Aby MC. Ocetni standarty. (Acid Standards)

And again – once again and certainly – the fresh work by Aby MC caused such reaction: unique! In the both meanings of this word, with all possible shades. By the way, about duality. They strikingly harmoniously combine clear sorrow, sadness – with joy as clear. And that is why there is inside always a place left for light. Usually, children have this ability – and it does not matter how old they are... However, here you have much more than two colors – Aby MC, as nobody else, know how to accumulate and mix up, dream up and rise to new dimensions. As a result, there appears new music of the world level, which cannot be outlined with any one term – dub, drum'n'base, trip-hop, funk, techno, acid-jazz, house, disco – not enough words – and all that is interfused with ethnic colors of Africa, India, Europe... besides, it is generously seasoned with specific Ukrainian allusions. So, that world jazz standards in this boiling pot have even become overgrown with witty, fresh Ukrainian texts – to say nothing about melodic findings. Actually, here you have over your head of attention, humor and surprises – both in lyrics, and in the music stream. The only condition – is that this head (yours, the listener!) must be open to all the six sides of the world and connected directly to the heart. Otherwise the roof may elementarily not have enough time to say goodbye – this music is too alive...

Anton Jozhik Leyba (Hedgehog)

Olena Lvova - vocal (1,7,9,13)
Petro "Petruccio" Yakovchenko - trumpet (3,6,8-10,12,13)
Tanya Sha - arrangements, keyboards, vocal (10), string arrangements
Gennadiy Sidorov - arrangements, texts (1,3,5-7,9-13), guitars (1,4,7,9,12), spoken vocals (1,6,10,12), semples (5-8), drums programming
featuring:
Sashko Polozhynsky - spoken vocals (3)
Arkadiy Shylkloper - valtorne (2)
za uchasti:
Vitaliy Ivanov - tenor-sax (6)
Oleh Putjatin - bass (7,9)
Ihor Chernov - soprano-sax (1), tenor-sax (2,3,7,9), clarinet (3)
Oleksiy Sahitov - trombone (10)
Pavlo Stolbov - e-mu b-3 (8)
Volodymyr Zinkovsky - flute (4)
Olexandr Beregovsky - percussion (7)