SKMR - 042 TRIGON «The voice of my earth» p 2001 Green records(Romania) ; p 2007 Sketis Music
file under: ethno-jazz, Moldavian

«Trigon music defies convenient categorization and a simple naming of style or musical genre.The group’s compositions are obviously influenced by folk music, though folk tunes are never offered as a direct quotation. They are interpreted and dramatically developed by the musicians. After going through filters of melodious and imaginative genius of the three instrumentalists, folk melodies are transformed into rhythmic and harmonic compositions with creative and innovative sound. The music has three distinct features: emotional expression, specific sound and brightness.
In the current line-up the group’s founder Anatoly Shtefanets together with Alexandre Murzak - bass guitar, Marian Kaldararu – percussion continue to surprise us by new pieces beautifully interwoven in the album».
Florian Lungu (music critic of “Down beat magazine”)
listen to tracks: ******
SKMR - 034 ETO_X "in_transit", 2007
file under: ethno-jazz, drum-n-bass, Russia

"eto_x pulls things not commonly found with one another together. Thus the band´s miscegenation of drum´n bass, ethnic music and jazz and the birth of their own musical form. The Berliner band achieves this musical melding with lightness and ease. The recipe for success lies in the fact that professional musicians are steeped in authentic russian musical folklore while belonging to the youngest generation of Berlin artists and modern western culture."
Michael Damm / International FilmFestival Cottbus
listen to tracks:
2. Iz-pod svet
4. Polon dvor 5. Lyanok
SKMR - 043 BAN ZVIRBA "ZABABONYI"
file under: world music, folk-rock, Belarus

The sound of this young Belarus folk-rock band is a result of mixture the Belarus national song tradition with modern directions of alternative youth music.
The group is performing contemporary folk rock with elements of alternative.
The strangest heroes and creatures of Belarusian folk-lore are dancing to the album’s songs.
to listen:
02. Vyasna
03. Dzed Baradzet
07. Malpy
12. Kanapel
SKMR - 041 TANDALAI "Erdine"
file under: ethno, Altay

Tandalay - is the unique singer from Ust-Kanskogo area of Altai republic with a voice of surprising force and beauty, a range in five octaves. In her repertoir there are ceremonial songs of Mountain Altay people, along with imitation of sounds of the animals and birds. She also plays on the big range of tuvian national instruments: topshuur, khomus, igil, doshpuluur, shoor.
to listen:
01.Kay
02.Kunuk
12. Drum of Shaman |