a narrative. Racing Thoughts opens on the noise before anything is made; Shapes in Notebooks is the sketching stage; Prisoner by Request names the bargain any self-directed worker makes, choosing the confinement that the previous two albums had imposed on him.
How to Overcome Crisis and Almost Done sit at the point where most projects actually fail, and the album ends on Temporary Happiness — which is about as accurate a description of finishing a piece of work as anyone has managed.
Credits
- Mariusz Duda — piano, keyboards, various synthesisers, vocals, samples and all other sounds.
- Mariusz Duda, Magda and Robert Srzedniccy — production.
- Magda and Robert Srzedniccy — recording, at Serakos Studio in Warsaw, September to November 2021.
- Hajo Müller — artwork.
Where it sits
This closes the trilogy that began with Lockdown Spaces in June 2020 and continued with Claustrophobic Universe in April 2021. The next solo releases moved outward again: the mini-album Let’s Meet Outside and the single-piece Intervallum, both in December 2022, before AFR AI D in 2023.
Where to listen
The album is on the official Bandcamp page and the major streaming services. The Kscope artist page carries the wider catalogue.
Frequently asked questions
When was Interior Drawings released?
On 10 December 2021, recorded between September and November of that year at Serakos Studio in Warsaw.
Is this the last part of the trilogy?
Yes. It is described on the official release page as the third and final instalment of the pandemic trilogy.
What is the album about?
Work, passion and the creative process — presented as a story about what a flow of thoughts looks like. The drawing samples through the record stand in for any creative endeavour.
Are there vocals?
Only fragmentary. This is instrumental electronic music with samples and partial use of voice, not a set of sung songs.
Sources
- Official Bandcamp release page — release date, tracklist, timings, credits and description.
- Kscope artist page — catalogue context.
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