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Pianoboy. Take Off. /premium edition, digi-pack/.

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Pianoboy. Take Off. /premium edition, digi-pack/.
Dmytro Shurov already releases his third solo album, heads forward – and stays true to himself. The somewhat gloomy atmospherity with bright, acute, clear glimpses, the dense sound – but also remarkably transparent one. There are both positively simple melodies, and whimsical ones, lush arrangements – intertwining love for the music of the 1960-70s, and the ability to speak modern, at the intersection of styles. With the taste for styling tricks – to speak one's own language. Actually, Pianoboy manages to combine in one bottle magnitude – and seclusion, intimacy. And not only within the album as a whole – but also in some individual songs. And this: virtually every song sounds like a ready picture that only lacks a couple of touches – and sometimes you discover these touches in the next song, while sometimes – in the silence between them. In fact, it is very much like the picture on the cover: when listening to the album, you walk into that moment of a leap when it is not yet clear whether the height is mastered – and this moment lasts on and on. In this lasting, there is its special beauty, desperate balancing. How do they say? To stay in the eternity, creative works should avoid completion..

Premium edition in a cardboard box containing a 16-page booklet with photos and lyrics of all the songs.

Publisher: Kvadro disc Ukraine
Year: 2016

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Pianoboy

Domestic price: 348.60UAH
International price: $24.90USD
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1. Mp3Luchshee, chto est‘
2.  Rodynky
3. Mp3Freedom To Love
4. Mp3Tak dobre z toboju
5. Mp3Vse vrut
6. Mp3Pryvydenye
7.  Bye
8. Mp3Tytanyk
9.  Vne vremeny
10.  Silence
 Total playing time: 37:21

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

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