The Players and Singers

Aigars Červinskis: lead vocals (except track 2), electric guitars (tracks 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12), acoustic guitars (10, 12, 13), bass (7, 8, 11, 13), synthesizer (8, 11), percussion (5, 9), programming (7, 11)
Juris Rāts: keyboards and synthesizers (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 12), percussion (9), backing vocals (4, 5), programming (7)
Aleksandrs Voļperts: lead guitar (tracks 1, 4)
Uldis Ēlerts: keyboards (tracks 3, 4, 6)
Ansis Markauss: guitars (tracks 3, 6), bass (6)
Gustavs Pauna: drums (3, 6), percussion (8)
Uģis Zemītis: bass (tracks 1, 4, 10)
Mikus Rullis: drums (track 1)
Jānis Burmeisters: drums (track 4)
Toms Circenis: drums (tracks 10, 12)
Ieva Pudāne: flute (track 2)
Deniss Paškevičs: alto saxophone (track 12)
Jānis Valters: synthesizer (track 10)
Maksims Batirevs: bass (track 3)
Mel Huang: bass (track 12)
Orests Silabriedis: grand piano, backing vocals (track 5)
Ieva Parša: backing vocals (track 5)
Daiga Atvare: lead vocal (track 2)
Santa Karnīte: soprano voice (track 4)
Valdis Indrišonoks: backing vocals (track 10), co-lead vocal (11)
Maksims Batirevs: bass (track 3)
Choir on track 9: Guna Pudāne, Andris Veismanis (leader), Orests Silabriedis, Uģis Zvejnieks, Zigmārs Grasis

Compiled by Aigars Červinskis
Mastered by Tālis Timrots at Mints Recording September–October 2026
Cover art: Mairita Timrote
Original band logo by Ēriks Jugāns, lead guitarist of the original HL line-up

Aigars Červinskis: fretted and fretless bass guitars, lead and backing vocals, vuvuzela, slide whistle
Gustavs Pauna: drums, percussion
Juris Rāts: keyboards
Ansis Markauss: electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, kokle, orchestrations, additional treatments
Aleksandrs Voļperts: electric and acoustic guitars
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Ieva Pudāne: piccolo
Jānis Porietis: trumpet
Ieva Parša: additional harmony vocals
Deniss Paškevičs: saxophone and flute

Arranged and produced by Ansis Markauss & Holy Lamb.
Recorded at various locations between 2021 and 2023.
Mixed and mastered by Tālis Timrots at Mints Recording August–October 2024.
Cover art, design and layout: Edvards Percevs.

Aigars Červinskis: bass guitar (except “Murderous Words”), lead and backing vocals, percussion
Toms Circenis: drums, percussion
Juris Rāts: keyboards, melodica
Ansis Markauss: electric and acoustic guitars, mandolin, glockenspiel, kokle, sampling, backing vocals, Morphwiz; bass guitar on ‘Murderous Words’
Aleksandrs Voļperts: electric and acoustic guitars, guitar synth
Liene Sējāne: flute on ‘To the Boy I Used to Be’ & ‘In the Safety of My Hilltop Empire’
Eva Bindere: violin on ‘Down the Memory Hole’
Reinis Sējāns: guest vocals on ‘The Boy I Used to Be’
Kristiāna Kārkliņa: guest vocals on ‘Trouble Vision’

Produced by Aigars Červinskis & Ansis Markauss.
Mixed by Mehmet Uğur Memiş at Mars Productions, Ankara, Turkey; assisted by Bora Özkum.
Drums, violin, flute, percussion and tin plates were recorded by Leons Sējāns in Jūrmala, Latvia.
Aleksandrs & Juris recorded their parts at home.
Everything else was recorded by Ansis at “Hic et Ubique” studio.
Editing: Ansis Markauss & Aleksandrs Voļperts.
Programming and additional editing: Bora Özkum & Serkan Ozyurt.
Guitar reamping, additional sampling & pre-production editing: Leons Sējāns.
Mastered by Jon Astley at Close to the Edge, UK.
Cover art, design and layout: Edvards Percevs.

Aigars Červinskis: lead and backing vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, bansuri
Juris Rāts: keyboards, backing vocals
Mikus Rullis: drums, percussion, timpani
Uldis Ēlerts: electric and acoustic guitars
Uģis Zemītis: bass guitar
Ieva Pudāne: flute on ‘Stars Fell on Fertile Lands’
Valdis Indrišonoks: guest vocals on ‘The Plan That Failed’
Orests Silabriedis: guest vocals on ‘Wear It in the Morning’
Andris Šmaukstelis: guest vocals on ‘The Meeting of the Majorminors’
Artūrs Tiesnieks & Romāns Klintsons: gang vocals on ‘Our Power Supreme’

Produced by Aigars Červinskis & Juris Rāts with Tālis Timrots.
Engineered and mixed by Tālis Timrots at Mints Studios.

Aigars Červinskis: electric and acoustic guitars, vocals
Ēriks Červinskis: drums
Juris Rāts: keyboards
Uldis Ēlerts: electric and acoustic guitars
Uģis Zemītis: bass
Ieva Parša: lead and harmony vocals on ‘The Sea’
George Steele: narration on ‘The Sea’

Produced by Aigars & Červinskis with Juris Rāts.
Executive producer: Mauro Moroni.
Recorded and mixed by Normunds Slava at Latvijas Radio Studio 1 in 1998, except ‘The Sea’ which was recorded by Tālis Timrots.
Design and layout: Uģis Auliks.
Cover photos: Aigars Jansons & Normunds Mežiņš (R.I.P.).

Aigars Červinskis: lead vocals, lead guitar on ‘Will or Will Not’, ‘Bite in the Dust’, ‘How We Become One’, and ‘My Favourite Way’
Ēriks Červinskis: drums, backing vocals on ‘Will or Will Not’
Eva Bindere: violin
Ieva Pudāne (née Blūma): flute
Valters Feists: lead guitar on ‘Why Don’t You…?’, ‘The Vision at Night’, and ‘Too Late’
Uldis Ēlerts: electric and acoustic guitars; keyboards on ‘Will or Will Not’, ‘Looking for Today’, and ‘Too Late’
Uģis Zemītis: bass guitar
Jānis Valters: keyboards
Reinis Birznieks: cello
David Červinskis-Bušs: child’s voice on ‘Will or Will Not’

Produced by Aigars & Ēriks Červinskis with Tālis Timrots.
Recorded and mixed by Tālis Timrots at Mints Studios between 3 June and 13 July 1994.
Re-mastered for digital re-release by Tālis Timrots.
Cover painting: Akseli Gallen-Kallela (‘Boy with a Crow’, 1884)