STYLE...... Industrial, Dark Ambient, Neo-Classical
LABEL...... Shadowplay, Zhelezobeton
REL.DATE... 21-07-2011
COUNTRY... Russia
There are few pages in world's history, that everybody would like to forget, but which are needed to be in the memory of each and every person. One of them is WW2, one of the greatest in the history of mankind. Millions of souls were eliminated, millions of destinies mixed into one huge cocktail. Those, that survived those crazy times, always keep in their mind the vision, that stays with them for the rest of their lives.
The expressions of this brutal and ugly war can be seen in different projections of human creations, and poetry was not left behind of course. One of the best lyrical poets of post-war Europe is the offspring of German speaking Jewish family, Paul Celan. The man, whose best years were spent under the shadow of Nazi excruciations, survived the holocaust, and after the war's end, tried to put his thoughts into the words, which could open to the world at least a little part of all the suffering and pain from the darkest years of mankind.
The words of Paul were taken as the concept for the mutual project of two Russian based collectives, Sal Solaris and Majdanek Walz. The poetry on this album is the solid statement of existence and will for life, and the music, thorough crafted by the partnership, is the background guide for the soul's scream. Five tracks, that can upend the inner world, deeply touching the strings of emotions. The drones pulsate, verifying each word, exploding the night with the sparks of piano, violin. The endless ruins, covered with dust and ashes, rise as the eyewitnesses of the misplaced epoch. This is not the album for a background listening during the everyday life. It demands the full concentration in order to absorb all the message. Every sound, every sample, every melody movement has it's own meaning to express as much as possible the poetry, full of deprivation and melancholy.
I was not the biggest fan of declamation on neo-folk albums, but here it is totally harmonic with the music. Two musical formations show the highest level of cooperation, during which they supplement each other in order to achieve the common goal, and don't try to stand out of the overall feeling. Great work, worthy of the words that they try to immortalize. Pity, that those of you, that cannot understand Russian, will not be able to perceive by listening all the depth of this piece of art, as all the lyrics are translated into Russian.
Definitely "the must" for everybody, who search for intellectual music.
Tracklist:
01 Liven (07:03)
02 Polya (04:30)
03 Oko Vremeni (08:41)
04 Ya Slyshal, Chto Vnezapno Rascvel Topor (07:39)
05 Fuga Smerti (14:16)
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