Acoustic Quartet. USB-blues.

The Kharkiv team Acoustic Quartet is young both in view of the age of its participants and of its own chronology. Based on subjective perception, however, one does have the intention to name the music of its debut disc not young (i.e.: "lacking experience"), but, probably – fresh. This is as though the disc is thoroughly penetrated with the green tone – the flexible and magic color of fresh leaves. The album really contains something of the spring breathing – the easy and elevated, but at the same time serious pace. "USB-Blues" resembles meditation – mobile. And it is possible to really hear how the idea appears, the first step – and then it literally grows in front of your eyes, develops, blossoms. There appears the effect of presence – and, which is nice, repeated listening does not make it wash out. That is, there is a space of attention – both mutual, among the musicians, and individual attention – and it attracts, turns you from an observer into a full-fledged participant of the events. Due to this, one feels almost physically how much, except for inspiration, of tolerant – work, collaboration – has been invested here. Obviously, it is as a result of such approach that the guys have succeeded in stepping back from formal construction of compositions: both solo moments, and extra instruments sound only where they are really in place – and sound well, each of the musicians has made a contribution here in his own way. On the whole, "USB-Blues" is a somewhere transparent and sober, somewhere unrestrainedly lyric, and sometimes even cautious album. But it seems to me that in any case and virtually every minute – joyful. In the end, joy not always laughs – sometimes one cannot hear it without silence...
 

Dima Bondarev – trumpet
Yefym Chupakhin – piano
Roman Kucherenko – bass guitar
Serhiy Balalaev – drums
invited musicians:
Serhiy Klevens‘ky – duduk
Oxana Podmareva – cello
Denys Moroz – guitar