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Tartak, Huljajhorod. Kofein.

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Tartak, Huljajhorod. Kofein.
This disc has become one of the latest ones that appear in our window in 2007. A sort of a code, outro – and, you know, that is nice. Because "Kofein" is among those really bright novelties of 2007, it will not get lost in the flow of others, and that is why. It seems to me that there are all the time more ad more grounds to consider the Kyiv studio Kofein together with all of its inhabitants and the majority of guests – the center of cultural partisanship in Ukrainian music. At least, one of the most interesting ones – and not only because it is exactly from here that the unordinary Aby MC and Shopping Hour originate. The main thing is that an alternatively positive, tolerant view of music as such is constantly retransmitted from here. Really delicious – it certainly comes into notice. Proofs? Take a disc with remixes on which among others there is a product of Kofein. Listen without preliminary peeping into the track-list – and then check. Among the mixes that you select as interesting ones, there will be a track by Kofein – almost necessarily. That is why I congratulate all those who have been expecting for release of this disc for as long as from 2006, when the "Guliaygorod" album appeared – it was then that the promise to complete and release a parallel version of this album arranged by Kofein could be first heard. The new variant, I think, is to unite those who liked "Guliaygorod" at once – and those to whom it then seemed a bit too hard. Because the engine remains as powerful as before, besides the specificity of aerodynamics are now taken into account in the outlines, they have become smoother and swifter, but inside there are now much more cozy nooks. Result – both the speed and comfort have grown. Well, bon voyage!

Anton Yozhyk Leyba (Hedgehog)

Kofein is:
Armen Kostandyan – duduk (1)
Ruslan Pashynsky – sopilka (8,12)
Chorus of friends – singing (12)
Andriy Makarenko – samples (7)
Tanya Sha – keyboards, string arrangements
Hennadiy Sydorov – guitars, drums arrangements
Juriy Akop - recording, mastering
Huljayhorod is:
Anastasia Filatova – vocal
Iryna Baramba – vocal
Serhiy "Oseledchyk" Postolnykov – vocal
Tartak is:
Andriy Blahun – keyboards, vocal
Anton Yehorov – guitar
Vitaliy Pavlyshyn – discs
Dmytro Chujev – bas-guitar
Eduard Kosorapov – drums
Sashko Polozhynsky – voice

Publisher: Astra Records
Year: 2007

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Huljajhorod
Tartak

Domestic price: 390.60UAH
International price: $27.90USD
CD1
1. Mp3Oy Nema Toho
2.  Chornomorets‘
3.  Rjasna-Krasna
4. Mp3Tuman Jarom
5.  Pryspivky
6. Mp3Oy Uchora V Kumy
7.  Vasylykha
8. Mp3Kalyna-Malyna
9.  Sjaday, Sjaday
10.  Tykha-tykha
11.  Ta Nema Hirsh Nikomu
12. Mp3Miy Narod
13.  bonus track
 Total playing time: 53:05

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

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Reviews (5)

  Олександр , Костянтинівка, Україна
05-03-2008 14:09

Надзвичайно цікавий альбом. Дорослий. Положинський, здається, на попсову сцену вже не повернеться. Його громадська діяльність стає все активнішою. Думаю, що ми скоро побачимо серйозний творчий злет людини (напевне, талант утвердивсь у світоглядовому, філософському плані). Принаймні, цей альбом дає такі сподівання. Більше того - не є легкою подібна творчість у такому жанрі. Дуже приємно.


  , Київ
27-02-2008 22:07

Це те, за що можна Тартак поважати і взагалі розуміти, що українська пісня в різних жанрах живе і буде жити!


  , Чернівці, Україна
11-02-2008 12:07

Пісні звучать зовсім по-новому. Музика просто фантастична, можна розслабитись по повній.


  Ія , Київ
14-01-2008 19:49

Насправді добре! Хоча пісні ті самі, але звучить абсолютно по-іншому. Мякіше й музичніше...


  Марко , УСА
14-01-2008 03:15

Хоч альбом не відрізняється багато чим від оригінального зате дуже класно звучить. Ремікс такий як треба чілл.