SIOTO JAZZ

THE TRUE STATE OF ALL THINGS

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Sioto Jazz are

Anastasija Trajkovska

Vocals

Eva Todorovska

Vocals, Backing Vocals, Guitar, Bass

Martin Petkovski

Lyricist, Guitar, Piano, Vocals, Backing Vocals, Production

Ilija Volčeski

Saxophone

Armin Amedovski

Bass

Blagojče Aceski

Drums

Walter Eggotto

Percussion, Programming

Additional Personnel

Santiago Vasquez

Colombia
Classical Guitar

Målfrid Wigdahl

Norway
Synthesizers, Double Bass

Executive Producer

Martin Petkovski

Co-Executive Producers

Andrej Bogatinoski

Viktor Stojčeski

Mixed by

Eva Todorovska

Martin Petkovski

Mastered by

Martin Petkovski

Kamai Sobata Gore

Recording Engineers

Eva Todorovska

Aleksandar Tomevski

Touring Members

Viktor Stojčeski

Drums

Damjan Grujo

Drums, Percussion

Recorded at

Caymene Studios

Bitola, Macedonia

Cickey Home Recordings

Oslo, Norway

Kamai Sobata Dolu

Bitola, Macedonia

Mellivora Studio

Nižepole, Macedonia

Album Cover

Anastasija Trajkovska

Model

Andrej Bogatinoski

Photographer

Kiril Gagačev

Additional Design Contributions

Photography

Andrej Bogatinoski

Anastasija Kutlešovska

Additional Photography

Daniel Kist, Ilya Isaev, Erik Mclean, David Gari, Guilherme Rossi, James Wheeler, Movoyagee, Kaique Rocha, Stefan Stefancik, Taryn Elliott, Feyza Nur Demirci, Denner Trindade

Video

Sioto Jazz

Recording, Editing and Production

For their musical contributions
or continuous support we would like to thank

Isaja Karadakovska, Viktor Jovevski, Marijana Nikolovska, Teodora Šaklevska, Olga Petkovska, Vlado Petkovski, Jasmina Hristovska, Marko Markovski, Ivana Endekovska, Petar Kotevski, Zlatko Stojanoski, Marija Dimova, Nikola Trajkovski, Dimitar Žirov, Filip Kunovski, Leonid Mavroski

Sioto Jazz are a Macedonian pop rock indie jazz metal supergroup from Bitola formed in 2022 as a spiritual successor to several local acts.

Their influences draw from a wide range of artists, from the wildest years of Herbie Hancock and Nick Cave through the Smashing Pumpkins and The National to Man I Trust, Grimes and Spasen Siljanoski.

The themes that run through the songs of their first album are drawn from the immediate environment: the extinction of small places, the loss of their own identity of those who chose to stay and the way a red-blooded individual can deal with it all. To create something where there is nothing. To preserve what he identifies with and dig out of himself respect for those who decide otherwise.

The irony of the loss of identity is amplified by the songs' use of English, which the people the music is aimed at certainly understand.