Music albums this spring are doomed to a very special perception of the audience, experiencing an amazing life experience. Some records are very well matched to the mood of isolation, while others can sound in this situation is not quite as calculated. Two new albums that have selected “soundtrack”, made various musical poles, but they have become equally important for its authors.
Auction/Dream
For groups, has earned the title of legends in the past century, the discography of this century, with all its musical revolution is seen by many as a kind of restart. And if you divide the album “Auktyon” according to this principle, then “Dreams” is perhaps the best release of Fedorov and Co era 2.0. It is noteworthy that four of the album, released earlier, in the period from 2002 to 2016, is also not very passable, but the “Dreams” of chaos, as the signature style of “Auktyon” and an amazing clarity of thought songwriters was formed in some obscenely beautiful design. This album has everything that fans want from their favorite band, that is jazz, funk, old school biker sadness at the same time and dance prowess. And yet — downright ancient sublime melancholy in the song “lay low and Wait”, written by Oleg Garkusha in memory of Yegor Leave.
the musicians Themselves say that the album was recorded from scratch in just seven Studio sessions, and if that’s not irony, then it is indeed a Golden sessions, during which the group was able to pass exactly halfway between the unfinished and perefrazirovannoy. And yet, create mood, perfect atmosphere of isolation, despite the fact that nearly all of the material prepared in the last year, and the bonus track “wave of The” it’s still early. Empty city in the video for the song “Dreams”, two major plan Fedorov and Garkusha in the film adaptation of “the Silence”. All this provides nearly the brand for the music “Auktyon” the feeling around there is nothing just these weird sounds and words. More methods musicians are invariably puzzling, as befits the fact that made by people talented to genius.
There is, however, one side effect is very typical for the works of geniuses. You have to be incredibly stubborn fan of the “Auktyon” in order to want to hear again the most part, they invented. This music is not for average minds, despite the fact that made with open arms.
Dima Bilan/Reboot
His eleventh album Bilan, obviously, wanted to turn into a real series, and it basically worked. “Drunk Love” and “Lightning”, the first and second singles from “Reloaded”, was released last year. Three songs receivedvoi version in 2019, and thus the time of release five tracks not only become hits, but slightly podostyla on the charts. Probably, this tactic has its explanation, although in the age of the EP, replaced the LP, it all seems more than old-fashioned.
However, the “Reset” in all respects resembles the album Bilan obviously did not want to embed in any scheme. Embed is really hard. Sixteen tracks for more than an hour of music and some calling spread — from Synthpop to cover the hit Irina Allegrova, from hints of soul to dive in the abyss “leskovacka” passions. It is noteworthy that the singer is not always to co-sponsor the songs, and therefore attempt to make such a number of completely different works were more than likely miserably fail. But not failed. Apparently, almost twenty years of experience battle with a musical fashion let Bilan develop a flair if not hits, at least for ringtones and sound techniques that will become for him something of a costume that will sit like a glove.
Here it is possible to make the brackets already mentioned cover of “I will Win” from the Golden Fund of Irina Allegrova. This track is made for television pleasures in large format precast concert, and it would be better for him to stay there. But the rest of the songs Bilan, in General, managed. Into tracks, which are designed to be fashionable, fit sometimes even more convincing than the artists who are younger than his fifteen years. In the tear melakah singer is still one of the best, and even that does not produce much of an impression, yet not felt schlock. Not the fact that the scope and pathos of the “reset” is well understood by potential consumers, but Bilan gathered that the album, which he now can afford.
