| Linda. “AleAda” (Universal Music Russia)
Linda's first album in many years, which recalls her best times. After all, in the mid-90s it made a splash. Nobody has made music like this - it is unclear how this mixture of frostbitten electronics and conventional ethnicity “swept” among the broad masses and even successfully competed with the undying genre of “lohodance”. With the beginning of the new century (and, to be honest, after a break with the producer - sound genius Maxim Fadeev), Linda lost relevance, although she continued to work regularly - the album “Vision” was released in 2001, and “Attack” in 2004. . Yes, her videos continued to tickle the viewer’s nerves with psychedelic discoveries; she still went against the listener’s perception, cultivating a harsh sound and oppressive atmosphere in songs, each of which turned into a short bad dream. The record company Universal Music Russia, with which Linda now has a contract, dreams of not only returning its former greatness to its ward, but also ensuring world fame for the singer. For this, our former Universal boss David Junk came up with a move - to cross Linda with the Greek musician and producer Stefanos Korkolis. (At one time, the same Junk connected our Dolphin with the American Stella Katsoudas - the result of their collaboration was the strong song “Eyes” and the “Tarkovsky” video.) The joint venture of a native of Kazakhstan and a Greek jack of all trades gave simply killer results - judging by those clips and soundtracks that were shown to me on the computer in the studio. Current pop music with catchy melodies and hooks, high-quality and fresh sound. “Company a ”, in general. By the way, it’s amazing that Linda started singing. No one else will say that she has a very narrow range. No, it's not very narrow anymore.
Very successful design. The deluxe edition is supplemented by a DVD with three video clips for the hit singles.
"Night Snipers" Trigonometry 2 DVD (Real Records)
“This concert that is happening now, I promise that it will be recorded. And it will be called “Trigonometry 2,” Diana Arbenina told the respectable audience who gathered this spring for the “Snipers” concert at the Moscow Art Theater.
As I looked into the water - that very concert of “Snipers” was released on DVDB and is really called “Trigonometry 2” (the first “Trigonometry” came out a couple of years ago).
Diana Arbenina is a real “Russian rock” in a good sense. That is, traditional song plus electric instruments. In this case, the traditional song is not blues, but romance, urban folklore. And yes, damn, good text. I don’t even mean the strange song “Brodsky” (the text of which for some reason was borrowed from the Nobel laureate’s poem “I always said that fate is a game...”), but Arbenina’s own bright and aphoristic lyrics.
“Snipers” sound no worse acoustically than electrically, since a good song is good even “undressed.” A bad arrangement won't save you. In the words of the same “Snipers,” “Lens do not paint the one whose eyes are watery.”
For half the concert, Arbenina generally performs solo, without a group, accompanying herself on guitar and piano and holding the attention of the audience. And it's worth a look.
Collection “Seventeen Moments of Fate” (Bomba Music)
This collection is subtitled “New versions of Mikael Tariverdiev’s songs.” So it is - a modern “tribute” to a wonderful composer, author of film music and film songs, which outlived their films and their time and became simply immortal melodies. It’s funny to watch how a variety of figures delve into Tariverdiev’s legacy - some approach it with great reverence, some are trying to bring something “like that” into the light of day, some are simply outright enjoying it. Twenty-four tracks feature the voices of ubiquitous Soviet pop stars with a small admixture of modern rock heroes - Svetlana Surganova and Olga Dzusova. Almost underground! Dzusova’s number (“You have such eyes” to the accompaniment of Alexei Goribol) is the pearl of this composition. It’s great that the incomparable singer Dzusova was once again “exposed.”
Bianca. Russian folk R'n'B (SonyBMG)
A girl from Belarus, who sang on the albums of rapper Seryoga, gave birth to a solo album. As stated in the title, this is an attempt to transplant the fashionable R'n'B genre onto our soil. Not unsuccessful, to be honest. Bianca has excellent vocal abilities, but she does not strive for the signature American “black” presentation. It turns out that in some places it’s not so stupid. And in some places it’s absolutely wonderful. Alexander BELYAEV
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