“Zrcalo / Mirror” introduces the next chapter of Mimika Orchestra’s evolving mythology. The Zagreb ensemble, led by composer and saxophonist Mak Murtić, marks its fifth studio release Medzotermina with a piece that joins ritual form, choral writing, and Balkan orchestration.

Murtić’s composition turns on the contrast between two worlds: one built on excess, the other on deprivation. That divide runs through the structure of the music and the language itself, written in the Chakavian dialect of Croatian and the reconstructed Proto-Indo-European tongue. Horns, tuba, and percussion form a deep rhythmic core while the voices of Maja Rivić, Anabela Barić, and Anamarija Žugić rise through the texture in spoken and sung passages.

Recorded at Zagreb’s Vatroslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Medzotermina concludes a trilogy that began with Divinities of the Earth and the Waters and Altur Mur. The three works move through birth, ceremony, and now dissolution, tracing myths of inheritance, hunger, and social order.

The video for “Zrcalo / Mirror”, directed by Murtić and Dinko Ćvorić Doringo, was filmed on the islands of Krk and Prvić, combining theatrical costume design with symbolic imagery of reflection and decay. The album will be presented live at Kino SC in Zagreb on 20 November, with a staged performance featuring extended visuals and guest musicians.

You can stream and listen to the single HERE