Listening to "Over Fields and Mountains" and reading up on Branko Mataja...

Ran into the album on Norman Records' list of best reissues — it piqued my interest as it seemed like a name from the ex-Yugoslavia region I've never heard before.

Turns out there's quite a story behind this record:

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2022/mar/30/from-labour-camp-to-guitar-hero-the-abstract-beauty-of-branko-mataja

Serendipity is an amazing thing.