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[ Vezlivyj Otkaz-Geranium ] (. | | | | | ..genre...: Jazz ...playtime..: 38:07 min |_ _| .rls.date.: 19.07.2004 ...company...: Suslov & Nedeoglo, Inc. / \_ ...year...: 2000 .....size....: 53,1 MB ╖ | .quality..: VBR 44,1 JS .street.date.: 2002 /_ | ..songs...: 11 ...u..r..l...: http://www.otkaz.ru | | .catalog.nr..: n/a | : : |_ _| /_ __________ ________ ________ ___ ______ ___ _\ . \_ _/_/ _ // _ \__/ _/ ______ ___. / /_/ _/_______ | / | _/ _/ _/ | | / (./ |/ _/_\___ /. | / | \ \ | . |/ | |\ \ / _/ | | /____________|\ __| |___/ .____| \ ________\ | -:-/ [t r a c k s] \_____/--| |--\_________|-------\_____/-----------:- / |______| | _ / nr. title. length _| \/. \. | 01 Pizza 03:55 | | 02 The Civil War - Offensive 02:06 | | 03 Idem! 03:18 | | 04 Wardrobe 04:22 | | 05 Lullaby 04:15 | | 06 Marina And The Bear 03:59 | | 07 To The Writer 02:30 | | 08 The Civil War - Retreat 03:56 | | 09 MZKS (The Oit Of Music) 01:13 | | 10 The Exodus To Egypt 04:06 | | 11 God Byka 04:27 | | | _ |_ _ __________ ___ __. ___ _______ ___ ___ _ _| _ \ / / / _ /_/ _/ __/ | ___/ _/ __/ _ \ _/ _/____/ _/ ____ _\ \ / \/ ./ _/ _/| _\./ _|_/ _\./ _/ \\____ _\./ (. \/ . | \ \| \ | \ | \ | | / \ | | . | | |\ \_ \| . \| ._ \| | ._ / \| _| | -:--|____|-\_____//______|\______|/_________|_____|/________________\-----:- | | :--[ .release.notes. ] : | | | this is the newest album by the great experimental jazz rock band | | "vezlivyj otkaz" which came out as "geran'" in 2002. this is a | | advance promo copy aimed as western journalists in 2000, labelled as | | "geranium", with all songtitles translated to english. you can look | | up the original russian titles used in the final version on their | | homepage. oh, and if you wonder why i write "vezlivyj otkaz" and not | | "vezhlivy otkaz" like on parts of their english homepage: i | | generally use scientific transliteration when ripping russian music, | | cause it's more exact. | | | | anyway here are some words about the band from their webpage: | | | | ------------ | | | | Say Yes To "Polite Refusal" | | By Artemy Troitsky | | | | Vezhliviy Otkaz, which means "polite refusal" in English, is one of | | the most original and erratic rock bands in Russia. They have never | | gone for pop stardom or tried to establish themselves as an | | underground "cult" act. | | | | Around 1986, they did perform in ripped tuxedos and throw pieces of | | raw meat into the audience, but this was a passing, and nearly | | forgotten, stage in their career. | | | | Now the band is totally cool, intelligent and slightly enigmatic. | | They may be too strange to be embraced by rock masses, but everyone | | has full respect for the Refuseniks. | | | | The band was formed in 1985 with a then-popular reggae/ska blend. | | Since then, they have gone through numerous stylistic changes, | | flirting with everything from free jazz to Russian folk. Their | | sound, however, has always been unique and immediately recognizable. | | Suslov's rhythmic guitar work and unusual high-pitched vocals gives | | Polite Refusal's music a precisely constructed, crystal-clear sound | | that is completely devoid of any of the extra noise so typical of | | rock-n-roll. The sound is so well organized that sounds almost | | academic. | | "In fact," says Suslov, "we've always aimed at creating orchestral | | music, but guitars, piano and drums are the only instruments we | | have." | | | | Polite Refusal lived a normal rock life, making recordings - one of | | their LPs was even international in Finland - and playing national | | and international festivals until 1990, when their career made an | | unexpected turn. | | | | Suslov - no relation to the old Politburo member, by the way - | | bought a 70 hectar piece of land and became a full-time farmer. | | Right now he's got six horses, six ponies, four trctors, two trucks, | | and grows rye "for the country" and oats "for our horses." | | A successful family venture, Suslov's farm has also become a place | | of pilgrimage for tired Moscow rockers, who come for a weekend for | | the fresh air and end up staying for months, riding tractors. Many | | of Suslov's friends, myself included, thought the farm life would be | | a short-time infatuation. But after two years of intensive farming, | | Suslov shows no signs of disappointment. | | The band's career has slowed down, but it isn't died. After the 1991 | | harvest season, the foursome recorded its fifth and latest album, | | "I-i raz!.." (Go to it!..). It's basically a collection of seriously | | twisted traditional dance tunes - tangos, waltzes, the bossa-nova, | | the Charleston, etc. | | | | "People usually label us as post-modernist, but we are not. All of | | our songs bear very little irony and are based on real-life | | experiences," Suslov says. "The 'Wedding March' is dedicated to my | | wife, Anna, and 'Revel Charleston' to a musician friend of mine, | | Leonid Soybelman, who has gone to Israel. 'The Waltz' reflects the | | feeling that I often get lately - an anticipation of war. I'd rather | | call our work 'naturalism'." | | | | It makes sense. Roman Suslov is a real down-to-earth nature boy. | : |_ |_ ./ _/ .____ ___ ______ ___ | | ___ | (.__/ _/ ______\ \ _/ _/_______ | | ._/ _\ | | _\./ /\ \ _\_____ \_ | -:---------| |\\ | | \ | /\ \\ . / |-----------:- | | | \\| _|_ \| _/ \ ._ |/ _| n e w s ! | | |____| \____\ /__________\ \_____|/___________\ |_ | _/ | | : lo usy o ld l oops are some rippers who hit out their cd collection | | that doesn't fit in any of their groups. nothing more nothing less. | | filling the gap. blahblah. don't even think about contacting. | | | | We'd like to state here that we are in no way affiliated with the | | movie/tv group LOL. | | | | | |_ _ _ _| _ / L o O L 2 0 0 4 - KLEiN ABER FEiN! \ _ \ / \ / \/ [last update 26.02.04] [ nfo by don rapello / sac ] \/