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Maria Burmaka. My jdemo!

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Maria Burmaka. My jdemo!

Though this disc presents the best songs composed within the last 15 years, still it is not a usual collection. May be it is not usual because regardless of the age of these songs, one can see a slim and tender girl in each of them, the girl who with the first words of a song and with melodies used to open plainly the hearts of those who wanted to hear, who wanted to hear something different from the common billow of the mass quasi-culture. She did it not with a scalpel of intellect, as a man would have done. She did it the way all women of the world might have done it - with her soul. She keeps doing that now, changing the covers of her albums, changing her styles, changing herself. Those who follow her activities can easily notice that she is constantly going. She is going quickly and slowly, straight and not so straight, finely and as a person of green years, sometimes as a person of silver years, sometimes - through fire and water. But still she is going - that's why everything she experienced long ago lives in her now. That's why there is always the possibility for purity and tenderness in her songs and it is impossible to imagine Maria Burmaka's songs without them. That's the very reason why I say that it is not a usual collection - this is a road. It looks like a short film made of fragments of a full-length film, so that it tells you about the whole, and at the same time it is a very interesting show. It looks like a hearty meeting with a pleasant person.

Anton Jozhik Leyba (Hedgehog)

Publisher: Astra Records
Catalogue number: UR 221 204 - 2
Year: 2004

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Maria Burmaka

Domestic price: 250.60UAH
International price: $17.90USD
CD1
1.  My jdemo (new version 2004)
2. Mp3Rozljuby Song text
3. Mp3Chomu
4.  Lystopad
5. Mp3Koly b my plakaty mohly Song text
6.  Ja sama Song text
7.  Anhel – ohoronec'
8.  Sklo
9.  Misto anheliv
10. Mp3Ce ne til'ky shokolad
11.  Oj chyja to ruta m’jata
12.  Htos' blyz'kyj prysnyvsja
13.  Ne bijsja zhyty
14.  Htos' iz dytjam udvoh
15.  Oj u poli pry dorozi
16.  Soncem, nebom, doschem
  Video
17.  Ne bijsja zhyty
18.  Toj, toj
19.  Chorni chereshni
 Total playing time: 50:09

Fragments of the compositions marked with Mp3 mark are available for listening. How to listen?

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Reviews (4)

  , Palmerston North, New Zealand
26-06-2006 12:50

I meet a smile Little Angel From Ukraine and I do have to Thank here for the help to find your language and the wonderful music, I do enjoy the music and singers. I wish I could be there for the true sounds and her soft touch.

nzpgtips


  Anna , Herndon, USA
24-11-2005 17:38

Czudowe wykonania i czudowi pisni. Ciu wykonawyciu ja znaju wze dawno. Wona wmije stworiuwaty dobryj natsrij. Czudowa liryka.


  Èðèíà , Êèåâ
06-09-2005 19:05

Ýòî òå ïåñíè, êîòîðûå â ëþáûå áóäíè çàñòàâëÿþò ÷óâñòâîâàòü ñåáÿ Æåíùèíîé ñ áîëüøîé áóêâû. Ñïàñèáî åé:))


  , Canberra, Australia
22-06-2005 10:31

The more I listen to this CD, the more I love it. It is obvious that it is a compilation of tracks from a 15 year period, as the songs vary widely in style. However, it isn't "patchy" as some compilations are, where you listen to songs and think "why did they include that?". It's clear every song earnt its place on this CD, from the extremely catchy pop-rock of "My jdemo" to the hauntingly beautiful "Misto anheliv".

The production is excellent, the music layered and complex. Maria is no ordinary songwriter, that's for sure.