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DOK. DVA. /digi-pack/.

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DOK. DVA. /digi-pack/.
This Donetsk indie project has existed for about three years, and during this time it has already managed to release two albums – although the album "DVA", in fact, is the first official release by the band (at least, in Ukraine). "Brutal pop power" – so they call it. But there is a great temptation to also add other words: post-rock plus acoustic acid jazz with trip hop education – something like this, probably. However, all these names do not contradict each other – because music like this as it is means going beyond the limits of specific styles. But – inside of its specific space some lines, sequences are also arranged. In this sense, music by "DOK" quite organically fits into the fields and passageways that are in their own form developed by, for instance, such teams as Mamanet or Jacuzzi Project. They all look similar but not in music – because this is usually music with its own bright face – rather due to a particular spirit, the quality of musical thinking. And here we should mention the significant internal energy of such art blends. Listening to their recordings is always, at least, interesting. While their performances are able to even qualitatively blow the roof – and not for a couple of minutes... however, do not believe it. The best thing is – to compare, to check yourselves.

Publisher: author
Year: 2011

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DOK

Domestic price: 306.60UAH
International price: $21.90USD
CD1
1. Mp3Exit
2.  Red
3. Mp3Charles
4. Mp3Tse Tse
5.  Nerazluchnik
6.  Pinkod
7. Mp3Atoll
8. Mp3Ozon
9.  Palax
10. Mp3Alkoula
11.  Segodnia&Vchera
12.  Nasekomoe
  bonus:
13.  Kora
14.  Murmansk
15.  Bolit
 Total playing time: 49:37

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

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Postman. Everything Is New. /digi-pack/.


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5 Vymir. Novi imena. /mini-pack/. (New Names)


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The Elephants. Colors. /premium, eco-pack/.


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Domestic price: 320.60UAH, International price: $22.90USD

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Alloise. Episodes. /digi-pack/.


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Gutzul Magik Foundation. Molfar. /digi-pack/.


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Domestic price: 390.60UAH, International price: $27.90USD

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Gregory Nemirovsky. SonGs in the Key of Odd. /eco-pack/.


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Dmitry "Bobeen" Alexandrov, Jazz Atmosphere. Time After Break.


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Sax Kings. Fever. /digi-pack/.


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Kyiv saxophone quartet. Swing cocktail. Live in Concert. /digi-pack/.


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Domestic price: 250.60UAH, International price: $17.90USD

Sax Kings. Classics & Jazz. Live in concert. /digi-pack/.


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Domestic price: 250.60UAH, International price: $17.90USD

Gregory Nemirovsky. Mirages.


...the silent poetry of the atmospheric, almost supernatural winds appeared against the background of clear, transparent rhythms and sometimes fluctuating, changeable bass and key lines. This music seems to pull into some mystic circle, however – it also tears, transforms it with sporadic emotional splashes, does not let it calm down melancholically, provokes attention.
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Vitaliy Ivanov Quartet. Returning live.


It sounds as very delicate, intelligent combination of clear feelings and attentive reflections. All through the time while the disc sounds, one has the haunting feeling that the musicians realize themselves and the space around literally at every second – and are able to instantly react to its every motion, because they have inside a full degree of freedom and mastery.
Domestic price: 390.60UAH, International price: $27.90USD

Kaktus Fresh. Kaktus in Kolo live.


Thus, the concert within the project Jazz-Kolo, April, 2007. First, you will not find here cliché standards – authors' compositions by our musicians sound here only. And secondly – pay attention to the participants list...
Domestic price: 250.60UAH, International price: $17.90USD

Skhid-Side. SkhidSideMen. /digi-pack/


It is musicians of the group that said about their "SkhidSideMen" album that the world had seen pure jazz. I won't argue – as personally I had exactly the same feeling about this music. The feeling of pure, fair, simple in its wisdom – fire...
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Skhid-Side. Brand New.


...they say that it is exactly the album "Brand New" of exactly “East-Side” that is the best jazz music album of 2005 in Ukraine. Everybody will decide by himself how much it corresponds to the reality.
Domestic price: 460.60UAH, International price: $32.90USD

Mikolaj Trzaska, Studio theater "Arabesque". Krytychni dni. Music for performance. (Periods)


...just before one's eyes. That is, when listening to, for example, the play "Two women who have not seen each other for a long time" – you will clearly see the women, and a small square where they met, the color of their hair and temperaments, will be able to discern the voice of each of them. Such expressiveness of performance really thrills.
Domestic price: 418.60UAH, International price: $29.90USD

Igor Dyachenko. A Soulful Sax. One Session in Kiev.


Igor Djachenko is a remarkable Kyiv saxophonist with huge experience and skills that one could envy. His saxophone is not an instrument, it is a voice of a person who grieves and dances, enjoys ice cream and plants a tree near the house. As a rule...
Domestic price: 348.60UAH, International price: $24.90USD

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  Νθκξλΰι , Κπΰρνξδΰπ
27-01-2012 12:16

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