In the albums that will be remembered more as a quarantine necessarily want to find more intrigue. And releases from Diana Gurtskaya, Charlotte and Kate NV intrigue is definitely there. However, they are all different flight in one case — minimalism in total chaos, in other — music as a complex laboratory work, and in the third pop where it was not expected.
Diana Gurtskaya/Time
Diana Gurtskaya boldly explores pop music, but the record does not give a clear answer about the correctness of this tactic. Here as many as sixteen songs (the authors — an impressive team, and the pop giants of thought, such as Drobysh and Gutseriev), and put this abundance into a single concept, of course, difficult. Perhaps that is why the album feels two parts. On the one hand, the songs fit well into the image of Diana. They are average in pace and in sound resemble the traditional stage, but nevertheless leave the impression of dresses to order. Because it is written specifically for the singer, who appeared on stage in spite of many circumstances and perceives this world in a very special way. In this situation, a little old-fashioned sound only enhances them as a kind of message.
the Other part of the album is very brisk invasion of the territory contingent of Vera Brezhneva. The music accelerates, the dance arrangements, you receive the taste, and the songs turn into primocane tracks. I hardly need to look for in this kind of a tragedy. The singer voice is enough to sing many pop-stars, and enthusiasm of performance, probably alluding to the fact that such modernization Diana like. However, the effect of the dress on order disappears. Perhaps the song “Girlfriend” singer and her management was able to do a special number in combination with videos on the topic of girl power, where he noted the impressive women’s team (there was everything from buckwheat to Christina Aguilera), but in many other cases, the material sounds like it is written for anyone. And Diana is not just anyone. Her career has an important social message that should be taken into account when selecting music and especially words. With the latter in the final of the album happened some kind of confusion. In the song “Happiness” is the line “You’re such a luxury like a Maserati, the eye does not take…” If she meant to plunge into a slight misunderstanding of the public, confident in the fact that Diana is still more logical to focus on feelings, not on images of the beautiful life, it works on all hundred.
Charlotte/Born in Hell
the Singer from Samara suddenly became the subject of a Metropolitan rush. Charlotte is very actively developing himself as an author and performer and doesn’t waste any time. On one of the seasons of the show “Songs,” he managed to enter in embarrassment Timati and Basta: celebrity judge was clearly puzzled by the presence in the project of the artist, which is quite similar to the average newcomer in search of happiness. Now Charlotte is already two album contract with major (and even a conflict with him on “I’m an artist who do not understand redneck-capitalists”) and the reputation of the latest trend thing. However, in his case, astrometrist arose as stubborn ignore everything that declared the music of the moment. At the time, had the same effect Monetochka, and maybe Charlotte in something similar to it. Songs like written on school break and played on a home keyboard, arrogance and sincerity in millimeter from each other, and the album “Born in Hell” resembles a small concert in the auditorium of the school. But if the same Moritoki was reasoning like “In the nineties people were killed, and everyone was running around completely naked,” then Charlotte more words, but the thoughts are hopelessly confused. However, the trick lies in the fact that a similar confusion of the artist, in General, to face. It is interesting, whether this chaos is the basis for the commercial right?
Kate NV/Room For The Moon
the Singer Katya Shilonosova resting from rock to destroy the group “General staff”, records his third solo album already and feels great in the modest range of Russian progressive music, has received some recognition even in the Western alternative scene. The release took place on a small American label, and in fact Room For The Moon is more of an improvisation than a collection of songs. It can be assumed that the creation of the album in this case is reminiscent of laboratory work. The artist carefully mixes the ingredients and reagents are unobtrusive bit, here is a great party on the saxophone, but still French. Inspiration the singer was looking for sources that would seem hopelessly distant from modern music: Katya herself says about the First piano Concerto of Tchaikovsky and Japanese synth-pop genre. Add to this the ambient and get the record where the process is much more important than the result. Participated in the recording musicians from different countries, and when joint efforts were laid in ten tracks, the sound of the album kept the slackness and carelessness, which, apparently, did not leave all the participants of this venture. Surprisingly, the music is seen by someone not as a hit factory, and as an adventure with an open end. All that can please, but not those who are waiting from the album collected songs clearly. There are a few.
